On Wednesday, Chelsea saw their European trophy cabinet completing the UEFA Conference League in a 4-1 comeback victory on Real Betis. Here are two statistics for each team after the final in Wroclaw, Poland.
Real betis: Spanish dominance ends
7-the best European campaign from Real Betis ever ends in a heartache because they could not hold their first half. Yet they are a lot to be proud of, because they performed incredibly well in the first 45 minutes, just as they have during the knockout phases.
The problems of Los Verdiblancos against English teams in Europe continue. In what their ninth such competition was, it was the seventh time that the Seville-based club ended up in the losing end (1-1-7).
24 – The defeat of Betis also ended a very long run for Spanish football. For the first time in 24 years, a LaLiga club was beaten in a European final by a non-Spanish side. Before it happened in 2000/01, when Bayern Munich Valencia defeated in the showpiece of the Champions League.
Alaves had also fallen to Liverpool in their final in their final, but in the UEFA Cup. Since then, Spanish clubs 20 had been unbeaten in the final against teams from other countries, including nine victories at the expense of Premier League parties, before the streak ended on Wednesday.
Chelsea: History makers Rolling through UECL
4 – Chelsea were the overwhelming favorites to lift the Conference League at the start of the season, and they took expectations in an impressive way.
After scoring 42 times on the way to Glory, the blues were the first side ever to win all the major club competitions from UEFA (Champions League, Cup Winners Cup, Europa League, Conference League). In addition to the Champions League, they won the other three trophies during their first attempt.
12 – Another impressive performance for Chelsea This term was the fact that they succeeded in winning 12 of their 13 games in the right UECL games. It is remarkable that it is not the first time that they have achieved so many victories.
In 2018/19 they also had a dozen times on their way to Europa League Glory. The only difference was that the West -London club had played 15 games and the other three had signed. In the end, only West Ham (12-1-0) had a better season record in the UECL than the 12-0-1 of Chelsea.
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