Chelsea won the Conference League after beating Real Betis 4-1 on May 28th in the final in Wroclaw, Poland. The Blues got off to a slow start and were second best throughout the entire first half, but a strong second half turned things around for the English side. After trailing 1-0 at the break, Chelsea grew into the game and blew its opponents away with four second half goals. Chelsea is now the first team to complete the full set of European trophies. The Blues add the Conference League to its Champions League and Europa League wins in previous years.

Real Betis took a shock early lead when Abde Ezzalzouli shot a low strike past Chelsea goalkeeper Filip Jörgensen inside the opening 10 minutes. The goal, however, was orchestrated by Real Betis captain, Isco. The 33-year-old is crucial in how his team operates. Los Verdes Blancos went into the halftime break 1-0 up and knew it was just 45 minutes from sealing a famous win.

Chelsea, and in particular Cole Palmer, had other ideas, however. Enzo Maresca’s side came out of the break much improved and leveled the score in the 65th minute through Enzo Fernández. This time it was the turn of Chelsea’s star man to make something happen and Palmer stepped up. The 23-year-old curled a cross which met the head of Fernandez. Fernandez timed his jump perfectly and sinked a header into the bottom corner of the Real Betis net, and Palmer was only just getting started. Now isolated against 19-year-old Jesús Rodríguez, Palmer made his move and Chelsea took the lead. The 23-year-old chopped past his opponent before whipping in a cross in the direction of Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson. The ball bounced off Jackson’s chest and into the Betis goal to give Chelsea a 2-1 lead. Palmer had single handedly turned the game on its head and suddenly Real Betis found itself on the backfoot. 

As Betis hoped for an equalizer, the Blues took advantage of the holes in the Spanish side’s defense and grabbed another goal to double their advantage. Jadon Sancho picked up the ball on the left-hand side of the Betis box before cutting inside and curling a strike into the far corner of the goal. Chelsea then added another late goal on the break with Moisés Caicedo finishing off a fast counterattack. “It’s a great feeling, we knew the game was going to be tough and I think they showed that extremely in the first half,” Chelsea captain Reece James told the TNT broadcast after the game, according to CNN.com.