Chelsea hired an experienced Champions League-winning coach, Sonia Bompastor, to replace the evergreen Emma Hayes at the start of the 2024-25 season mainly to win all available trophy.
With the Women’s League Cup already in the bag and the league almost secured, Chelsea were eyeing a place in the Champions League final until FC Barcelona Femeni came in their way.
The defending English champions already faced an uphill task of overturning a 4-1 deficit at home against the defending European champions, but things went south after conceding three first half goals from Aitana Bonmati, Ewa Pajor, and Claudia Pina.
Salma Paralluelo added salt to Chelsea’s wounds by making it 4-0 late in the game before Wieke Kaptein pulled one back to get the score 8-2 on aggregate.
This would be the second consecutive season that Chelsea have been knocked out at the semi final stage of the UEFA Women’s Champions League.
