Hayley Raso, the mercurial Matildas hero with a touch of magic in her boots, has begun her comeback to England’s Women’s Super League with a magnificent individual goal for Tottenham. The 30-year-old spent a frustrating stop-start year at Real Madrid and kicked off her third WSL stint with a beauty to launch Spurs’ 4-0 win over newcomers Crystal Palace on Sunday. On another busy day for the Matildas’ contingent in the WSL, summer signing Raso really introduced herself to the Spurs’ faithful at Brisbane Road in the 19th minute.
Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today She found space in the Palace half and, despite being shadowed by three defenders, embarked on a speculative run. With her trademark ribbon flowing, Raso first turned Katrine Veje inside out, weaved into the right of the box, and swivelled to strike the ball into the opposite corner, not with the greatest connection but directed perfectly to give goalkeeper Shae Yanez no chance. “Really good team performance, everyone’s feeling pretty happy to start off the season like that and to get a goal topped it all off for me,” Raso said.
“I can’t really remember (the goal), to be honest. I feel like it was rolling slowly and I was watching it thinking ‘please go in, please go in’. I was really happy to score.
” Raso made her debut alongside Tottenham’s other new Matildas signing — central defender Clare Hunt. “Credit to the girls here, they’ve made the transition very easy for us. .