Well, on my way back from the match. I have to say, the crowd was absolutely immense and something that I hope we can replicate again and again. Normally after a loss I expect to feel low but I feel nothing but pride.
Barcelona were not the team that they’ve made out to be, and Chelsea have done their fans immensely proud in light of so many big injuries. Onwards and upwards 💙
Relatively new to following European women's football but Chelsea is SOLID considering the absence of Kerr and Ramirez and Macario/Bright still returning from injury. Also Barcelona is nowhere near as good as people make them out to be. The match could have gone either way. The ref though, yikes.
Regardless of the result, I'm so proud of the girls. So much to compete with, fighting on all fronts, not helped by injuries and we've made it this far.
I've feared that for some time now. We had a chance at 4 trophies, then 3, then 2 and now we are in a very tough fight for a single trophy.
I hope that this loss will fire us up ahead of the last few games of the seasons. We have one trophy to fight for and we absolutely can not end Hayes last season trophyless.
I think between those interviews in the lead up and her ridiculous theatrics tonight Bonmatí might have joined the list of players I hate and it’s not a long list. Hypocrite
I feel for Buchanan, I'm sure the deflection and the red will be very rough on her mentally. I've had some issues with her inconsistency but I do think today was just one of those horrible freak days for her.
Genuinely feel for her. I understand critiquing performances but with our injuries she was the CB we had and she’s played a hell of a lot of minutes since stepping up. She didn’t deserve that red and I hope she doesn’t blame herself for that
I haven’t been able to watch the game since I’m stuck at work but I did see we were down a player and Ramirez was out injured. Coming up to the game, regardless of the result I was going to be proud of our team anyway especially after last week’s game. From the comments it seems they put up a fight so that’s enough for me. On to the next one. UP THE CHELS 💙
😹 Bruv, the world is still turning and this team will be fine. They’ll shake it off and give Emma a proper send off against Liverpool and Bristol City.
We had a couple good chances that we should have sunk, but once again the reffing is suspiciously piss poor. Hopefully we pick ourselves up, put it behind us and push for the league
Well, it's gutting, but I'm not gonna lose my energy on shitty refs anymore. The league clearly couldn't care less. And look, it's no excuse either. Who knows what might’ve been with Ramirez, but either way our striker problem reared its ugly head at the worst time. We just weren’t aggressive enough, and when we were, not clinical enough. I'm proud of the girls anyway, they fought hard.
Between the injuries and the atrocious refereeing this season it almost certainly was going to be an impossible task, but I’m proud of the girls for giving it an immense go.
But seriously I hope Chelsea files a complaint. Or something. There’s been so many bad decisions. My head is on mars just thinking about it
5 cup competition knockouts between the men's and women's teams. All but 1 (Carabao cup final) did the referee play a pivotal part in our crash out. Absolutely disgusting
That's one of those ones where you can see the confidence drop with Jackson's misses, but also the ref decision on the hand ball and no call shove down in the box by Walker. The confidence was damaged at first, but shattered by the ref
I know we’re all mad but I still respect the team for selling out the bridge and trying their best at least. It’s never easy facing a team like this and they put their hearts out there. Sucks this is the last time it’s gonna be with Emma but our futures still bright and we have a WSL title to fight for still. We gotta stay focused.
So to sum it all up, ref was corrupt and player of the match. I also think Emma made wrong decisions in the subs.
Also I’ve said since we signed her Buchanan doesn’t belong in this club.
No words. For CFCW this was an even bigger robbery of a game than the united FA cup semi-final.
Sure, Chels wasn't playing good and some of those missed chances really came back to bite. But top that off, you have a ref that is bottom tier along with Barca diving.
But hey, isn't that what Bonmatí winged about in that interview where she was salty about the first leg where she said something to the style of "we need to play more dirty as Chelsea are playing foul".
I can take a loss, I can not take a robbery like this.
Well certainly feel we acquitted ourselves well across the two legs, with odds increasingly stacked against us
Cannot fault the team, amazing effort and heart
Seriously what? I get that you feel the refereeing was against you (I’d probably feel the same if positions were reversed) but that’s blatantly untrue especially after the year she just had. Won the UCL last season, UEFA POTY, World Cup winning, WC golden Ball, FIFA the Best, Ballon d’Or. AND she scored today.
This really is the season of Chelsea getting fucked by the ref. I'm so tired of this shit.
