WROCLAW — Cole Palmer has had a tough few months, but when Chelsea needed their talisman most, he delivered to trample over Real Betis’ dreams in the Europa Conference League final.
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Five minutes later, Palmer had set up two goals with two sumptuous crosses – scored by Enzo Fernandez and Nicolas Jackson – to swing the momentum in Chelsea’s favour against Betis’ band of veteran ballers and Premier League cast-offs.
BlueCo clearly had grander ambitions than winning Europe’s third-tier trophy when they took over three years ago, but will hope this can be a springboard to bigger prizes.
Chelsea have become the first club to win four different major Uefa competitions, which is handy because they will never to be in this tournament again.
But if the key to developing a winning mentality is winning stuff, it may prove in time to have been very significant indeed. Only five of Maresca’s starting line-up had won a trophy at club level, with Trevoh Chalobah the only to do so in Chelsea colours. That has now changed.
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It didn’t start well, though. If Maresca could have his time again, he’d probably leave Malo Gusto on the bench. The Frenchman hasn’t adapted to an inverted full-back role and made a costly error at the start.
The goal roused Betis and rattled Chelsea. They were lucky to go in one behind at the break. Reece James came on at half-time and immediately the level was raised. After wrestling back control, Chelsea made their superior quality count to cap a difficult season in glorious fashion.
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