Chelsea’s Swedish defender Magdalena Eriksson lifts the trophy whereas celebrating with teammates after successful the English Women’s FA Cup final soccer match between Chelsea and Manchester United at Wembley Stadium in London on May 14, 2023.
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A world report crowd of 77,390 watched Chelsea beat Manchester United 1-0 within the Women’s FA Cup final at Wembley on Sunday.
Sam Kerr’s 68th-minute strike proved decisive as Chelsea received the trophy for the third straight yr to stay in rivalry for a league and cup double.
The sold-out final smashed the earlier report attendance for a girls’s home membership match, when Atletico Madrid hosted Barcelona in entrance of 60,739 folks in 2019.
Chelsea is second within the Women’s Super League, some extent behind chief United, however with a sport in hand. And whereas victory secured the FA Cup, it may even have given Emma Hayes’ workforce a psychological benefit within the closing phases of the title race.
Chelsea followers within the stands rejoice following the Vitality Women’s FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium, London on Sunday, May 14, 2023. A world report crowd of 77,390 watched Chelsea beat Manchester United 1-0 within the Women’s FA Cup final at Wembley on Sunday.
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“It’s one piece of the jigsaw. I want more, this isn’t enough,” Chelsea midfielder Erin Cuthbert stated. “We want to go for the league now. We can only control the controllables.”
It may need been a unique story had Leah Galton’s strike within the opening minute not been dominated out for offside as United obtained off to a flying begin. But United couldn’t take benefit, with the rating 0-0 at halftime and Kerr discovering the winner after the break.
“We switch off in one moment, there’s space to Sam (Kerr) to run in to which we haven’t given her all game,” United supervisor Marc Skinner stated. “I’m pleased with the women right this moment, they’re hungry. Their (Chelsea’s) place is what we wish to take. We are a younger, hungry workforce. I want to seek out the items to ensure we problem on a regular basis.
A common view of the large display screen exhibiting a record-breaking attendance of 77,390 followers in the course of the Vitality Women’s FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium, London, Sunday, May 14, 2023. A world report crowd of 77,390 watched Chelsea beat Manchester United 1-0 within the Women’s FA Cup final at Wembley on Sunday.
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“Chelsea have done hardly anything in the game, but they are winners for a reason, they find that tiny little gap.”
As properly as successful three FA Cups in a row, Chelsea has additionally received back-to-back league titles up to now two seasons.
Hayes stated her workforce’s trophy-winning knowhow was the distinction.
“We had to kick each other at halftime,” she stated. “We know how to stay in a game and even if we weren’t at our best we have to work out how to change it. We had to possess the ball better and then find the quality in the final third.”
