Ominous Barcelona side are in the way to another Champions League final but recent missteps pale against her achievements
Emma Hayes walks past the League Cup after defeat by Arsenal last month – on Saturday Chelsea resume their European campaign.Emma Hayes walks past the League Cup after defeat by Arsenal last month – on Saturday Chelsea resume their European campaign.Emma Hayes steps into the technical area at the Estadi Olímpic on Saturday after a draining few weeks on and off the pitch. The task is huge.
Chelsea go into this tie more depleted and exhausted, a hefty injury list combined with an intense schedule taking a toll. Thein the FA Cup semi-finals, either side of an international break, will have scarred. Back-to-back defeats under Hayes are so unheard of that you had to travel back 92 competitive games to December 2021 to find the last time it happened.
Was she right to describe Eidevall’s antics as “male aggression”? No, but was criticising his touchline manner, whether you agree with it or not, legitimate, albeit an apparently diversionary tactic to take the heat off her players for a poor performance? Yes. The culture now, in society generally, is to cancel anyone in the public eye who misspeaks or says something you disagree with . There is no room for error, no room for discussion or debate, no benefit of the doubt and no room for nuance.No topic is too small or too big for us to cover as we deliver a twice-weekly roundup of the wonderful world of women’s footballPeople expect perfection and quite extraordinarily Hayes has been a victim of meeting that high an expectation for so long.
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