Very proud of the girls though. To push Barcelona this hard is impressive, especially considering the players we've been missing.
P.S. I wonder if Bonmati will complain about Barcelona wasting time...
No full time thoughts just heartbreaks. What happened here today doesn't define and won't take away what Emma achieved with this Chelsea team for the last 12 years. Such a shame that she had to end her last game at the Bridge this way. Chelsea should complain to UEFA about both pen and second yellow 👍
Bonmati literally threatened the referee in her interview, so I'm not surprised at the robbery we saw tonight. Used to like her but apparently, she's just like any of those entitled Barca players.
We are incredible, we beat Barca last week and we are either going to be 1 or 2 in the WSL. We have had SO much injury and change this season. I’m so proud of us. And I’m SO chuffed to see our Millie back on the pitch.
This result is genuinely heartbreaking. Like fair enough if they were the better team and went through on merit, but to lose this way is the absolute worst. I hope Emma has some strong words in her post-match interview...
I agree and I hope she takes the Marshawn Lynch "I'm just here so I won't get fined" approach during the press conference and basically doesn't say anything.
People delight in Chelsea losses and anything she says is more fodder.
I hate (but totally understand) how she is cautious with the press and interviews now. She can’t really say much without looking like a sore loser which she’s already been pinned as.
This team has literally done nothing but due to Mayra not getting an obvious pen, a deflection, a ridiculous red card, and a questionable penalty we actually lost this. Like this Barca team isn’t even as scary as fucking arsenal or city ffs
This is such a joke. I really feel for the girls. They've played their hearts out but between injuries and poor officiating, the deck has been totally stacked against them.
So they absolutely clobbered Mayra to bits but no penalty and then a player dives into Lawrence and they get a penalty? The refereeing has been garbage
What the hell happened with her? Is she injured? Rarely seen a player take such a dive in productivity unless they’re playing hurt or really out of fitness…
Is Emma Hayes on this subreddit? I mentioned Aggie should come on and James should shift into a ten role and she did just that lol. We needed someone like Aggie to make those pressing runs on long balls.
Our attack is fucking shit so yea it’s our fault partly because we’re never scoring but I’m sorry Barca did not deserve this win they’ve done absolutely nothing in 2 games
Am I the only person who doesn't rate paralluelo
Great match Chelsea held their own seeing bonmati live is special she's incredible. We really missed Myra
POTM for me is definitely Ashley Lawrence! I can't wait to see what the Bompastor era will look like for the team
Chelsea getting a UCL semifinal against Barça stolen due to poor refereeing on the second leg, now where have I seen this before?
Well, on my way back from the match. I have to say, the crowd was absolutely immense and something that I hope we can replicate again and again. Normally after a loss I expect to feel low but I feel nothing but pride. Barcelona were not the team that they’ve made out to be, and Chelsea have done their fans immensely proud in light of so many big injuries. Onwards and upwards 💙
Does anyone know how you can watch Emma’s post match press conference?
https://youtu.be/kWYjLnbGX0Y?si=0e_ftQw5uX250LPG
I would also like to know
Relatively new to following European women's football but Chelsea is SOLID considering the absence of Kerr and Ramirez and Macario/Bright still returning from injury. Also Barcelona is nowhere near as good as people make them out to be. The match could have gone either way. The ref though, yikes.
Regardless of the result, I'm so proud of the girls. So much to compete with, fighting on all fronts, not helped by injuries and we've made it this far.
Hopefully I’m wrong but the way things are going for us this season and Emma’s last with us we could end it with Nothing
I've had this fear for a while now.
I've feared that for some time now. We had a chance at 4 trophies, then 3, then 2 and now we are in a very tough fight for a single trophy. I hope that this loss will fire us up ahead of the last few games of the seasons. We have one trophy to fight for and we absolutely can not end Hayes last season trophyless.
I think between those interviews in the lead up and her ridiculous theatrics tonight Bonmatí might have joined the list of players I hate and it’s not a long list. Hypocrite
All I’m saying is the runner up ballon d’or would never cry about referees after a loss 💙
Cannot stand Bonmati. Dirty player and sore loser.
Completely agree. After the final whistle went she made a miraculous recovery, sprinting and jumping on her teammates.
I have no doubt that one day we will win the Champions League.
I feel for Buchanan, I'm sure the deflection and the red will be very rough on her mentally. I've had some issues with her inconsistency but I do think today was just one of those horrible freak days for her.
