Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca couldn’t cover his smile after guiding the Blues again into the Champions League for the primary time in two years.
The 2-time winners of the competitors completed fourth within the Premier League after defeating Nottingham Forest on the ultimate day.
Newcastle and Aston Villa each dropping factors meant the London membership jumped in behind Manchester Metropolis and can be a part of them alongside Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham in subsequent season’s elite competitors.
Talking after the sport, Maresca was stuffed with reward for his squad, saying: “They develop so much as a crew and a participant they usually confirmed how good they’re immediately.
“I hope so, we introduced this membership the place it needs to be. We completed sixth final yr and more often than not, they neglect that.
“The one factor I knew was when Man United scored their second one. They instructed me 2-0. We didn’t want the remaining to drop factors, we gained.”
Captain Reece James had an excellent recreation in defence, retaining Forest at bay and celebrating wildly at full-time.
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After recovering from extra harm issues this time period, he – alongside his boss – couldn’t cover his delight within the post-match celebrations however insisted there may be nonetheless yet one more recreation to return.
He added: “”It’s a tremendous feeling.
“We knew coming right here on the ultimate day can be robust. They’ve had a tremendous season – they’ve a lot risk going ahead.
“We needed to dig in. We each wanted to win, however I’m so comfortable that the crew bought the job accomplished immediately.
“We discuss being one of the best team-mate and everyone confirmed that immediately.
“So many individuals earlier than the season, through the season had disbelief – they instructed us ‘we have been you younger, inexperienced and weren’t going to make it’.
“However we’re right here.
“The season has been lengthy and hard. We began off so effectively, however then we had a dip.
“Going into one other closing and we’ve got our eyes on the prize.”
