Chelsea breaks Spanish clubs' streak, coach Maresca hopes to "continue writing history"

(NLDO) - Chelsea's head coach wants to write new chapters with the team after defeating Real Betis in the Conference League final.

An inexperienced, under-strength Chelsea came back strongly in the final stages of the Premier League and the UEFA Conference League final. They secured a place in next season's Champions League before beating Real Betis 4-1 in Wroclaw to become the first club to win all five European Cups.

Chelsea ends stormy season with miracle

Manuel Pellegrini's determined Real Betis scored an early goal through Abde Ezzalzouli against a sluggish Chelsea defence. However, when Abde Ezzalzouli was substituted off injured early in the second half, coach Enzo Maresca's calculated substitutions energised Chelsea's spectacular comeback.

Cole Palmer wins "Man of the Match" award

Cole Palmer exploded, setting up Enzo Fernandez and Nicolas Jackson for two goals in five minutes. Substitutes Jadon Sancho and Dewsbury-Hall scored and assisted, ensuring a 4-1 aggregate win for Chelsea.

Chelsea have won every European trophy in UEFA's club competition system, from the Champions League, Cup Winners' Cup (formerly Cup C2), Europa League, European Super Cup and Conference League.

However, this is Chelsea's first title since billionaire Todd Boehly's group took over the team from former owner Roman Abramovich in 2022.

Enzo Maresca wins title in first season leading Chelsea

Enjoying the taste of victory in the continental arena in his first season at Stamford Bridge, coach Enzo Maresca believes that the Conference League trophy will be a fulcrum and motivation for the team to look towards the future. "The owners have invested a lot of money in the past 3-4 years, so today's result is really worthy of all. Hopefully this will be the starting point for a stronger Chelsea in the coming seasons," Enzo Maresca shared with TNT Sports.

Chelsea end Spanish winning streak

Chelsea's victory broke an incredible winning streak for Spanish teams. Including the World Cup, European Championship, Champions League and UEFA Cup/Europa League, Spanish teams have participated in a total of 27 finals and won all of them (not to mention that 4 of the losing teams were also from…Spain)!

Chelsea dreams of continuing their miracle run next season

This is also a "strange" season when, for the first time, 5 English clubs won the championship in 5 major tournaments at home and abroad. Liverpool won the Premier League, Crystal Palace won the FA Cup, Newcastle won the League Cup, Tottenham won the Europa League and Chelsea won the Conference League. The fact that "giants" like Man City, Man United or Arsenal were empty-handed seemed to reposition a strange, surprising season, but promised an extremely bright future for English football.

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