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Alisha Lehmann has brought the jogo bonito to the sands of Dubai successful a informing to her Switzerland bosses: bash not place maine for the European Championship.
Juventus prima Lehmann, who is successful a high-profile narration with erstwhile Aston Villa prima Douglas Luiz, has been left retired successful the penultimate planetary break earlier the tourney owed to injury.
But she was successful nary temper to fto the setback get her down, arsenic she took a football, a mobile phone, and a grin to a formation successful Dubai for a Sunday greeting workout.
The forward, 26, posted a video connected Instagram of her pulling disconnected assorted skills and completing drills barefoot successful a country much reminiscent of Rio de Janeiro than the United Arab Emirates.
By the crystal wide waters, Lehmann did keepy-uppies, volleys, shuttle runs, and passing drills.
Lehmann, who utilized to play for Villa, West Ham, and Everton successful the Women's Super League, has been backmost successful England precocious arsenic a manager successful the caller Baller League alongside Maya Jama.
Alisha Lehmann showed Switzerland what they're missing retired connected with formation shot skills
The Juventus prima showed her skills connected a formation successful Dubai aft missing retired connected the nationalist team
The erstwhile Aston Villa, West Ham, and Everton prima has been nursing a thigh injury
The six-a-side tournament, packed with erstwhile footballers and societal media stars, is connected Sky Sports and YouTube each Monday until mid-May.
Lehmann was antecedently progressive successful the archetypal mentation of the Baller League successful Germany successful 2023.
She volition anticipation to marque Switzerland's Euros squad, but it volition beryllium a conflict aft she besides missed the planetary interruption successful February owed to a thigh injury.
Switzerland brag Pia Sundhage has insisted determination is simply a mode backmost for Lehmann, but admitted her wounded has hampered her cause, with the Euros successful her location federation present conscionable 2 months away.
'We privation to enactment unneurotic the champion team, possibly not with the champion players,' Sundhage said. 'The doors are unfastened to everyone. At the extremity of the day, determination volition beryllium a accidental for everyone.'
Explaining Lehmann's absence, Sundhage added: 'She was injured and hasn’t played for Juventus successful a agelong time. She needs clip to amusement that she belongs successful the team.'
Switzerland person been placed successful Group A for Euro 2025, alongside Norway, Finland and Iceland. Their archetypal crippled volition beryllium against Norway connected July 2, and it is acold from guaranteed that Lehmann volition beryllium portion of the squad.
Lehmann joined Juventus alongside her fellow Douglas Luiz past summer.
Lehmann is astatine hazard of missing retired connected playing astatine a location Euros successful Switzerland this summer
Lehmann and Douglas Luiz moved to Juventus unneurotic past summer, but person struggled connected the transportation successful their archetypal twelvemonth successful Turin
She has struggled with a deficiency of crippled clip and wounded setbacks astatine Juventus this season
Lehmann is flourishing disconnected it, and manages a squad with Maya Jama successful KSI's Baller League
But she has lone played 702 minutes crossed each competitions, scoring twice.
Luiz has besides struggled successful his archetypal play with the men's team, failing to people a extremity successful immoderate of his 22 appearances.
He has been sidelined with a hamstring injury, portion Juventus sacked their manager Thiago Motta past period implicit the play aft falling retired of the apical 4 successful Serie A, appointing Igor Tudor successful his place.
It has been a hard play for the mates with their respective shot careers, but Lehmann is inactive enjoying occurrence distant from the pitch.
She signed a caller lingerie woody with Italian manner marque Tezenis Underwear successful February and modelled their postulation for Valentine's Day.
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