Re: ⚽UEFA Conference League Discussion Thread -- 2024/25

Chelsea was lucky to book a place in the CL next season and if they play the way they did against Forest I don't see them enjoying themselves in the finals, it will be a disaster. This very game between Real Betis vs Chelsea might end in a draw which at extra time the trophy might go to Spain.

To be fair, they win games when it matters the most. I don't think being lucky or not is really important for any club if they can go to the CL or any major European competition. It is not like you get a lower quality trophy or something if you're lucky.

Anyway, I just noticed that in the last five games, Real Betis failed to win any of their games. It will be interesting to see if they can break their recent form and get a win in 90 minutes instead of going to the extra time. If Antony scores a goal it will be amazing to see for me. CMIIW.

Why I said these guys were lucky because they haven't played a tougher team since the beginning of this season's conference league, take a good look at Chelsea's run since they started to the final, the teams they played 10 teams some home and away but non are fit to say they are strong enough to give Chelsea a hard time, these are the teams; Servette, Gent, Panathinaikos, Noah, Heidenhain, Astana, Shamrock Rovers, Copenhagen, Legia W, and Djurgarden, non of them are strong enough and you can check the score line and see for yourself, just 1 team (Real Betis) that can give Chelsea a battle of a life time and it will end in defeat for Chelsea.
With the stat about Betis, failing to win their last five games to me it shows that they are just being careful and also getting prepared to play against Chelsea, it will be one of their best display in the finals if care is not taken. The Blues don't know how to withstand pressure, when it happens that Betis are pressurizing Chelsea you'd see the Blues will start defending instead of attacking, let's watch and see what happens.

Let me just agree that the teams Chelsea faced in the Conference League were not strong enough to give Chelsea a hard time. What about the team Chelsea faced in their last 5 matches in the Premier League? Are they not strong enough to allow Chelsea to qualify for the Champions League of 2025/2026?

Betis failed to win their last 5 matches because the reason you gave(to prepare to face Chelsea) is pure lies and it is not an excuse, in the sense that Chelsea won 4 matches out of their 5 last games. Chelsea would have taken the same step Real Betis took (not to win their last match games). But they refused because their domestic league games are more important to them to appear at the top of the Premier League table. And I don't think there is any team in the world that would like not to win most of their domestic league match because they are in the finals of another league. It is even when a team wins most of their league games they look fearful of another team they will face in the finals of a match

Come on brother, this is the conference league we're talking about, wasn't talking about the EPL games, the comparison (if there was) was between Betis and Chelsea in the conference league who played tougher teams than the other. If we talk about the EPL games Chelsea play in the last 5 games and Betis in la Liga in the last 5 games I'd say Chelsea are better and they did well in the EPL better than Betis in la Liga, no matter the clubs Chelsea faced.
I still don't get why you say I'm lying, to me Chelsea are hanging on a rope that will soon cut off if they don't secure that champions league spot, now the Blues played with all their strength in the league which is true that is because they had to hold one first before thinking of the conference finals which is far behind, finish the mission at hand first before thinking of the next one and that's what Chelsea did. If they weren't fighting for champions league spot do you think they'll waste their time in struggling with Nottingham when they have an important game ahead? I'll leave you to answer that. We might be saying same thing but you know how you feel about this.
In as much as Chelsea are winning their games understand why they have to which is clear. Winning their games can make other teams fear them but it depends on the team, doesn't always work like that, I'll still say it Chelsea can lose to Betis. As you feel that the team that wins more will look stronger while their opponent will fear them, that's true but can you can't tell what the other team have in store for their opponent? No you can't, so Chelsea need to bring their best because Betis can come with something different even if they lost 20 of their league games.