The goals of Millie Bright and Erin Cuthbert They allowed Chelsea women to win this Sunday in the Community Shield, a title they won after defeating Manchester City 2-0. With this traditional appointment, she returned to women's football at the official level in England after a six-month hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 'blues' won the prized trophy at Wembley.
Bright scored with a spectacular shot from 28 meters and thus advanced to Chelsea in the 66th minute. By then, City were already playing with ten after the expulsion of Jill Scott in the 62nd. Erin Cuthbert, who had entered the field in the 71st ' , achieved the second goal already in discount, in 91 '.
Unlike the men's Premier, which was resumed, the women's league was canceled
and Chelsea (who also won the League Cup) were declared champions ahead of City through a point calculation. The new WSL season is due to begin next weekend and the 2019-20 FA Cup is yet to be completed, with City and Chelsea in the quarter-finals.
The one won this Sunday by the Chelsea players the first Community Shield played at Wembley since 2008. Then Liverpool and Arsenal starred in the men's. It was Gareth Taylor's first official game as City manager and he could not open with victory.