Chelsea wins the Conference League after a 4-1 comeback against Real Betis. This makes them the first team to win all five major UEFA competitions — UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
🏆 UEFA Super Cup
🏆 UEFA Champions League
🏆 UEFA Europa League
🏆 UEFA Conference League.Recall that the Conference League was established in 2021 as the lowest tier of European football to enable lower-ranked clubs to play European football.
The winner of the inaugural competition was AS Roma. In the match, Ezzalzouli opened the scoring in the 9th minute off a great assist from Isco. One would expect that Betis would either try to close out the match by scoring as many goals as possible and then switching to a defensive strategy — aka Haram ball — or simply play Haram ball from the start. But no.
One of the weak links for Chelsea was Guttso, who was substituted off for Reece James. Reece James’s entry into the match totally changed the game. A few minutes later, Enzo Fernández grabbed a goal off an assist by Cole Palmer. Then Palmer assisted Jackson again in the 70th minute.
Jackson still had chances, including one he missed due to a bad first touch. Jadon Sancho made it three in the 83rd minute, while Moisés Caicedo added another in the 90+1 minute, making it 4-1.
However, one question on everyone’s mind is why Enzo Maresca chose to start Guttso ahead of James. The coach explained his decision at the end of the match, noting that he was trying to protect the injury-prone James from succumbing to another setback.
Palmer won the Man of the Match award for his two assists.
With this Conference League win, Chelsea becomes the only club to win all three European competitions. Not only that — they become the only side to beat a Spanish team in a final since 2003.
I think it’s safe to say they had a better season than Arsenal — we beat Real Madrid FC
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