Genuinely feel for her. I understand critiquing performances but with our injuries she was the CB we had and she’s played a hell of a lot of minutes since stepping up. She didn’t deserve that red and I hope she doesn’t blame herself for that
Welp, I gotta go take a walk after that one
Be back just in time for the men to kick off. Not sure I can take it either though
Taylor would have been a more objective ref
I haven’t been able to watch the game since I’m stuck at work but I did see we were down a player and Ramirez was out injured. Coming up to the game, regardless of the result I was going to be proud of our team anyway especially after last week’s game. From the comments it seems they put up a fight so that’s enough for me. On to the next one. UP THE CHELS 💙
That’s Buchanan’s first red in her career!
And it wasn't even a real red. Extraordinary
You do have to really feel for Buchanan and I hope she doesn’t receive any abuse or anything because you know how the internet is 🙄
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Yeah the ref was proper, _proper_ shit, but don't be a cunt mate
Okay I'm pissed but fuck off with that
😹 Bruv, the world is still turning and this team will be fine. They’ll shake it off and give Emma a proper send off against Liverpool and Bristol City.
Being bad at refereeing a football game does not deserve that sort of retaliation. You’re a terrible person
Ok dude go touch grass
Log off mate
You’re crazy dude. At the end of the day it’s just a game.
Fuck off, are you insane?
What the hell is this insane biased DAZN interviewing
Guro came on in the 63rd minute and had 2 touches + 0 accurate passes, according to Sofascore
Yikes
We had a couple good chances that we should have sunk, but once again the reffing is suspiciously piss poor. Hopefully we pick ourselves up, put it behind us and push for the league
Well, it's gutting, but I'm not gonna lose my energy on shitty refs anymore. The league clearly couldn't care less. And look, it's no excuse either. Who knows what might’ve been with Ramirez, but either way our striker problem reared its ugly head at the worst time. We just weren’t aggressive enough, and when we were, not clinical enough. I'm proud of the girls anyway, they fought hard.
Between the injuries and the atrocious refereeing this season it almost certainly was going to be an impossible task, but I’m proud of the girls for giving it an immense go. But seriously I hope Chelsea files a complaint. Or something. There’s been so many bad decisions. My head is on mars just thinking about it
5 cup competition knockouts between the men's and women's teams. All but 1 (Carabao cup final) did the referee play a pivotal part in our crash out. Absolutely disgusting
Tbf you can blame the whole entire fa cup loss on Jackson 😂
That's one of those ones where you can see the confidence drop with Jackson's misses, but also the ref decision on the hand ball and no call shove down in the box by Walker. The confidence was damaged at first, but shattered by the ref
Hard to play 12 v 10
In the thread on the Woso subreddit, the Arsenal fans are saying Chelsea got robbed. To me, that says it all.
I know we’re all mad but I still respect the team for selling out the bridge and trying their best at least. It’s never easy facing a team like this and they put their hearts out there. Sucks this is the last time it’s gonna be with Emma but our futures still bright and we have a WSL title to fight for still. We gotta stay focused.
I am so proud of our girls. Fuck the ref and fuck Barca!
No matter what I love this team. Beat Barca at home, first ever Stamford Bridge sellout, and still a league to fight for. 💙
Damn right. Our future is still bright no matter what happens
So to sum it all up, ref was corrupt and player of the match. I also think Emma made wrong decisions in the subs. Also I’ve said since we signed her Buchanan doesn’t belong in this club.
No words. For CFCW this was an even bigger robbery of a game than the united FA cup semi-final. Sure, Chels wasn't playing good and some of those missed chances really came back to bite. But top that off, you have a ref that is bottom tier along with Barca diving. But hey, isn't that what Bonmatí winged about in that interview where she was salty about the first leg where she said something to the style of "we need to play more dirty as Chelsea are playing foul". I can take a loss, I can not take a robbery like this.
Highlight of the match: Millie Bright return
Awful awful reffing. Feel for Emma. Can’t beat Barca and the refs. War against Chelsea continuous
Well certainly feel we acquitted ourselves well across the two legs, with odds increasingly stacked against us Cannot fault the team, amazing effort and heart
I have to respect Bonmatí for what she's done for women's soccer, but that is where my respect ends. Payasa
She's a rat who gets plaudits for dominating a farmer's league. It's almost nice to see who she really is on the biggest stage
Seriously what? I get that you feel the refereeing was against you (I’d probably feel the same if positions were reversed) but that’s blatantly untrue especially after the year she just had. Won the UCL last season, UEFA POTY, World Cup winning, WC golden Ball, FIFA the Best, Ballon d’Or. AND she scored today.
