Bompastor on first defeat as Chelsea boss after 2-0 first leg women's champions league defeat at Manchester City

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Bompastor on first defeat as Chelsea boss after 2-0 first leg women's champions league defeat at Manchester City  19/03/2025  CGA, Manchester, UK

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00:00OK, who would like to start us off first?

00:05Anton, thank you.

00:10Hi Sonia.

00:11Hi.

00:12How does it feel to have your first defeat as Chelsea boss?

00:16Yeah, that's tough. Difficult, obviously.

00:21Yeah, I think today you have to say that's a difficult night.

00:26Sometimes it happens in football, so now my job is to make sure

00:30that's OK for everyone to be disappointed about the performance

00:34and the result tonight.

00:36But from tomorrow, going to the next games against City,

00:39we just need to make sure we have a good analysis as a team

00:43from the performance, but also we put the right elements

00:47going into the next two games.

00:49How simple is it to say that Vivian and Miedema

00:54was the difference between the two teams tonight?

00:57Yeah, she had a great game.

00:59I think she made a big impact for them.

01:03She just scored the two goals.

01:05In some nights in football, when you play these big games,

01:10it's a fine marge between these two teams.

01:13And when you have a world-class player like Miedema

01:16who is able to help her team with scoring two goals,

01:20it can be the difference.

01:23Tonight it was for them, so hopefully on Sunday and next Thursday

01:26we'll be able to turn things around for us.

01:48What are you like in a defeat? How do you take a defeat?

01:53I mean, we've never seen you experience it here in England,

01:56but when you go home tonight, what will be the thoughts

01:59that go in your head? How do you process it?

02:02Yeah, a lot of frustration.

02:04I think for me now it's making sure we have the right analysis

02:09in the game.

02:10So it's for me, even if I have some elements in my head,

02:13it's for me really important to analyse the game,

02:16re-watch the game again, to make sure we have the right analysis

02:19with the players.

02:21But yeah, I'm always in that situation to take all the responsibility

02:25for the performance and the result.

02:27So I'm really hard on myself.

02:29But yeah, that's what people expect the manager

02:32to be able to turn things around.

02:34So yeah, that's tough.

02:37I'm an immune, so as a manager I have emotions

02:40and it's difficult tonight.

02:41But my job is also to make sure from tomorrow

02:44we have a positive mindset going into the next two games.

02:48And from tonight there is nothing else we can control.

02:51So what you can control now is in the future.

02:54So that's my job to make sure we just move forward

02:57and we stay positive and confident.

03:00We only lost one game in the season.

03:03That's a big one, an important one.

03:05It happens.

03:06But yeah, now we need to stay positive in that situation.

03:09How tough will it be to come back from 2-0 down?

03:12I know Chelsea have done this before,

03:15but they're not used to having to come back from 2-0 down.

03:19It's quite a tricky task.

03:20I will stay confident going into the next game, the second leg,

03:25because I know we have a lot of quality in the squad.

03:28Yeah, going into the next games,

03:31I think the freshness will be important.

03:34So we have a depth in the squad again.

03:37So yeah, I make sure we do everything we can do

03:41to be in the best position to attack the next two games.

03:45That's the only thing we can do to make sure.

03:48Again, we have the right analysis from the game tonight.

03:51We just put everything in place for the players

03:53to be ready on Sunday and next Thursday.

03:56You're welcome.

03:57Catherine, next please.

04:02Hi Sonia.

04:03What do you think went wrong tonight?

04:05Where was Man City better on the pitch than your players were?

04:11Yeah, it's difficult to have a really detailed answer

04:15because we are going to play them again on Sunday

04:17and next Thursday.

04:19But I think we didn't start to play from the beginning of the game.

04:23I think also we didn't play with the desire we needed to play

04:28in the first half.

04:30I think when you play a quarterfinal of the Champions League,

04:33sometimes you talk a lot about tactics and all other elements,

04:37but the desire you need to bring into these games

04:40is sometimes the most important.

04:42The energy and making sure everyone is making all the efforts

04:45for each other.

04:46So I think maybe we were a little bit sloppy in that aspect tonight.

04:50Why do you think that was?

04:51Was it complacency at all?

04:53Is it just because of the fact it's the same team again?

04:57No, sometimes it's not always easy to find the right answers.

05:02I think from the game we had on Saturday,

05:05we were coming into this game with confidence,

05:08but not too high confidence because I always make sure

05:12we have the right balance between being confident

05:14but also being humble.

05:16We were expecting a tough game tonight.

05:18I think City just showed on the game on Saturday how good they were.

05:22I know they are a really good team with a lot of talent in the squad,

05:26as you could see again tonight.

05:28So I'm expecting the two next games to be tough again,

05:31but I still think we have the quality to beat this team.

05:35Charlotte next please, and then we'll come to Kit.

05:39Hi Sonia, what was the reason for Macario coming off at half-time?

05:44I think from the defensive game plan we had,

05:49I was not really satisfied on how we were doing in the first half.

