Chelsea 2-0 Servette | HIGHLIGHTS - Extended | UEFA Europa Conference League 2024/25

Walk-out [Applause] so European football back at Stanford Bridge Chelsea versus cette first leg of the UEFA conference League playoff tie the blues hoping to add one more major European trophy but for the first task to qualify for the newly formatted 36 Team league stage tonight's visitors already well into the swing of their domestic season having played five games in the Swiss super leag league and one in the cup too but Chelsea start as heavy favorites as they look for their first goals and victory under Enzo maresa was the fine form at the end of last season that made Chelsea's late run for Europe a successful one now the task is to put themselves in the best possible position to qualify for the competition proper ahead of next week's return leg in Geneva let's take a check Line ups on the two teams then Philip Jorgenson and toen make their debuts for the L moy's kaiso captain and there are first Chelsea starts for Kean jub Hall Mark gu ronard Vega and Pedro Neto Joan Felix wasn't signed in time to feature Rees James is injured as for sevette well there's not too many familiar names in their lineup there are a couple of players to look out for though Derek fessa has scored five times already this season veteran mirav stanovic has bags of experience around European football their goalkeeper is vastly experienced to he's played over 250 times for them Jeremy freck former Leon keeper and he might feel like he's going to be in for a busy night tonight we'll have to wait and see as far as that [Applause] goes a lovely touch there from MRI to jub Hall G trying to hold his run here trebur Hall kind of Wonder infield just had it taken off his toe as he was going to make the pass but he was quick to win it back mudri tried to tackle him but juby Hall emerged with the ball and he's sprad it through to gu what a start this could be Mark gu trying to head it in now did he get a clip there he was so honest in trying to score a goal brilliant work I just wonder whether he was fouled referee doesn't seem to think so it be worth looking at again terrific football from jub Hall gave it away wins possession back possibly a little graze you you'd expect your Center forward to go over there that's not a criticism here's Netto chance for him to express himself oh that could have been an own goal so easily flicked off the leg of a Defender it's Neto showing up against muku is not going to be any match for his Pace I think gu fancies that and probably gets there cessa might think about a shot he's com back his way and again angle's not great but he had to go anyway and it's bashed Away by by Philip jensson holding midfielders for seveta doing a pretty good job in that regard you tucks on them dropping back into a five into a six at that time that's because they're being so disciplined they're holding midfielders in marking them oh madri can he get the shot off here he could but he couldn't hit the target broke to him very quickly wanted to take it on early yeah when he's in conversation disagreement with in kunu Inu won in the pass I don't think so I think he has to strike here what I'm surprised about is that's just got to be bent towards the far Corner away now then and kungu can put the after verners on here but mudri up there with him pass was just behind him mud's collected it though and just to spread it out for Pedro Netto he's going to get the shot away got it bang on target as well snapped into the midrift of Jeremy prick lovely start from munu felt maybe Neto was going to join the attack a little earlier on the right hand side just seemed to wait for the play to develop it's a quick shift again that's going to become a feature of Chelsea's play and his individual moments ear on we're just over a third of the way through this game we're still waiting for the first goal it's another testing ball whipped across the face of the Chelsea 6-y box and eventually jorganson able to grab PENALTY Chelsea - Foul on Nkunku it oh je Hall can he pinch this quite well then R although je Hall's got it now just too much foru is it no goalkeeper got a touch had to be a penalty referee in no doubt rash from Jeremy Frick who raced off his line to try and stop Christopher and kungu and the only way he could do it was by bringing him down it's similar to that move in the first half it's ju ball once again the architect and he's clearly going to get to the ball first and frck commits himself completely unnecessarily he waits for the Collision doesn't he GOAL Chelsea - Christopher Nkunku 50' (1-0) now he looks to put Chelsea ahead and get his first goal in European competition for the [Music] blues and he does smacks it in goalkeeper guess right but Christopher and kungu got the power out in the placement which meant that frck could only wave at it as it flew past him into the net break through early into the second half for Chelsea Christopher and kungu makes it Chelsea One S nil and he's got quite an interesting technique he just starts quite centrally couple of steps to the left starts his run he's got such good technique and quality in that right boot there's no doubt really it's firm it's accurate it's a perfect penalty I know it must be so tempting to come out you feel it's your demain you feel like you have to dominate your 18 yd bo back or guu he's managed to win it back and he's surely going to put it in for his first Chelsea goal maybe second time round no Mark the how about Third Time Lucky it's the goalkeeper keeper oh he can't believe it freck let off the hook Mark guu is brilliant it's great determined front play Oh The Gap at the near post is huge for him to find he just didn't catch it didn't get the direction or the purchase on his initial finish that's the big chance then GOAL Chelsea - Noni Madueke 76' (2-0) Fernandez manag to find mad now then chance for a second goal here NY m thumps it into the net wonderful finish from madw and Chelsea have the second goal that they crave M mad makes it Chelsea 2 so that nil brilliant goal amazing finish perfectly waited forenzo Fernandez in the buildup it puts the fullback in real trouble it's in perfect the run the timing the pass it's all Exquisite stuff I think we spoke of this earlier on in the preseason he got that goal at Luton on his right foot and I want him to do this more often that kenro last season lashed it into exactly that part of the goal and he can do it it's nice to get that cushion could get better here's Palmer he's driven it Cole Palmer got everything behind it but so did freck here's watara the new [Applause] man a fancy a shot here oh and he's hit the crossbar my goodness me Moko watara via a deflection almost half the deficit yeah again watara is allowed to travel too far here no one coming out to to pressurize the seret player still plenty forward here for cette just deflected behind for a corner comes the corner goes all the way through and it should have gone in what on Earth is going on [Applause] here clever ball plenty forward here for sevette is this the moment for them great save Jorgenson to deny deny Gillan [Applause] mck and that will surely be their last chance gone but they ought to have scored there is the final whistle well Full Time chelse do have a lead to take to Switzerland next week goals in the second half from Christopher and kungu from the penalty spot and non mad have given Enzo maresa his first win as head coach of Chelsea but svette will be left to R Miss chances but the final score at Stanford Bridge was Chelsea 2 sevette nil