Noah’s plans to park the ark at Stamford Bridge were ill-conceived in a European encounter that was so glaringly out of proportion that you had to wonder if Chelsea had arranged for their goals to come two by two for the sake of it.
Enzo Maresca’s team had a 6-0 lead at halftime after scoring goals in the 12th and 13th, 18th and 21st, and 39th and 41st minutes. Realizing how inhumane it would have been to the minnows they were thrashing, Christopher Nkunku refrained from performing his customary balloon celebration after scoring their seventh and eighth goals in rapid succession in the second half.
Stamford Bridge was visited by tourists who were now ranked fourth in the Armenian Premier League. Since this was a significant event for both them and Noah, their players were on the field, dressed, and taking selfies almost two hours before to kickoff.The club is named after the biblical story, and it is just seven years old. Through a rigorous qualifying process that started back on July 11, they were able to enter the Conference League proper. That prepared them for their trip to the competition’s favorite home.
Chelsea wants to win the Conference League so they may claim to have “won it all” once more. Their fans are enjoying their season-long stay in the European tournament, chanting “we want 10″ during the second half, despite the fact that this is not the competition they really want to be in.”We needed to take this seriously,” Maresca stated. Football is an unpredictable sport. You can fall asleep against any team if your mind isn’t prepared. We behaved professionally.
Knowing that a routine victory should come against opponents whose players are reportedly paid less than £5,000 per week, Maresca carried on his practice of making 11 changes.
You were worried that we would be in for a difficult evening of skulduggery when Ognjen Chancharevich, the visiting goalkeeper, began wasting time within 30 seconds. However, after two minutes, Noah had a chance to score when Goncalo Gregorio’s rocket was stopped by Filip Jorgensen.
Tyrique George, an 18-year-old academy graduate who was first told the news at 5 p.m., was given his first-ever senior start by Maresca. Three hours later, he was teeing up Joao Felix, who inexplicably missed an open goal, after he had exchanged one-twos with Nkunku.
As Adarabioyo headed home Enzo Fernandez’s corner in the 12th minute, the floodgates finally opened. Marc Guiu scored his first goal for Chelsea right after Noah’s kickoff after Goncalo Silva’s mishandled ball put him one on one with Chancharevich.
Axel Disasi made it 3-0 after eighteen minutes with another header and another corner. Bernardo Cueva, the set-piece coach for Chelsea, could only hope that the marking of their Premier League rivals was this subpar. After Noah lost the ball once more, Felix produced a dinked finish, and Fernandez recorded his third assist of the night, making it 4-0.Noah was able to hold Chelsea until the 39th minute, when Mykhailo Mudryk scored their fifth goal, the greatest of which was a 20-yard curler. Felix scored their sixth goal just before halftime, and Chelsea’s 6-0 victory over Everton equaled their biggest win under Mauricio Pochettino.
As we all wait to learn if Cole Palmer will be cleared to play against Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday, he was seated in front of the press box. The Conference League team Chelsea sent to UEFA early in the season did not include him. The club believed that he wouldn’t be required throughout the league stage. They were correct in that call, despite considerable criticism. In the 1971–72 Cup Winner’s Cup, Chelsea defeated Jeunesse Hautcharage 13-0, which would have been their best-ever European victory if Palmer had been playing here.