Chelsea di Sonia Bompastor takes another important step in their search for quadruple

While the music walked away from the locker room of the home team in Kingsmeadow after Chelsea had just arrived from behind to defeat Liverpool 2-1 and book their eighth final appearance of the England Cup in 13 years, Sonia Bompastor entered the medium room and politely closed the door behind her.

Chelsea’s manager was closing the noise, but can he really flee? The word “quadruple” will not go anywhere soon.

Last month, Chelsea raised the League Cup after a 2-1 victory over Manchester City, who obtained Bompastor his first trophy in England since he took the place of Emma Hayes last summer. Chelsea has therefore lost their only game of the season so far, against City when he faced them in the first stage of the quarterfinals of the Champions League. Bompastor’s team reacted by organizing a show at Stamford Bridge to win 3-0 and created a semifinal accounts with Barcelona next Sunday.

Bompastor has a touching distance quadruple. Now, it is about navigating in the handful of games that are between her team and a historical result.

In the female Super League, Chelsea are the reigning champions. They are looking for a sixth title in a row and eighth in total. They are fine to make it while keeping a six -point advantage over the Arsenal in second place with only four games to do. Their rivals of London were actually the last and only English women’s team to be crowned European champion (Arsenal has won the UEFA Women’s Cup, which is now the Women’s Champions League) and has also won all three national competitions in one season (2006-07).

Below Hayes-Che was assistant to Arsenal during that 2006-07-the Chelsea season dominated nationally but has never been able to take the final step in Europe. They approached more in 2021 reaching the final against the opponents of next week, in Barcelona, ​​but were exceeded 4-0 in Sweden.

Bompastor has the Nous that could demonstrate the difference for Chelsea in Europe. French is the only manager of the women’s game to win the Champions League both as a player and as a manager. He raised the trophy twice with Lyon as a player, in 2011 and 2012, and then once as manager in 2022 beating Barcelona 3-1 in Turin, in Italy.

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I offer over Liverpool and reach Wembley for the first time as a manager was the next thing that marked the list of things to do for Bompastor, who remembers having represented France at the National Stadium of England during the London 2012 Olympics.

Even among its post-match excitement, Bompastor has a calm behavior for the most of the time. When his team went down 1-0, he seemed reluctant to stress his players, having instilled the conviction of being calm, controlled and capable of anything.

“When we granted the goal, we just blocked our principles,” said Bompastor. “We were strong, we tried to score, to return to the game. We did it shortly before the interval (through Erin Cthbert) and mentally it was important to mark that goal at that moment. I told my players: we must stick to the game plan. It was the right thing to do today. Keep the belief, go and try to the end.”

They listened. It was International England AGGIGI BEEVER-Jones that invented the goods by marking the winner in the fourth of eight minutes of interruption of the time to break Liverpool’s resolution.

“He always said:” I want you to show what you can do, go on the ball, “said Beever-Jones Atletico. “He never wants me to be afraid, and I also take care of this because sometimes as a young player you are afraid to make mistakes. He knows that I am a versatile player on the front line and I am just happy that they trust me to hope to show everyone what I can do.”

Beever-Jones says that Bompastor’s calm was suspended halfway while looking for “in a good sense” to transmit his message with a little more Oomph.

“Sonia has an excellent aura on her and to keep the team calm,” added Beever-Jones. “We know the caliber of the players we have. We have worldwide players in the field, world players ready to make an impact and we did it today.”

Now it is a question of doing it again for the remaining six (or potentially seven) games. But the first stop on the road to a quadruple is a trip to Barcelona. And Bompastor is not only an expert in what he takes but already well prepared. He spent the recent international break by putting together an ended end of the season plan: team for team, game by game.

For the visit of Liverpool, Bompastor, an elite tactician, he knew that Amber Amber Whiteley’s team would try to capture Chelsea in transition. This is exactly what happened for Olivia Smith’s excellent opening, while midfielder Marie Hobinger hit a demolition of the Canadian star while Liverpool took command.

Against Barcelona, ​​even more dangers will be underway. But Bompastor, who gave his players two free days as a reward for reaching Wembley, will not rest in the next seven days. He will return to develop the game plan and go beyond the videos.

In the weeks to come, music in the locker room could become stronger and stronger for every passage game because Chelsea is on the way to emulate Arsenal in an era in which the female game is intrinsically more accessible and popular. Everyone needs to hear it – and very likely, everyone will do it.

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