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Emma Hayes denied a fairytale ending, but the Champions League sellout points to a lasting legacy

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Hayes blew kisses to the crowd at full time -Credit: Photo by Chloe Knott – Danehouse/Getty Images It wasn’t supposed to end like this. As Emma Hayes made her slow procession across the Stamford Bridge lawn, cutting a lonely figure in the pouring rain, it was hard not to feel that the screenwriters had somehow … Read more

Chelsea are ready to do the unthinkable for Emma Hayes as progress in the Champions League is clear

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It felt like a full circle moment. As the Chelsea players stood in the Spanish sun, warmed by the admiration of the traveling support, it was hard to escape the feeling that this was a karmic, cosmic event – one that had been brewing since that heartbreaking defeat in the Champions League final. in Gothenburg, … Read more

Women’s Champions League: where the semi-finals are won and lost

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Sliding doors, ‘blue billionaire bottlers’ and the Haaland-De Bruyne axis of pain

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