Tottenham Women boss makes 'boring' admission ahead of historic Women's FA Cup semi-final

Tottenham Hotspur Women's head coach Robert Vilahamn praises the enthralling nature of theWomen's Super League (WSL) amid complaints of other major European leagues being «boring».

He uses his side's historic FA Cup semi-final match-up with Leicester City as proof of the league's increasing competitive levels. On Sunday, this will mark the first time either team has reached the semi-finals of the tournament, guaranteeing a first-time finalist in May's grand FA Cup showdown.

Both sides had to fight off heady opponents to reach this stage, Spurs, in particular, overcame league leaders Manchester City in a dramatic penalty shoot-out. The victory over City encapsulates Spurs' journey since Vilahamn took charge last summer.

Spurs sunk to a crushing 7-0 defeat to City in their first meeting this season, followed by 2-0 and 1-0 losses in the league and League Cup quarter-finals respectively. Victory finally arrived at the fourth attempt.

According to Vilahamn, reaching this stage, alongside the Foxes, demonstrates not only the team’s progress but the progress of one of women’s football most competitive leagues in the world.

«It's good news for a lot of people in this country because everyone wants a competitive league,» Rehanne Skinner said in a press conference on Friday. «It's been quite boring in a lot of the leagues in Europe when it's only two teams fighting. So in that way I really like it and of course I like it when we're the team competing.

»But also for the fanbases, we need to have more teams competing so we can bring more fans to the stadiums. So it's very important both for women's football and for us."

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