Hayes’ side, meanwhile, are in the UEFA Women’s Champions League final on Sunday, having wrapped up the Women’s Super League title last weekend and claimed the Continental Cup in March. They are in the fifth round of the Women’s FA Cup, which will be carried over into next season.
As much as Hayes likes to dismiss the talk of winning the lot – understandably so, given some questions around it started long before Chelsea had even put one trophy in the cabinet this season – she is in a unique position.
Not only does she find her superbly assembled team perfectly placed to pull it off, with two of four trophies already secured, she was also involved on the one occasion it was done before.
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CHELSEA boss Emma Hayes has said that she feels “it’s our time” as her side take on Barcelona in the Champions League final on Sunday.
The Blues, making their debut appearance in the European showpiece, will face Barca in Gothenburg a week after they wrapped up a second successive Women’s Super League (WSL) title.
When asked about the important WSL games Chelsea had been playing of late, Hayes whose team are on course for a potential quadruple, having also retained the League Cup in March and with the FA Cup still to play for said: “If I was to reflect on this period, have we got better every week, even when we’re not at your best? Yeah.
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EMMA HAYES was “overwhelmed with emotion” today after guiding Chelsea to the Women’s Champions League final for the first time.
Hayes’s team overturned a 2-1 deficit after last week’s first-leg semi against Bayern Munich, winning 4-1 at Kingsmeadow to become only the second English team to reach the final.
The first was Arsenal in 2007, when Hayes was assistant manager to Vic Akers, and winning the title with Chelsea has been a target since she took over the hotseat in 2012.
The 44-year-old was in tears at the final whistle, with late goals from Pernille Harder and Fran Kirby clinching a date with Barcelona in Gothenburg in two weeks.