Sonia Bompastor has revealed that in her first season in Chelsea she fails by not winning the Champions League and the four -fold.
The blues were again demolished by Barcelona, collapsed for a 4-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge when they left the semi-final of the Champions League with an 8-2 aggregated loss.
While Barcelona riot with three goals in the first half without an answer for 26,000 fans at Stamford Bridge, it emphasized the real wave in the class between the dominant team of the Women's Super League and the European Elite. Chelsea was booed full -time by the home crowd.
It was the Joint-Tweede-strict defeat of the career of Bompastor-Het 5-1 loss for Arsenal, while Lyon Hoofdcoach is at the end of 2022 as her worst professional loss.
Although Bompastor can still complete a domestic treble by winning the title of top flight and the FA Cup for the League Cup that is already going in the couch, it is not enough for the Chelsea coach.
Asked if she fell short of her ambitions this season, she replied: “Yes. I'm not going to shy away from the club's ambitions.
“That is really easy for some managers not to accept the ambitions. I want to hire them because I am really competitive.
“This club has everything to perform and to be able to make it quadruple. It did not happen this year, we are all sad and frustrated about it, but we now have to think about how we can make it possible.
“When I come to Chelsea as a competitive person, I want to make sure we fight for every possible trophy
“In general, we still have the chance to win two more trophies. I hope we will win the last two trophies, the competition and the FA Cup. For a first season it would be a good season, not a perfect and ideal that I came for.”
'We were not ready for CL – we need reflection'
Speaking after the game, Bompastor admitted that the two 4-1 loses to Barcelona showed that her side was not “ready” to win the Champions League.
It is the fourth time in the last five seasons that Chelsea's Champions League dream ended in the hands of Barcelona – but this defeat was the biggest difference between the winner and the loser.
Asked to explain why Chelsea is not ready – even though he had one of the best and deepest squadrons in Europe – Bompastor replied: “This may not be the right time to do that because we have important games that come.
“As a club and as a manager I want to make sure that we think about these two games. These two games are two major lessons for us.
“If we want to continue, we have to think about what we need to be a better team and to take on the best teams in Europe, which is Barcelona. But every club has that reflection.
“I remember that Barcelona lost the Champions League final against Lyon in 2022, they had this great reflection and how they made a better team.
“We will have that time with the club, ownership, the sporting directors and myself to improve in the right direction to ensure that we compete against Barcelona and other teams.”
Before the game, Bompastor asked her team to show what Chelsea is about. On a full time asked if that was the case, she answered: “What do you think? Not really.
“That is what is difficult. You can lose a game, but at least you have to show more pride. We played at home, so it's hard.
“One of the few positive things that we can take from them, I clearly know what to do, what we need to be a better team to compete against these teams.”