Conference League: Chelsea's teenagers defeat Astana
Neither minus nine Celsius, nor an 8-hour flight prevented Chelsea from dismantling Astana 3-1 in Kazakhstan and guaranteeing themselves a здфсу шт еру 1/8 finals of the Conference League.
Enzo Maresca brought to Astana a "second team", and in the course of the match put three absolute debutants from the Academy, but it did not change the balance of the game. By 40 minutes the guests were already leading 3:0 thanks to a double by 19-year-old Giu and an accurate shot by Veiga.
The Blues now have 5 wins in 5 matches in the tournament with a goal difference of 21-4.
2024-25, Conference League
Astana - Chelsea 1:3 (1:3)
Goals: Guiu Marc, 14 (0:1); Guiu Marc, 19 (0:2); Veiga, 40 (0:3); Tomasov, 45 (1:3)
Astana: Seysen M.; Bartolec; Kalaica; Kažukolovas; Marochkin; Amanovic (Osei B., 46); Vorogovskiy; Ebong; Tomasov (Gripshi, 88); Chinedu (Karimov R., 73); Camara Ous.
Bench: Zarutskiy; Condric; Bystrov M.; Beisebekov; Kuat; Astanov E.; Zhaksylykov N.; Ahanonu; Basmanov
Yellow Cards: Amanovic 27
Chelsea: Jörgensen F.; Disasi; Adarabioyo; Acheampong J. K.; Veiga; Rak-Sakyi (Dyer, 86); Chukwuemeka C. (Vale, 67); Dewsbury-Hall; George; Guiu Marc (Mheuka, 78); Pedro Neto (Ampah, 46)
Bench: Bergström; Merrick; Murray-Campbell
