Chelsea runs in the WCL semifinals as the first flagship goal of Manchester City | Champions League female

Sonia Bompastor has channeled the compatriot Édith Piaf, saying that she wanted her players “had not regretted” the final whistle of their second stage of the Champions League quarter -finals against Manchester City came, and three goals of the first half were the result of an relentless performance and combat to overturn the deficit of the first two -goal leg.

We were waiting for Chelsea to move on fifth march, for a display in 90 minutes reflecting their domain in all competitions and talent of the team, and Stamford Bridge Bompastor delivered the change of equipment when it mattered more, the goals of Sandy Baltimore, Nathalie Björn and Mayra Ramírez saw the style of the city.

The Blues created an appetizing tie with the Barcelona Champions League holders, who coldly sent Wolfsburg 10-2 in aggregate.

Chelsea’s manager made five changes to the team that marked a Winner of the arrest time At the Ethihad Stadium on Sunday and it was this comedy that many predicted could be the difference, the London side capable of rotating and maintaining an intensity that an impoverished and limited city team could not be equal.

Much was made of the City accident crisis, with Khadija Shaw, Aoba Fujino, Rebecca Knaak, Lauren Hemp, Alex Greenwood, Laura Blindkilde Brown and Ayaka Yamashita all outside and only five players called on the bench for the trip to Stamford Bridge.

However, the home team also had absent; Naomi Girma, Sam Kerr, Guro Reiten, Maelys Mpomé, Kadeisha Buchanan and Sophie English wounded and Zecira Musavic pregnant.

Such is the quality and number of players available for Chelsea, it is easy to forget who is not there and neglect the work done to make sure they remain competitive. City accidents are a valid excuse for bankruptcy on the field, but they are not an excuse for a club that should invest more in his play group.

There was a frenetic energy for Chelsea due to fresh legs, a fire in the bellies and the belief that emanated from the players. Bompastor was in a position of power in his technical area, living every step and every race, one step away from racing on the pitch to do the job alone.

Their pressure was relentless and although the crowd was half the size of the one that honored the Emirates Stadium the night beforeThey absorbed the struggle of players in blue and fed on the same intensity.

The objectives were coming and they were going only in one way, the contrast between the game in London and the phenomenal and combative performance of the city Eight days before It was clear. It took 14 minutes for Chelsea to capitalize their domain, an incessant bronze by Lucy who led in the box from the right and launched a shot out of the pole on which Baltimore was there to follow, shooting in the side net from the left.

City grouped, in some way, to the immediate consequence of the goal, Mary Fowler and Kerolin forcing both simple rescues from Hannah Hampon, and then the show of Chelsea filming. They were at 37 minutes and in front of a little before the break for the first time in a tie.

First, the corner of Baltimore was welcomed by Natalie Björn, who sent a loop head beyond Khiara Keating, the Chelsea duo returned to the 11th departure for this device, then Lauren James fled to the right before pulling back the ball for the ball for the brand to loosen the ball for the brand to loosen the ball to make it back for the ball to make it back to do it The ball to make her back for the ball to make her back for the ball to make her back for the ball to make it back.

It would be unfair to say that Chelsea’s energy is immersed in the second half, but there was a slightly more patient and pragmatic approach once they had the advantage. They were still the most powerful side, Johanna Rytting Kaneryd and Erin Cthbert forced both seal from Keating All Minutes Apart shortly after the sign of the hour.

Cuthbert would have gone closer to the second half, another effort that returned outside the bar earning a jolt of disappointment collected by the crowd that had sang “We We Want Four” in the middle of time.

City tried to collect a sort of challenge, the margin of a goal that provides a certain hope for Nick Cushing’s team, but left them on the back and Chelsea was a constant threat to the break.

The Bompastor team emerged from the four consecutive games against City with three wins and a defeat, that defeat, in the first stage, the game that could afford to lose. Marciano with a first trophy under the belts, the League Cup and, probably, their best shape in front of them.