Zahui: "Looking forward to slapping everyone in the face"

Amanda Zahui is back in New York Liberty and in the WNBA premiere, perhaps the toughest possible opposition awaits in the form of the Seattle Storm.

Liberty has a very young team on paper and will be outscored by Seattle, which has world stars such as Breanna Stewart and Natasha Howard.

- We will really be underdogs and I look forward to slapping everyone in the mouth a little quickly. Get that New York respect back and win matches, Zahui tells SVT Sport.

Zahui has a clear idea of ​​what she and the team want with the coming season.

- I have been given a much bigger leadership role. It's something new, so I want to build on it but still be myself all the time. Then I just want to be a stable player. I have had great matches before and then I have gone down, so my goal is to be as even as possible and lead my team to wins.

What can you expect from Liberty this year?

- We are better than we have been the last two years, so the playoffs are definitely on the map. We enter with a humble attitude because we are so young, but at the same time we are fearless.

WNBA teams are isolated in a bubble due to the corona pandemic and this year's season will be played behind closed doors. Then Zahui thinks that trash talk will cost extra.

- You hear everything, really everything. So I think there will be a lot of technical fouls in the beginning. People will have to pay a little money for talking too much shit.

What do you miss most in the bubble?

- So I miss eating croissants. I was at home in Sweden for quite some time so now I miss eating croissants extra much. But I asked my mother to send some yesterday, haha.

The draft in the premiere match against Seattle is 18.00 Swedish time.