'Trying to protect some players' - Bompastor defends Chelsea squad rotation - video Dailymotion

Sonia Bompastor explains her decision to rest key Chelsea players in the 2-2 WSL draw against West Ham

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00:00I don't have any regret, my job is to make sure we just try to win every game

00:06but in the back of my mind also with this really intense block I was trying

00:12to protect some players because it's important also to think about their

00:16health I think if you look at Millie she played every single minute in every

00:20single game in this block and I think yeah probably today was also a danger

00:24for her to stay on the pitch she was just exhausted this game was a quick

00:29turnaround I think sometimes people maybe don't realize but when you play

00:34the game we played on Thursday with a quick turnaround and the emotions the

00:39players lived on the pitch I think in terms of mental and physical aspects you

00:43just left a lot of energy on the pitch today I just felt it was the right thing

00:48to protect a little bit my players because we still have a lot of games

00:52player to be played