Page 3 - Womens Soccer Scene Issue No.5 2022-23

Chelsea manager Emma Hayes is to take an enforced break from the club as she recovers
from an emergency hysterectomy.
She has released the following statement which has been published on the Chelsea
FC website:
“Last Tuesday I underwent an emergency hysterectomy following my ongoing
battle with endometriosis. I’m now in recovery and will need time and patience to return
to full health.
“I just want to say thank you also to my amazing doctors, Dr Alex Laurence and Dr
Sally Harris for their outstanding care. A huge thank you to our owners, the board and
our HR director, Jo Stone, for the support they’ve shown and of course all of my family,
staff and players.
”Throughout my absence, Denise Reddy will be making the on-field decisions along
with Paul Green who will be carrying out all press obligations on my behalf.
”We have built a tremendous team over many years and we’ve adopted a very
multi-disciplinary approach so that if situations like this arise, we are capable of being
able to respond to the challenge. We have full confidence in Paul, Denise and all of the staff.
“We also know the team are very special and we have no doubt they’ll do everything
to maintain their high standards.
“To our fans, you’ve had to listen to me bellowing from the other side of the pitch
every week but now I want to hear you even louder because I’ll be sitting at home
watching the team on the television until my return.
”I know you’ll respect that my health comes first and at this time I’ve got to
prioritise what I need to do for me. I fully expect to make a full recovery and I look
forward to seeing you in the foreseeable future.
All the best, Your Manager, Emma.”
Denise Reddy will take charge of the team for the first time when they play away to
Everton in the Barclays WSL this coming Sunday, before they begin their UEFA Women’s
Champions League campaign in midweek with a trip to Paris Saint Germain in their
opening group match.
Everybody at Women’s Soccer Scene would like to wish Emma a full and speedy
recovery and we hope she will be back in the dugout in the near future.

UEFA has confirmed that it has received final bids to host the UEFA Women’s EURO 2025
final tournament from four bidders following the deadline of 12th October.
A final bid dossier was submitted by the football associations of France, Poland,
Switzerland, and a joint bid from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
The UEFA Executive Committee will appoint the host association(s) of UEFA
Women’s EURO 2025 in January 2023.
Recently, UEFA revealed that the Euro 2022 tournament became the most watched
Women’s EURO ever, with a projected global cumulative live viewership of 365 million
across TV, out-of-home viewing and streaming.
Lucy Bronze meanwhile became the fourteenth player to be a European
champion at both senior and junior (Under-19) level following England’s success in the
competition. The first eleven player to achieve the feat were all Germans, with the other two
being Netherlands duo Dominique Janssen and Vivianne Miedema.
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