When Emma Hayes lost this trophy for the third consecutive time last March, only a few months after she announced her departure from West -London, few would have believed that it would take less than 12 months before Chelsea would be in this position and the English game dominated as they are.
But that is the task that Sonia Bompastor has done since he arrived at these coasts. 28 competitions, 28 unbeaten. 26 wins, 2 pulls, and no loss to add to her resume.
Of course, Bompastor was helped by the generous wallet of the club, what the will of World-record that Naomi Girma and two-time Champions League and Euro winner Keira Walsh adds to her ranks.
But she has also added self -confidence and determination. They do not go down without a fight that they have demonstrated here again today, even without Girma and Walsh in their ranks.
“From the start of the season we said we are really ambitious,” said Bompastor. 'If we get the chance to win the first title that is always really positive, so I am really happy for that reason, but I am also really proud of my players.
'The performance was not great, but we found a way to win the game. City is a really good team, it was a difficult game, so we expected that. But we created some opportunities, some opportunities and we could score two goals, which was enough to win the game. '
Chelsea Captain Millie Bright summarized the impact that Bomapastor had after the game.
“Our mentality is ruthless,” said Bright. “We defend 90 minutes plus, we will fight for each other and we have another gear to give.”
'We have lost the last three finals and that has chased the players who have been here for a long time. It is nice to finally bring that step forward and break the curse. '
For City they made the most brave gamble by firing their head coach Gareth Taylor five days before this final, in which former manager Nick Cushing entered the end of the season.
Whether this will be told in the opposite way will be told in 11 days, when the last of these four consecutive meetings end with their Champions League quart final on Stamford Bridge.
The game was not as easy as Bompastor had wanted.
After Chelsea had taken an early lead by Mayra Ramirez, who took advantage of a random urban defense, the losing team fought their way back to the game, dominated the possession and finished half with 22 details in the opposition box, to Chelsea's Seven.
Bunny Shaw was characteristic of the great threat of City in attack, but Chelsea, aware of the forces of the Jamaican forces, both airy and her feet, quickly marked her out of the game.
Chelsea came out of fighting in the second half, but City drew level with a beautiful strike by Japan International Aoba Fujino along Hannah Hampton.
Questions will be asked if Hampton should have done better, but City got what they earned after their sustainable period of dominance in the first half.
A few minutes later, Shaw should have led City when she had one-on-one with Hampton, but she was unable to direct the English international in her shot. A few minutes later, Miedema had an attempt with a tame shot that was also sent away by the goalkeeper of the Lionesses.
Fujino's countryman Yui Hasegawa released the hard work of the city less than ten minutes later, with an unfortunate goal to restore Chelsea's lead.
The goal had come as a result of some acid-earned work in the construction of Lucy Bronze, who managed to poke the ball to replace Aggie Beever-Jones, who explained it for Mayra Ramirez.
The target scorer celebrated the ball in the box and tried to find the pass to Bever-Jones, only for the approval of Hasegawa to walk over her keeper and in her net.
It was an unfortunate way to lose the lead, and a particularly unfortunate way to lose the final.
But there has been a sense of inevitability after this Chelsea team since Bompastor took the reins, and the French coach will be relieved that the first available cup is already of her.
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