The Chelsea manager’s last tilt at the biggest prize to elude her ended in valiant defeat by Barcelona in the semi-final
and her Chelsea players trudged forlornly around the ground, the pain etched on their faces knowing how close they had come. A matter of inches the wrong side of the post, a series of questionable refereeing decisions and a key injury to Mayra Ramírez who had caused Barcelona so many issues at the Estadi Olímpic just a week earlier. Millimetres, a series of moments … so close but so far once again.
Three years ago, her side had never looked further away from a team widely regarded as the best in the world. The hurt of that May evening in 2021 on the Gothenburg pitch has lived long in the memory when Hayes witnessed her side fall so far short of the Spanish champions in their first and only Champions League final appearance. It was a chastening moment, a comfortable 4-0 defeat, that provided invaluable learnings for Hayes, her coaching team and players.
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