Second-half comeback: Chelsea trailed at the break but rallied to win the Conference League final
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Chelsea scored four goals in the final 25 minutes as they Real Betis 4-1 to win the Conference League, completing their set of European trophies.
It is a competition the Blues have been expected to win all season but that was in doubt at the halfway stage of the final in Wroclaw, with Betis deservedly in front through Abde Ezzalzouli’s early strike.
The Spanish club, bidding to win their first ever European trophy, held firm for 20 minutes in the second period but when one Chelsea goal came, a second swiftly followed.
Enzo Fernandez headed home the equaliser from a brilliant Cole Palmer cross and the Englishman was involved soon after, twisting and turning and putting in another superb cross, this one bundled in off the shoulder of Nicolas Jackson.
That lead never looked like being surrendered and Jadon Sancho put the match to bed with just under ten minutes remaining, cutting inside onto his right foot and curling a stunning finish into the top corner.
There was still time for Moises Caicedo to add a fourth, firing in as the clock ticked into stoppage-time, as Chelsea claimed Conference League glory to go in the trophy cabinet with the club’s previous successes in the Champions League and Europa League.
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