05:53She was not the only reason why,

05:55but I just felt like maybe we needed to have more energy in that position.

05:59And Walsh and James, those substitutions?

06:02Keira, it's a bit of managing because she was injured from the Brighton game,

06:07so she didn't have 90 minutes.

06:10And the second one you said?

06:12Lauren and James.

06:14I was trying as a manager when the game is not going the way you want

06:19and the result is not positive,

06:21you always try to do something different,

06:23to bring something else to the team.

06:25So this is why when you have depth in your squad,

06:28you are able to make some substitutions.

06:31And tonight I just felt like it was the right thing to do.

06:34It didn't work.

06:36I was going to say, did you twist too early?

06:38It was still 0-0 at that stage.

06:41I wouldn't say that.

06:43I think it's really important in these types of games,

06:46especially when it's tight,

06:48to also bring sometimes energy into the game.

06:51I think the players who came in are really good players with a lot of talent.

06:56Sometimes in football you want to always have answers,

06:59but I think in some games when you make some substitutions,

07:02it goes right.

07:04Sometimes it doesn't go right.

07:06That's the way it is.

07:07So tonight it didn't work,

07:09but hopefully it will work for the next games.

07:19Hi Sonia.

07:20Chelsea have never won a Champions League.

07:23You trying to change that was a big reason for you.

07:26If you come into Chelsea,

07:28how much pressure is there on next Thursday's game?

07:31I don't look at the situation with pressure.

07:36It will be difficult,

07:38and even now more difficult,

07:40because City have two goals ahead of us,

07:43but nothing is impossible.

07:45We just need to make sure going into every game

07:48and the one next Thursday we'll put all the elements.

07:51Sometimes even when you try so hard it doesn't happen,

07:55but we'll make sure going into the next game

07:57we'll put all the elements for things to turn around,

08:01and hopefully it will.

08:03If it's not the case, we'll see.

08:05But going into the game the only thing I want to be

08:08is confident because it's still possible.

08:22Sonia, is there a part of you that will be thinking

08:25that if you're going to lose one match,

08:27perhaps the best match of the season to lose

08:29is the first leg of a game,

08:30which essentially is halfway through overall?

08:33Is this the best way for the unbeaten run to end

08:36where the match technically still isn't really over?

08:40Can you repeat this one please?

08:43I probably asked that in an elongated way.

08:46I guess I'm just wondering if part of you will think

08:49that yes, okay, the unbeaten run is gone,

08:51but the match, the tie is still not really finished.

08:54If there was a place to lose the unbeaten run,

08:56was this the best possible place for it to happen

08:59when it's only halfway through?

09:02Yeah, I would say it's not a decisive game tonight.

09:08So as I said to my players at the end,

09:11we were all disappointed and frustrated about the result,

09:15but the only positive thing tonight

09:17is we have the second leg at home next week,

09:20and everything will be possible.

09:22So I think I have already been in that situation

09:28when sometimes with these two games,

09:31things don't go the way you want in the first leg,

09:34but you still have the second leg to approach the game

09:37in a different way and to be able to qualify.

09:40So this is now my main focus

09:42to make sure going into the second leg game

09:45will bring everything possible to make it happen.

09:48It's a very long time since most of these players

09:50lost a club match, I think Liverpool away

09:53late last season for most of them.

09:55I'm just wondering what you would want to see

09:57from those players in the next training session,

09:59like what characteristics would you like to see,

10:02what attributes do you want to see from them to respond?

10:05I think when you look at Chelsea,

10:09it's been the case in the past,

10:11but it's also the case this season.

10:14The players always react in the right way,

10:17so I'm positive about that.

10:19Even this season, sometimes in the games

10:21when we were losing the game,

10:24we always had the good reaction to come back.

10:28So this is also why I have some belief

10:31going into the next game and the one on the next Thursday.

10:35I just think everything is possible

10:38and I have quality enough in the squad

10:40to turn things around.

10:42You're welcome.

10:48Thanks, Tom.

10:53Hi, Sonia.

10:54Your team was just one result away

10:56from breaking the longest unbeaten streak

10:59by a WSL team across all competitions.

11:02Unfortunately, the result didn't go your way tonight,

11:04but when you look back and reflect on that run,

11:06how do you reflect on it

11:08and did you expect to start so well in England?

11:11Do you want me to be honest in my answer?

11:15I don't care.

11:16We just lost the game.

11:17That's the most important thing.

11:19My main focus is going into the next game,

11:22just making sure we turn things around and we win.

11:26Being unbeaten, obviously it's a nice thing,

11:29but it doesn't bring any trophies.

11:31We don't care about that.

11:33I already said that before.

11:36Everyone, when they play against Chelsea,

11:39has so much anger and that's normal.

11:41I think we are a top team.

11:44The most important thing for me

11:45is to make sure we win the right games

11:48and the important ones

11:49and we win as many trophies as we can.

11:54Any more for any more?

11:56No?

11:57Okay, cool.

11:59Thanks very much.

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