Despite the Champions League continuing to elude them, Chelsea remain on track for a treble-winning season.
Chelsea were soundly beaten by Barcelona in the Champions League semi-final on Sunday, losing 8-2 on aggregate to end their hopes of lifting four trophies, but manager Sonia Bompastor — the only person in the women’s game to have won the Champions League as both a player and manager — remains on track for a remarkable campaign in her first season in charge.
Six points clear of second-placed Arsenal at the top of the Women’s Super League (WSL) with three fixtures remaining, Chelsea are within touching distance of securing a sixth successive league triumph.
Four years after Emma Hayes, now the manager of the United States women’s national team, achieved the domestic treble with Chelsea, we look at how and when Bompastor’s side could collect the two trophies they still need this season to complete a memorable hat-trick.
The road to the treble
March 15: League Cup secured
Millie Bright lifts the Women’s League Cup after beating Manchester City at Pride Park (Cameron Smith/Getty Images)
Bompastor secured her first title, defeating Manchester City 2-1 in the League Cup final. It was the first of four meetings in a row between the two sides, with Chelsea…
