The new Chelsea women’s manager, Sonia Bompastor, has called for the WSL fixture scheduling to be kinder to English clubs competing in the Champions League. The former Lyon manager, who took over from Emma Hayes and described herself as “so competitive and a really bad loser”, highlighted the scheduling of big league matches around the showpiece tournament’s fixtures as a key difference between the French and English leagues.
“Sometimes when you play a midweek Champions League game, you still have to play your very big game on weekends against Arsenal, Manchester City or United,” she said. “Three competitive games and this is really difficult for the players to be able to perform with not a lot of recovery between the games.”
