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Chelsea scraped into this season’s revamped UEFA Europa Conference League despite losing 2-1 to Servette in Switzerland on Thursday night.
The double European Champions are joined among the 36 qualifiers by Welsh side The New Saints and Larne from Northern Ireland who become the first clubs to represent those nations in UEFA competition proper, after coming through the qualifiers for the first time.
Defeat on the night but the Blues are through on aggregate. 💪#CFC | #UECL pic.twitter.com/rzWAmoOqA0
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) August 29, 2024
Star-studded Blues off colour in Geneva
Enzo Maresca’s side won the first leg 2-0 at Stamford Bridge and when first-leg hero Christopher Nkunku put them ahead on the night at the Stade de Geneve with a 14th minute penalty after Mykhailo Mudryk was fouled in the area by Keigo Tsunemoto, the Blues looked home and dry.
However Jeremy Guillemenot levelled on the night just after the half-hour when he latched onto a through-ball and fired a first-time shot past new Blues keeper Filip Jorgensen.
When sub Enzo Crivelli headed home a left-wing cross from Miroslav Stevanovic to make it 2-1, and 2-3 on aggregate 18 minutes from time, Chelsea nerves were jangling.
The hosts piled on the pressure late on in search of an equaliser and Timothee Cognat curled inches past the base of Jorgensen’s upright in stoppage-time, but Chelsea saw it through.
Into the Conference League as the first Welsh side ever to qualify for the group stage of a major European competition – what a night for TNS! ❤️#BBCFootball pic.twitter.com/iDEwbFqcML
— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) August 29, 2024
Technically another English-based side will join them in the hat for the league phase draw which will take place on Friday.
The New Saints made history by becoming the first Welsh Premier League club to reach the latter stages of a European competition.
TNS – who play their home games just over the border at the Park Hall Stadium in Oswestry,…
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Author : Alex Hoad
Publish date : 2024-08-29 21:06:10
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