With a capability of 32,944, Satisfaction Park is the largest stadium to ever host a Girls’s League Cup last.
Chelsea captain Millie Vivid mentioned gamers “are actually fortunate” to play at such a venue however agreed the pitch was less than scratch for a significant last.
“It is a tremendous stadium however whenever you come to a last you do count on much more high quality from the pitch,” she mentioned.
“It’s disappointing, it is a huge sport, a large cup last and as you possibly can see from the state of the pitch I am guessing it did not look too good on TV both. It disrupts the sport somewhat bit as nicely.”
Saturday’s sport was the primary of 4 matches in 12 days between the 2 sides, with two Champions League quarter-final ties and a WSL assembly arising.
Nick Cushing, who took interim cost of Manchester Metropolis on Monday after Gareth Taylor was sacked, agreed the situation of the pitch was not splendid.
“I would really like the pitch to be somewhat bit higher,” he mentioned. “It’s what it’s.”
Former England gamers Rachel Brown-Finnis, Fara Williams and Ellen White all felt the pitch performed an element in the kind of soccer that could possibly be performed.
Williams mentioned: “There’s a actual bobble on it, the pitch is actually reducing up.
“It is not nice high quality for the soccer that we need to see.
“However Chelsea performed the circumstances. We spoke concerning the pitch, Chelsea used it to their benefit. They did not play fairly soccer however they tailored.”
Former goalkeeper Brown-Finnis was much more scathing, saying: “The pitch seems to be fairly substandard and isn’t befitting of a Girls’s League Cup last.
“There may be quite a lot of sand on this pitch.”
