Chelsea confirmed their place in the last 16 of the Conference League by beating Astana 3-1 in bitterly cold conditions.
Competition events
In Almaty, Kazakhstan, where the match took place, a temperature of -10 degrees was measured, but that did not bother the Blues.
Marc Guiu got the visitors off to a good start, dribbling in from the right and firing into the net after 14 minutes.
Enzo Maresca's side doubled their lead four minutes later through Aleksandr Marochkin's own goal, before Renato Veiga's header made it three.
Marin Tomasov pulled one back for Astana just before half-time, but it would never be enough.
The Blues went through the second half with a serenity that summed up their progress in the competition so far, with Maresca able to give chances to several youngsters.
0' The match is about to start!
4' George's shot wide
9' Neto's shot stopped by goalkeeper
15' MARC GUIU with a great run and finish!! FC Astana 0-1 Chelsea (Marc Guiu)
19' Neto and Marc Guiu together double Chelsea's lead!! FC Astana 0-2 Chelsea
24' Seisen saves
27' Renato Veiga misses the goal
33' Chinedu lets go after finding a spot of space on the edge of the Chelsea area
36' Chinedu gets a goal attempt
39' Veiga stands up unnoticed and nods to the Blues' third place! FC Astana 0-3 Chelsea
45' The home team has a goal back!! FC Astana 1-3 Chelsea (Marin Tomasov)
52 'It is another wonderful performance from the Croat
60' George has a shot blocked
67' Substitution: Carney Chukwuemeka off
72' Hall tries to get his name on the scoresheet with a shot from the edge of the penalty area
78' Another shot on target for the visitors as Seisen latches on to George's effort
88' match event for FC Astana vs Chelsea
Setups
FC Astana
Subs: Abzal Beysebekov, Islambek Kuat, Josip Condric, Aleksandr Zarutskiy, Barnes Osei, Marat Bystrov, Nazmi Gripshi, Ramazan Karimov, Stanislav Basmanov, Elkhan Astanov, Nnamdi Ahanonu, Nurali Zhaksylyk
Chelsea
Subs: Lucas Bergström, Harvey Vale, Richard Olise, Kaiden Wilson, Harrison Murray-Campbell, Kiano Dyer, Ato Ampah, Max Merrick, Shumaira Mheuka
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