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Enzo Maresca has said that the victory of the Liga of the Chelsea Europa Conference can present a springboard so that the club achieves more successful in the future.
Chelsea came from 1-0 to overcome Real Betis 4-1 in Poland to win a historic conference league trophy, since they become the first club to win the three competitions of UEFA clubs.
Enzo Fernández, Nicolas Jackson, Jadon Sancho and Moises Caicedo scored all the goals of the second half of Chelsea.
It means that Maresca finished her first season in charge of the club by winning cutlery and having qualified for the Champions League next season at the end of the Premier League.
Speaking after the victory, the Italian hopes that this is only the beginning for his young team.
“The message after Nottingham was that if we want to be an important team, what we have done is done,” he told TNT Sports. “Now we need to win the final. This was the message.
“I am very proud and I am very happy for many reasons. Surely, I personally feel good, but also because I know that fans deserve that. They are already waiting for two or three years for good times to deserve it.
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“The club has invested a lot of money in the last three or four years, so they are always waiting for it.
“Hopefully this can be a starting point for tonight, and we can create something important.”
Maresca surprisingly left the captain of the club Reece James out of the initial alignment, but brought it for bad taste in the break.
He, however, explained that his decision not to play it for the whole game was due to his injury history.
“I promise you, I will always start with Reece, but I’m trying to protect it,” he said.
“He played more games this season than in the last two or three years.
“He knows it, but he is the best player. It’s like Cole. The problem is that we need to handle it.
“When we change it, he said you don’t worry, let’s win the game.”
