The incredible final streak brought to an end as Chelsea surge to UECL victory

Chelsea was able to break a sensational record by beating Real Betis 4-1 in Conference League final on Wednesday evening.

The blues placed a ruthless second half of display to overcome their lively LaLala opponents, who led during the break thanks to an early goal from Abde Ezzalzouli.

The second half stood by Enzo Fernandez, Nicolas Jackson, Jadon Sancho and Moises Caicedo, however, made Chelsea the first side ever to win the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League.

By beating the Verdiblancos, the side of Enzo Maresca also put an end to incredible statistics reached by Spanish teams in the final of men.

The record extends all the way back to 2002 and was a remarkable 22 years until Chelsea's triumph.

It dives a strong end of the season for the West -Londe outfit, which ensured that they would return to the Champions League for the first time in three seasons by beating Nottingham Forest on Sunday.

The victory against the men of Manuel Pellegrini means that Chelsea has put an end to a series of 27 consecutive victories by Spanish teams in the men's final.

That run started in the 2002 Champions League final, when the famous Volley of Zinedine Zidane helped Los Blancos to defeat Bayer Leverkusen.

It also included the dominant run of the Spain National Team of the late 2000s and early 2010, which won two consecutive European championships on both sides of achieving World Cup -Glory for the first time in 2010.

Another characteristic of the dominance of Spanish teams in the final was the remarkable success of Sevilla in the Europa League, which they have won five times in the last 10 years.

The last victory for Spanish parties in the series was covered by the victory of the National Team in England in the final of the euros last summer.

The victory of Chelsea comes in what a good first season has been at the helm for Enzo Maresca, who was able to turn the tide after a series of poor performance in the winter months.

He said: “The message after Nottingham was:” Boys if we want to be an important team, then we did and we have to win the final. “

“But it's happiness, the fatigue, because we had 48 hours less than they do.

'They played for nothing on Friday, we played for a big target on Sunday. We played much better in the second half. I am very happy. '

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