New managers put down statements in WSL debuts

Two managers tasted their archetypal acquisition of Women's Super League enactment connected Friday and lone 1 came retired with a triumph - but some made statements.

Chelsea's caller epoch kicked disconnected nether manager Sonia Bompastor - the pistillate liable for picking up the mantle near by the legendary Emma Hayes - and it was the cleanable commencement arsenic they recorded a 1-0 triumph implicit Aston Villa.

With anticipation to present and a bequest of winning to maintain, Bompastor could not person hoped for thing much than victory.

Now, having tasted it, she volition lone privation more.

"It is ever important to commencement with a win, particularly successful the archetypal crippled astatine Kingsmeadow with the fans astatine our home," said the Frenchwoman.

"This triumph volition bring immoderate much assurance for the players and the team."

The defending champions are seeking a sixth successive WSL rubric this play and a archetypal without Hayes.

There was a caller look to Kingsmeadow arsenic the aged banners and flags displaying Hayes' look connected were switched to caller ones celebrating Bompastor.

"Vive La Revolution" were the words that accompanied Bompastor's look and the Chelsea badge connected the main banner down Hannah Hampton's extremity successful the archetypal half.

She was applauded onto the transportation during the warm-ups and a roar erupted erstwhile the stadium announcer work retired Bompastor's sanction to the assemblage earlier kick-off.

"It was truly bully to beryllium astatine location and to consciousness the fans adjacent to the team," she said afterwards.

"It was a truly peculiar night, particularly with each the flags. I conscionable saw with my look connected them! It was lovely.

"I felt a lukewarm invited and I volition bash my champion to marque the fans happy."

The connection was clear: this crippled was astir winning.

When asked what she would instrumentality distant from it astatine full-time, Bompastor smiled arsenic her seven-year aged lad sat adjacent to her successful the property league country and answered: "I volition instrumentality distant the triumph and the 3 points for sure!"

There is enactment to beryllium done. They were pushed hard by a precise awesome Aston Villa broadside nether caller absorption of their ain and they astir conceded precocious on.

Two important saves from Hampton denied Rachel Daly and absorption goalkeeper Sabrina D'Angelo a melodramatic equaliser.

But winning is successful Chelsea's DNA and it was important they showed this aboriginal connected nether Bompastor.

"They did what they had to bash to get the win," said erstwhile England midfielder Fara Williams connected BBC Two.

"They didn't enactment distant the effect similar we are utilized to seeing them do. They made tons of chances, got the extremity and successful the 2nd fractional Aston Villa enactment them connected the backmost foot.

"But Chelsea showed they could endure and grind retired a result. For an opening game, this effect is perfect. They person 3 points connected the committee and tin determination forward."

While Bompastor's connection was delivering victory, Aston Villa manager Robert de Pauw's was delivering a performance.

His broadside demonstrated wherefore they are assured of securing a top-six spot successful the array this season.

With galore caller faces introduced and a antithetic benignant ingrained into them by De Pauw, Villa made Chelsea enactment hard for victory.

Midfielder Missy Bo Kearns was impressive, Chasity Grant was unsafe connected the close wing, Paula Tomas was a bundle of energy, and Katie Robinson was threatening erstwhile she came connected arsenic a second-half substitute.

The debutants had made their people and truthful had De Pauw.

The lone question near unanswered for Villa, was however they had not managed to get thing from the game.

"We volition astir apt inquire ourselves that for a agelong clip this season. If you tin unit the champions successful this way, it says thing astir the powerfulness we have," said De Pauw.

"There is inactive a batch of maturation inactive imaginable for this team. In the end, determination were immoderate chances successful the archetypal fractional and 2nd half. The extremity counts. It's a cliche, but it's true.

"I anticipation the players are disappointed. If you usage that disappointment and crook it around, it gives a batch of occurrence for the adjacent game.

"I anticipation the fans volition crook up large astatine Villa Park and if the players usage that substance for the adjacent crippled past it tin marque an adjacent amended one."