Chelsea enforced his favorite status to take your first league league, Going out in the final of this Wednesday in Breslavia (Poland) to win 4-1 to a Betis that will remain without any European title in its record.
The Spanish team had advanced through the Moroccan Ez Abde (minute 9), but the English turned the scoreboard in the second half, with so many of the Argentine Enzo Fernández (65), Senegalese Nicolas Jackson (70), the English Jadon Sancho (83) and Ecuadoriano Moses Caicedo (90+1).
With this success, the Chelsea It becomes The first European club to full of titles in UEFA competitionsjoining this trophy to those achieved in the past in the Champions League, the Europa League, the European Super Cup and the extinct Recopa of Europe.
It is the culmination in addition to a positive season for the ‘blues’, which by Enzo Maresca have been able to meet the goal of qualifying for the next Champions League, the main mission they had this season, at the end of fourths on Sunday in the Premier League.
For Betis it was the first European final in his history and the opportunity to make history, but he kept honey on his lips and unable to emulate his neighbor and great rival, Sevilla, who presumes to be the most laureate team in the Europa League, with seven titles.
– Spain, blank season –
The Verdiblancos, sixth of the last Spanish league and who will play the Europa League next year, were the only club in his country to reach a continental final at this end of the course.
Spain will therefore end its UEFA trophy balance in this seasonunlike England, which in addition to this coronation of Chelsea saw that of Tottenham in the Europa League.
It is only about to decide the winner of the supreme European football tournament, on Saturday between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan.
In the beginning of this Wednesday’s clash, Betis evidenced his motivation.
Ez Abde’s goal in 9 opened the scoring, with a cross -target shot at the pass of Isco Alarcón and putting far from the reach of the Swedish Filip Jorgensen, the head of Chelsea on this conference instead of the Spanish goalkeeper Robert Sánchez, the usually used in the Premier League.
In the rest of the first half, Betis was close to expanding the account several times, especially with a strong shot by Marc Bartra (13) from outside the area, which Jorgensen saved, and with a high shot by Johnny Cardoso (20) with everything in favor.
– Enzo starts, Caicedo closes –
In the second half, the script changed completely, already starting with the forced change by Ez Abde injury in 52.
Chelsea’s comeback had Cole Palmer as a heroauthor of two assists with accurate centers from the right, first serving the head of Enzo Fernández for the draw in 65 and five minutes later for Nicolas Jackson to push the network despite having to finish off with the chest.
Betis accused the mood and Chelsea blow put the final sentence in 83, when Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall served in the area for Jadon Sancho, who with a cross shot put away the reach of goalkeeper Adrián San Miguel.
With everything determined, a pass from Enzo Fernández It was used by Caicedo, from the front of the area, to send a shot that was the definitive 4-1 for the London.
The Chelsea thus registered his name in the still short palmarés of the Conference League, who lived his fourth edition. In the past seasons it was won by Italian Rome (2022), the English West Ham (2023) and the Greek Olympiakos (2024).
Hours before the final, disturbances had occurred in Breslavia between Chelsea and Betis fans, which caused 28 detainees, the Polish authorities announced.