Chelsea head coach Sonia Bompastor was upset to see her aspect fall to a 2-0 defeat to Manchester Metropolis at The Joie Stadium within the first leg of their UEFA Ladies’s Champions League quarter-final tie on Wednesday night,
Vivianne Miedema obtained each objectives for the hosts as Chelsea boss Bompastor tasted defeat for the primary time in her tenure.
When talking within the post-match press convention, Bompastor admitted that it was a troublesome night time for her aspect and stated that Chelsea must put together properly for the league assembly between the 2 golf equipment on the weekend.
“I believe you must say it was a troublesome night time,” Bompastor stated. “Typically, it occurs and my job is to now make it possible for’s okay. I need to be upset in regards to the efficiency and the consequence tonight however tomorrow, we’re going to [focus on] the following sport in opposition to Metropolis.
“We simply want to ensure we get good evaluation as a crew from the efficiency. We additionally want to search out the suitable solution to relaxation within the subsequent two days.”
The sport was the second fixture of 4 that Manchester Metropolis and Chelsea will contest with one another within the house of 12 days. The primary two video games have been ultra-competitive and Bompastor expects the identical from the ultimate two video games.
She stated “I believe Metropolis confirmed within the sport on Saturday how good they have been; I do know they’re a extremely good crew with loads of expertise within the squad and we might see that tonight. Yeah, I’m anticipating the following two video games to be robust once more.”
Miedema’s brace has given the benefit to Manchester Metropolis forward of subsequent week’s second leg however Bompastor says that her aspect are nonetheless hopeful of progressing to the UEFA Ladies’s Champions League semi-finals.
She stated “I’ll keep assured going into the following leg as a result of I do know now we have loads of high quality within the squad. Going into the following video games, I’ll be certain that we do all the pieces we are able to do to be in the very best place. The one factor we are able to do is be certain that now we have the suitable evaluation from the sport tonight. Sure, it will likely be troublesome and now it’s much more troublesome as a result of Metropolis are two objectives forward of us however nothing is unattainable.”
Chelsea’s 31-game unbeaten run got here to an finish within the North West however Bompastor was not bothered about that document; crucial factor for her is getting the suitable consequence within the second leg.
She stated “I don’t care. My fundamental focus going into the following sport is ensuring we flip issues round and we win.
“Being unbeaten is good nevertheless it doesn’t win a trophy. An important factor for me is to ensure we win the suitable video games, the vital ones and win as many trophies as we are able to.”
Chelsea face Manchester Metropolis once more on Sunday afternoon when the 2 sides contest a Barclays Ladies’s Tremendous League fixture on the Etihad Stadium.