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New West Ham United manager Rita Guarino goes into her first Barclays Women’s Super League match this weekend knowing it’s going to be a big challenge.

The Hammers face defending champions Chelsea on Sunday, in the new boss’s first game since taking the hot-seat before Christmas, replacing Rehanne Skinner.

But the Italian told the media that she is concentrating on her own team rather than worrying about the opposition – and assured supporters that she’s been impressed with what she’s seen in training so far.

“The fans are on the same page of where we are,” she told SheKicks.net, “because everyone here wants to attain a result.

“So I can say that in every minute of the training session, I can see players that want to improve, want to fight for this shirt – and I can say that we try every second to do our best.”

Rita Guarino: We need to work

West Ham are currently second from bottom of the league on five points, with one win to their credit so far this campaign.

And Guarino said that her message to her players had been “first of all, that we need to work, that we...