Hermoso says she received threats after being kissed by Rubiales<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cI think it\u2019s players like Wendie (Renard), players like Ada (Hegerberg) that have instilled that and that have been here for such a long time, that\u2019s now our responsibility to keep carrying that.\u201d<\/p>\n
A World Cup winner in 2019, Horan says the winning mentality in Lyon is similar to that in the U.S. national team.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the U.S. sense, we\u2019re a little psycho in that in that way – I mean, we will do anything, anything in our power (to win),\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n
Gritty and intense<\/h4>\n
\u201cThat could be not playing well and just gutting it out, that gritty, intense game where you\u2019re like, no matter what, I know we\u2019re winning this game, but it just might not be pretty.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think here at Lyon, I feel like we find a way to win or find a way to do something, but still have that sense of football and that sense of \u2018we want to do it in this way\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
Horan beams with pride about her achievements in Europe, but bristles at the suggestion that Lyon has been caught up and perhaps overtaken in recent years by the likes of reigning champions Barcelona.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s unfortunate people don\u2019t think of us at the top of the pile, because we are such an incredible team. You look at the players that are on our team and I always look at us that we are at the top,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to play against the best version of Barca, the best version of Chelsea, the best version of all these teams, that makes it much greater, and obviously greater for the spectator.\u201d<\/p>\n
READ MORE: Rapinoe adds final stop on farewell tour with NWSL Championship<\/a><\/p>\nGrowing up in Colorado, Horan was obsessed with the men\u2019s Champions League and she hopes that the women\u2019s competition will attract many more viewers around the world this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt annoys me that it (the women\u2019s competition) is not talked about more. When I was younger, all I was watching was men\u2019s, I couldn\u2019t watch the women\u2019s Champions League \u2013 like, I couldn\u2019t find anywhere,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a thing, I barely even knew about it, so I really, really hope that we get more viewership, that people are more in the know.\u201d<\/p>\n
If all goes according to plan this Champions League campaign will end with a ninth victory in the final for Lyon in Bilbao next May, but first it has to get past Slavia Prague, Brann of Norway and Austrian side St. Poelten in the group stage.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think every team will make try to make it as difficult as possible for us, but it\u2019s our job to take that level up a notch, and I think it\u2019s going to be super exciting,\u201d Horan said.<\/p>\n
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