Emma Hayes' transformational 12-year reign at Chelsea culminated Saturday at a sold-out Stamford Bridge. It began, once upon a time, with no full-time staff and little funding, at tiny Wheatsheaf Park,

Emma Hayes branded Kadeisha Buchanan’s sending off “the worst decision in UEFA Women’s Champions League history” after Chelsea ’s semi-final loss to Barcelona. Buchanan was dismissed after two yellow cards in four minutes in the second half at Stamford Bridge, as Chelsea let a 1-0 first-leg advantage slip in a 2-0 second-leg loss.