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Hayes inspires Blues to cup win
Manager looks to Rudyard Kipling to inspire her players who rewarded her with a 1-0 win at Wembley

Chelsea 1-0 Notts County
by Kadeem Simmonds
at Wembley

“YOU’LL be a woman with wisdom.” Those are the words that Chelsea manager Emma Hayes told her players to remember before their 1-0 victory over Notts County in the FA Cup final on Saturday.

The match was held at England’s national stadium for the first time and Ji So Yun’s first-half goal was enough for the Blues, who rarely had to break a sweat throughout the 90 minutes.

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