Women's Champions League: 'Chelsea may have produced greatest performance of Hayes' tenure'


by BBC

BBC— It is only "half-time" of Chelsea's Women's Champions League semi-final tie with Barcelona but they may have just produced the greatest performance of manager Emma Hayes' tenure.

The Guardian—Emma Hayes blasts ‘worst decisions in Women’s Champions League history’ after Chelsea exit. Chelsea manager furious with red card and penalty decisionsBarcelona through to final against either PSG or LyonEmma Hayes lambasted the red card shown to Kadeisha Buchanan and the award of the decisive penalty in Chelsea’s 2-0 defeat by Barcelona as “probably the worst decisions in Uefa Women’s Champions League history”.Chelsea were a goal up going into the second leg, having inflicted the first home defeat on Barcelona in more than five years, but Aitana Bonmatí’s shot took a deflection off...

talkSPORT—Emma Hayes misses chance to cement Chelsea legacy after Women’s Champions League semi-final exit to Barcelona. Emma Hayes’ Champions League dream has come to an end as Chelsea were knocked out at the semi-final stage by Barcelona. The Blues went into the clash with a 1-0 advantage, but ended up losing

The Guardian—Chelsea’s Champions League dreams dashed – Women’s Football Weekly. Faye Carruthers is joined by Sophie Downey, Emma Sanders and Chris Slegg to discuss the second legs in the Women’s Champions League semi-finals, the weekend’s WSL action and focus on Crystal Palace’s ascentOn today’s episode, the panel discuss the Champions League semi-finals as a record attendance at Stamford Bridge in a women’s game witnessed Chelsea bowing out Barcelona. A departing Emma Hayes let her feelings be known following the game, but were the refereeing decisions fair?The panel also...