OFFICIAL: Chelsea qualify for Champions League and set new Premier League document

OFFICIAL: Chelsea qualify for Champions League and set new Premier League document

Chelsea have finished it.

A 1-0 win on the ultimate day towards Nottingham Forest has , the primary time in 3 years they are going to be within the prime European competitors.

Chelsea return to prime European competitors

It was a season of actual contrasts. Enzo Maresca’s workforce began sizzling – after dropping on the opening day to Man Metropolis, they have been solely crushed as soon as extra (by Liverpool) till Boxing Day. However issues actually turned on their head at that time. From the twenty second of December to the tip of February they solely received twice.

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From there till the tip of the season issues have been wobbly, and performances not at all times convincing, however profitable 5 of the final 6, together with immediately’s decider, noticed the workforce rack up sufficient factors to recover from the road.

Youthful Chelsea break Premier League document

A Chelsea group celebration. (Picture by Mike Hewitt/Getty Pictures)

What is especially spectacular is the youth of the workforce that’s finished this. BBC Sport’s Nizaar Kinsella Tweeted out this stat from Opta after the

“The common age of Chelsea’s beginning XI within the Premier League this season is 24 years and 36 days – the youngest ever by a workforce in a single marketing campaign within the competitors.”

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Extremely, solely Marc Cucurella, Robert Sanchez and Tosin are over 25 from probably the most generally used XI. In fact it bodes properly for subsequent season, when this group ought to enhance with extra expertise and additions made in the summertime.

However like most followers, this isn’t a document we need to break. We wish the workforce to get older and higher collectively and problem for main trophies, not simply stay perpetually youthful. It is a nice place to begin for the mission – however we are able to’t slip right into a mindset the place simply qualifying for prime tournaments is sufficient.

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