Getting to know Man Utd boss Olid

It has been a whirlwind 10 weeks for Eva Olid since she became manager of Manchester United. Her surprise appointment in August, following Marc Skinner's departure, meant she joined one of the biggest clubs in England just a month before the Women's Super League season started. When BBC Sport met her in a Manchester coffee shop, it was her first real pause in a schedule that had left her little chance to discover the city she now calls home. "It's been good but really busy," Olid said. "It's just been work, home, work, home."

Olid, 41, enjoyed exceptional success at Hearts, taking them from the bottom of the table to Scottish Premier League champions within five years. Despite that, she was relatively unheard of south of the border. On her first day at the training base at Carrington, she set out to explain to her players who she was. "I tried to be myself from second one," she said. "I showed that I'm a person before a coach."

Her start at United was far from straightforward. She inherited a thin squad and a new policy of prioritising academy players over signings, while also wanting to implement a new attacking style. United lost 2-1 at London City Lionesses, then suffered a 5-0 home defeat by Chelsea. Olid believes that humbling loss in front of United's own fans proved to be a turning point. "There were honest conversations," she said. "I took responsibility for a lot of things." A 1-1 draw at Arsenal started a five-game unbeaten run, during which the team climbed from the bottom of the WSL to seventh.

Off the pitch, Olid is keen to explore Manchester, starting with good Spanish food. She admitted some tapas bars are not fully authentic and said she needed time to find one that felt like home. She has yet to embrace driving on British roads but has become a fan of public transport. She has already visited Old Trafford, where she first watched a game 13 years ago as a fan.

自从埃娃·奥利德出任曼联主帅以来，已经度过了忙碌的10周。今年8月，她在马克·斯金纳离任后出人意料地获得任命，使她在女子超级联赛赛季开始前一个月便加入了英格兰最大的俱乐部之一。我们在曼彻斯特的一家咖啡馆与她见面，这对于一个不喝咖啡的人来说有些意外，也是她的日程中第一次真正的停歇，此前她几乎没有机会去了解这座她如今称为家的城市。“一切都很好，但非常忙碌，”奥利德告诉BBC体育。“就是工作、回家、工作、回家。”

41岁的奥利德在哈茨取得了卓越的成就，五年之内将球队从积分榜底部带到了苏格兰超级联赛冠军的位置。尽管如此，她在英格兰南部却相对鲜为人知。她来到卡灵顿的训练基地后的第一天，首要任务便是向球员们说明她是怎样的人。“从第二秒起，我就试着做我自己，”她说。“在教练之前，我首先是一个人。”

她在曼联的开局远非一帆风顺。她接手的是一支阵容单薄的球队，并面临优先培养青训球员而非引援的新政策，同时她还希望推行全新的进攻风格。United在客场以1比2不敌伦敦城狮，随后又在主场以0比5惨败给切尔西。奥利德认为，在曼联自家球迷面前遭遇的这场屈辱失利成为了转折点。“我们进行了坦诚的交流，”她说，“很多事情我都承担了责任。”随后，球队在阿森纳以1比1平局开始了五场不败的连续比赛，并从女超联赛的积分榜底部攀升至第七位。