Chelsea leader Sonia Bompastor urged her side to be more clinical, despite their quarterfinal victory of the FA Cup over Crystal Palace on Sunday.
The French woman has an extraordinary debut season in England as Chelsea lead the way on top WSL ladder, are in the league finals and now the last stages are both Champions League and Fa cup. Although the conversation about the four -legged may be a little premature, they are certainly one of the best teams in Europe again in this term.
As said, Sunday’s meeting with Palace was not completely simple. Despite being rejected by the newly found Eagles 7-0 in the league at the beginning of the season, Lauren James needed a late goal from Lauren to break the Kingsmeadow.
Chelsea was the dominant side in terms of possession, while they also had five attempts by targets toward Palace’s. However, Bompastor insists that there is still a huge place for progress and that she needs more of her options.
“The main thing for us is to always find a way to win the game,” Bompastor said Chelseafc.com After the game. “It’s never easy to win in games, even if you are sometimes the best team and the other Underdogs team. I think you can see from the statistics of the game we have created so many opportunities and chances and we could be clinically and more efficient. We couldn’t achieve more than one.
“One was enough, so it’s good, but if you look at the statistics from the game, in the first half we had 12 shots, but only one target. I don’t think that’s enough.
“At least it’s a good point in making a lot, so I’m not worried, and now we just have to be clinical in those moments. But it’s never easy to score goals.”
Liverpool is now waiting for Chelsea in the semifinals, which will be held next month. Until then, the Bompastor -This side has a difficult month to navigate with huge WSL, League Cup and Champions League games.
Outfit Merseyside will be a tough test for Chelsea after their heroic victory 1-0 Arsenal On Sunday, it should serve as a warning for what they are capable of under the temporary boss Amber Whiteley. However, Bompastor is delighted with the home draw and the fact that he will have the support of his fans at Kingsmeadow.
She concluded: “You could see today that it was a difficult game against Palace, which is in the lower half of the league, so these coupes always bring you hard work.
“It will be a tough game against Liverpool, but at least we are at home. We don’t have to travel and we will have the support of our fans.”
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