Crowned as English champions last week, women’s team Chelsea achieved league and cup doubles for the second consecutive season by beating Manchester City in the final (3-2 after extra time) on Sunday at Wembley.
The 49,094 people who attended the match, a record for the women’s FA Cup final, had a suspense as noticeable as the men’s finals the day before when Liverpool beat men’s team Chelsea in penalties on goal (0-0, 6-5 after penalty shootout).
Third in the Women’s Super League, City fought well, coming back to score twice, with a superb curling strike from Lauren Hemp (1-1, 42nd) and a superb exterior from Hayley Raso (2-2, 89th) to tear. the extension of extremis.
But the league’s best scorer, Australian Sam Kerr (20 goals), thwarted their hopes by scoring twice.
He opened the scoring by deflecting with his head, almost at the goal line, a long cross from Millie Bright (1-0, 33rd), before Erin Cuthbert returned the advantage to him with a clear shot at full skylight (2-1). , 63rd).
In extra time, the only goal came from Alanna Kennedy’s missed interception on the right side, which allowed Kerr to run towards the goal and his shot was unfortunately deflected by Alex Greenwood, who took the goalkeeper Ellie Roebuck on the wrong foot (3- 2, 89th).
Canadian Jessie Fleming entered the game in the 80th minute for Chelsea.
I can’t find the words to sum it all up … Ang ganda ng performance! enthused Erin Cuthbert, voted player of the match.
When we were together 5 minutes from the end (with extra time), your legs were a bit broken and we had to remobilize, we dig in to find resources with us that we haven’t found until nowhe continued, into the BBC microphone.
This is the 10th trophy won in 10 years by coach Emma Hayes at the helm of the Blues, with 5 championships, 3 FA Cups and 2 League Cups, only the Champions League still rejects Londoners.
Source: Radio-Canada
