Sonia Bompastor insists Chelsea are treating each recreation as a “precedence” within the second half of the season as she goals to win her first trophy.
Bompastor has loved a seamless transition since taking up from Emma Hayes, with Chelsea sitting high of the Girls’s Tremendous League, six factors away from Manchester Metropolis in second.
The Blues, who’ve received the WSL title in every of the final 5 seasons, are nonetheless combating on 4 fronts.
They’ve reached the quarter-finals of the League Cup and Champions League, and so they start their FA Cup marketing campaign within the fourth spherical in opposition to Charlton Athletic on Sunday.
Bompastor is but to style defeat as Chelsea boss and has received all however one among her video games in cost – a 1-1 draw with Leicester Metropolis on their final WSL outing.
Nevertheless, Bompastor nonetheless expects extra from her workforce as she urged them to maintain combating to win.
“Each recreation is a precedence as a result of each recreation will help carry a trophy for the membership,” she mentioned in a press convention.
“I’m fortunate sufficient to have a powerful squad which makes me rotate gamers throughout all competitions, and we are able to nonetheless be aggressive.
“That’s a very powerful factor. Now, beginning the second a part of the season, now we have extra competitions with the cup competitions, so we have to be prepared for that with the gamers and the squad now we have whereas additionally finding out some alternatives within the switch window.”
Chelsea had received the FA Cup in three consecutive seasons between 2020-21 and 2022-23, however final season have been knocked out within the semi-finals by eventual winners Manchester United.
“[I’m] actually excited [for her first FA Cup game],” Bompastor added. “I’ve heard plenty of good and constructive issues in regards to the FA Cup in England. As a coach and a squad, we’re all very excited to start out this competitors.
“The primary factor for us is to remain centered on our strengths and our squad, to ensure we play the extent we need to play. Ensuring we execute our recreation mannequin one of the best we are able to.
“It’s a trophy to win and this second a part of the season is about that. We take it recreation by recreation, and we put in the entire parts in every recreation to win competitions and titles.”
