It seems as though nothing can stop Sonia Bompastor in English football. Not a change of manager from Manchester City, not a sublime individual goal from Aoba Fujino and not even the sand on the pitch. The Frenchwoman is unbeaten as Chelsea manager after 28 games and has secured the first of a potential quadruple this season.
Chelsea’s 26th victory of the season was played on a surface their midfielder Erin Cuthbert told the BBC was not fit for a final and Bompastor, who clearly had higher hopes for the facilities in her first experience of a final in English football, agreed. “That’s a bit of a shame to have this pitch for a final, especially in England where you expect to have the best pitches in the world,” she said. “I’m not sure if it was a men’s final it would be the same.”