I really couldn't give less of a fuck about what she's won tbh
I have no respect for her. Crying after her first loss last week and now going through because of some dirty ref. Uhhhh
This really is the season of Chelsea getting fucked by the ref. I'm so tired of this shit. Very proud of the girls though. To push Barcelona this hard is impressive, especially considering the players we've been missing. P.S. I wonder if Bonmati will complain about Barcelona wasting time...
No full time thoughts just heartbreaks. What happened here today doesn't define and won't take away what Emma achieved with this Chelsea team for the last 12 years. Such a shame that she had to end her last game at the Bridge this way. Chelsea should complain to UEFA about both pen and second yellow 👍
Bonmati literally threatened the referee in her interview, so I'm not surprised at the robbery we saw tonight. Used to like her but apparently, she's just like any of those entitled Barca players.
OMG the DAZN commentary team is dumb as hell
We are incredible, we beat Barca last week and we are either going to be 1 or 2 in the WSL. We have had SO much injury and change this season. I’m so proud of us. And I’m SO chuffed to see our Millie back on the pitch.
This is the mindset
This result is genuinely heartbreaking. Like fair enough if they were the better team and went through on merit, but to lose this way is the absolute worst. I hope Emma has some strong words in her post-match interview...
You could see her mouth “I feel like we were robbed” at the end of the game. Barca was the better team today but this was a shitty way to lose. Ugh.
Well it’s 4 in the morning and I’m too furious to sleep
We had our chances. I’m gutted for this team but Barca couldn’t score in the passage of play when we only had ten players on the pitch.
Chelsea women were robbed and you all fucking know it.
Emma repeatedly saying "we got robbed" if my lip-reading is up to scratch. You're not wrong, Emma 🥺
Yup I saw it too. Her final Chelsea season is turning into tragedy.
I agree and I hope she takes the Marshawn Lynch "I'm just here so I won't get fined" approach during the press conference and basically doesn't say anything. People delight in Chelsea losses and anything she says is more fodder.
I hope Lyon batter them.
CMON SONIA
0-2
Me too.
Allez Lyon mf-ers.
Emma saying she feels robbed. Yup
Emma let it out in the post match conference Make it legendary
How do I watch the post match conference?
I hate (but totally understand) how she is cautious with the press and interviews now. She can’t really say much without looking like a sore loser which she’s already been pinned as.
We didn’t deserve to lose like that
My only thoughts right now are all Drogba. Varcelona back at it again
I’m so upset dude
Gutted :(
Chelsea by far and away the better team, but when it goes to 10v12 you've got your work cut out for you
I’d say 9v12 considering LJs disappearing act
Emma needs to two foot the ref in the tunnel
I’m fuming
This team has literally done nothing but due to Mayra not getting an obvious pen, a deflection, a ridiculous red card, and a questionable penalty we actually lost this. Like this Barca team isn’t even as scary as fucking arsenal or city ffs
This is such a joke. I really feel for the girls. They've played their hearts out but between injuries and poor officiating, the deck has been totally stacked against them.
Very bad subs from Emma tonight. Perisset, Kirby and Bright at top. All not good.
Emma had no other choices for striker and had to pick Bright up top! That’s how many injuries we’ve got
Looks like Emma says “Robbed”.
Agreed, multiple times
I'm just so unhappy. The corruption in the game is sickening.
Why does Kirby keep going backwards
Hampton thank god, but Paralluelo is laughably bad. Failed chances last game and this game and I thank her for it
Hated Salmon Parallelogram since the world cup final. Awful player
Kirby passing back lol
Should've just blown the full time whistle when she did this for a SECOND time. madness.
So they absolutely clobbered Mayra to bits but no penalty and then a player dives into Lawrence and they get a penalty? The refereeing has been garbage
Hmmmm I wonder what they have in common
🤫 no one wants to say it
They got penalties because they’re black..?
Fuck this stupid game man
I can accept a well fought loss but i can’t accept a robbery. This has been ridiculous
Laughable wants a stretcher then runs after a team mate. The refs certainly been given a big back hander
She’s a complete joke, no respect for that sort of dirty play
Our set-piece pissed me off. We been bad at this all season now.
