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Sonia Bompastor: Millie Bright always put team first and doesn’t deserve abuse
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Sonia Bompastor: Millie Bright always put team first and doesn’t deserve abuse

The Independent·Rachel Steinberg·about 1 month ago
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Chelsea boss Sonia Bompastor has denounced abuse directed at recently retired Blues captain Millie Bright after the defender revealed the hostility had taken a significant toll on her mental health. Bright, 32, announced her decision to walk away from football on Wednesday, with three games still remaining in Chelsea’s season across all competitions, revealing she had been “playing injured for the last six years”. On Thursday, Bright told the BBC: “The amount of abuse I have dealt with has been too much to handle. I think over the past year I have lost myself as a person, and it has taken me a long time to rebuild myself.” Bompastor said: “She always put the team first. She was always ready, willing to play, to help the team. “The abuse was just too much.…

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