Chelsea boss ‘disappointed’ by postponement of Blues’ Women Super League duel with Manchester United

SONIA BOMPASTOR says Chelsea were “disappointed” to person their top-flight clash with Manchester United postponed.

The Blues brag besides reckons the determination to enactment their Women’s Super League duel connected hold, was not good.

Bompastor, whose squad hosts Real Madrid in the Champions League tomorrow, was reflecting connected the determination that resulted successful Chelsea missing retired connected WSL enactment astatine the weekend.

Their duel with the Red Devils was scheduled to instrumentality spot connected Sunday – conscionable 2 days earlier their radical signifier opener against Madrid astatine Stamford Bridge.  

The Chelsea chief, 44, said: "Of course, we were disappointed, players and staff.

"I deliberation everyone has to recognize we were expected to play.

"We were successful a very, precise bully squad dynamic, and not having the accidental to play this play changed everything successful mentation for the crippled against Real Madrid.

"When you person the accidental to play 1 crippled a week, and with this determination being made and postponing the game, present we person been retired of contention for 10 days, which is wholly different.

"If you look astatine the situation, the determination is not good.

"It's not bully for each the English clubs who are successful the Champions League competition."

Chelsea’s rubric triumph past word saw them automatically scope the tournament’s radical stages this season.

And past period Arsenal and Manchester City joined them aft battling done competition's qualifiers.

On September 29 the Women’s Professional League Limited, who this word took implicit the moving of the WSL, announced the postponement of the Blues’ clash with United.

They cited subordinate payment arsenic the crushed fixed the choky turnaround betwixt home and European games for the WSL title-holders.

The organisation has travel successful for disapproval concerning its decision, with Uefa having published its Champions League lucifer calendar much than a twelvemonth ago.

And Gunners brag Jonas Eidevall described the handling of the concern arsenic "amateurish".

On if amended connection is needed betwixt Uefa and federations and authorities similar the WPLL, Bompastor added: "The league is simply a nonrecreational league.

"They request to cognize astir the rules. I conscionable said to the league my thoughts connected the situation, I deliberation that's bully capable for me.

"I don't privation to stock much present successful a property conference.

"For them, it's bully to person our feedback and arsenic I ever said to the league, we should beryllium arrogant to person 3 English clubs successful the Champions League this year.

"All the decisions successful this league done the play person to beryllium made successful bid to assistance the English clubs to vie successful the Champions League.”

Tomorrow nighttime astatine Stamford Bridge Chelsea volition statesman their quest to triumph a Women’s Champions League for the archetypal clip successful their history.

Their crippled against Madrid, who are 2nd successful Spain’s top-flight and presently level connected points with leaders Barcelona, volition beryllium Bompastor’s archetypal successful Europe arsenic the Blues' gaffer.

The past clip Bompastor oversaw broadside competing successful contention astatine the stadium was erstwhile her aged nine Lyon faced Chelsea successful a second-leg semi-final crippled

In March past twelvemonth they were beaten by the Blues, past managed Emma Hayes, via a melodramatic punishment shootout.

Bompastor, who has won the tourney arsenic a subordinate and coach, besides played for a Lyon squad that reached the contention last astatine Stamford Bridge successful 2013.

Back past they fell to a constrictive 1-0 decision to German giants Wolfsburg.

The Blues manager adds: "I played successful a Champions League last astatine Stamford Bridge successful 2013 and I’ve been present arsenic a manager of Lyon.

"Now I’m truly excited due to the fact that present I’m successful the dugout for Chelsea and I’m the Chelsea manager.

"I can’t hold to beryllium successful that position, bask the crippled and bask to beryllium retired determination with the players and the fans."