Iain Darbyshire believes Cardiff Metropolis Ladies are in a much better place at current to problem in Europe as they put together for his or her Champions League qualifying marketing campaign.
The Bluebirds, the Adran Premier title holders, go to reigning League of Eire Ladies's Premier Division champions Athlone City within the semi-finals of the primary qualifying spherical on Wednesday evening (19:30 BST).
It will likely be Cardiff's third successive season of competing within the Champions League qualifying part, though they're but to win in Europe.
However having dominated the home recreation of late, head coach Darbyshire feels the membership at the moment are higher geared up to problem additional afield.
“Now we have been profitable however we hadn't been within the Champions League previous to the final couple of years, I feel it was 10 years earlier than that,” he mentioned.
“The ladies's recreation adjustments extremely rapidly. The primary couple of years within the Champions League have been an actual steep studying curve for us, and we really feel that, proper now, we're in a significantly better place.
“The group have been collectively for properly over a 12 months now and we really feel we are able to have a optimistic week once we're away in Eire.”
