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It’s the 93rd minute. Chelsea are hanging on. Aston Villa are throwing everything at the Women’s Super League champions, and will just not go away. Sonia Bompastor watches on as the goalkeeper Sabrina D’Angelo is sent forward into the box, as Villa win another set-piece and get the chance to roll the dice for a final time. Nerves? Stress? Yes. For Bompastor, this was quite the introduction. Welcome to Chelsea, the champions of the past five seasons, but here clinging onto victory at Kingsmeadow. And here’s D’Angelo, rising to meet the cross, glancing a header towards goal.