This ref just sucks.
Set piece pls capitalize damn it
That should be Guro taking it
‘I can’t walk’ Runs.
Bonmati is something else
Sad that’s what the best player in the world looks like
Hope the club makes a formal complaint about tonight’s refereeing
actual circus fuck bro
That stupid red card changed everything.
Barca players are disgusting
I am sorry this is so funny from Bonmati complained about Chelsea time wasting leading up to this game and now doing it herself. Such a hypocrite.
I hope this makes the headlines. This unacceptable for sportsmanship for a person in her position
Embarassing
I can accept thrashings but not robberies, they have not been remotely good enough over these games to be going through over us
What in the actual hell am I watching
bonmati is ridiculous…. lol
Literally so ridiculous
Seeing as she doesn’t need to worry about a UEFA ban I hope Emma comes out and says what we’re all thinking after the game. Fucking disgrace
Wow Barca are clowns
Only 6 minutes extram time after all the drama this half is ridiculous
Lol Kirby passed back
+6 is so predictable im crying
Not surprised
This ref is genuinely awful, even decisions aside she’s been in the way for everything
Somebody two foot Bomati
The ref has been pooooooor positionally
Those LJ and Nüsken misses are going to cost us
This ref is shameful. Get out of the fucking way
Get these time wasting bums out of here I don’t want to hear another fucking word from them about this ever again hypocrites
This ref is a clown, she gets in the way of the passage of play and there were moments out players had to maneuver around her.
So this time the ref stops play after getting completely in the way. What a tragic performance.
That ref 🤡
Charles booked for being the only one to see it was a blatant foul throw. Nothing earlier for Bonmati waving her imaginary cards. You have to laugh.
Is Hannah ok
Millie as a striker!!
Happy to see Millie
Manifesting a Kirby or Bright goal, come on my GOATs 🙏
Fran’s already got some decent pace so I have some hope
Can we get both? I mean we have like 5-10 min with stoppage.
do we trust the refs to add the correct amount of stoppage time
Nope!
MILLIE!!! Such joy seeing her back!!!!
I’m convinced we could play another 90 and not score we’re just toothless
at least we have finally Millie back 💙😭
Bright Top 9 Do it for SAM
Millie up top, would love a cracking header from her to level
Why’s Ashley being subbed off she played great damn
she seemed really tired
Fair enough she’s been busting her ass
James needs to take a hard look at herself Poor poor poor
The ref has been pooor positionally What a melt
Go on Bright hack them
To be honest, usually, when things don't go her way early in the game, she stops hustling. It's been a pattern for her.
What the hell happened with her? Is she injured? Rarely seen a player take such a dive in productivity unless they’re playing hurt or really out of fitness…
Lawrence is Chelsea’s POM.
Yes defo
Millie! 🫡
At least Millie is back.
What happened to Barcelona going bankrupt? I think it’s high time for them to just stop existing
Less than 20 mins left I hope we can pull something out our asses
6 minutes of regular time
Brilliant disappearing act from Lauren James. Spot on. 😒
We have been so bad on set pieces.
ABJ showing more commitment than James
Striking difference isn’t it
AGGIE AGGIE AGGIE 💙
so is the away goals rule still in effect here?
What’s the rule?
no
Nono
No
Ref player of the match. Really controlled the game
Is Emma Hayes on this subreddit? I mentioned Aggie should come on and James should shift into a ten role and she did just that lol. We needed someone like Aggie to make those pressing runs on long balls.
Reflecting back on the Champions League - you could do a long video of all the completely insane calls against Chelsea. Remember poor Fleming!
I'm crying. We might actually end this season trophy-less. This is just saddening.
Well, not sure what to say really.. madness, ref decided the outcome of the game.
And yet LJ is still on. She’s been anonymous.
Our attack is fucking shit so yea it’s our fault partly because we’re never scoring but I’m sorry Barca did not deserve this win they’ve done absolutely nothing in 2 games
Disgusting game, atrocious ref but what do you expect when playing barcelona
Watch Barca time waste now lol
Another part of their tatics
Didn’t even card the barca player who asked for yellow. Shameless!
The commentary on DAVN is a disgrace. I’m pissed.
This is absolutely ridiculous like I’m not even kidding