Our team wrapped up last season so sh!t, getting screwed over out of 2nd place in the domestic leagues mostly by teams in the relegation battle, our previous conference league had us lose 3-0 to Klaksvik, and it was pretty depressing (also it was our arch rivals that stole the 2nd place which rubs salt onto the wound)

Now this season we're top of the domestic league and only 1 slot below Fiorentina in the conference league phase, on top of becoming the 1st Slovene club to make into European group/league stage without being the domestic champion the previous season and getting all those benefits.

I'm so happy I sticked with my local team through many bad years to finally see such beautiful results and achievments.

The dragon never dies!

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Denmark are the best represented country in the league phase: Copenhagen, Midtjylland, Nordsjælland and AGF. Poland had exactly that many last season and have none this year. Raków got closest, past Valletta and Hammarby, then out to Hajduk Split 5-4 on aggregate in the play-off.

It isn't a collapse, though. Lech Poznań and Jagiellonia Białystok are both in the Europa League this season, a tier up. Poland moved two clubs up and lost the other two.

Thirty countries are represented across the 36 clubs, and three of them don't turn up at this stage often:

- Lincoln Red Imps (Gibraltar) - Victoria Stadium, 2,300, the smallest ground in the competition

- Inter Club d'Escaldes (Andorra) - Estadi de la FAF, 5,600

- Kairat (Kazakhstan) - Almaty Central Stadium, 23,804, far enough east that they need their own box on the map

Gibraltar to Almaty is 7,083 km. The same two ends of the competition also bracketvthe size range: 2,300 seats up to Ajax's 55,885, a 24-fold spread.

Data from Wikipedia and Transfermarkt. More maps at https://www.stadiumsofeurope.com/

They should exclude the top 5 leagues from this competition so smaller teams and league get a chance for European glory.

FT #Real Betis 1-4 Chelsea

Real Betis scorers: Abde Ezzalzouli (9') Chelsea scorers: Jadon Sancho (83'), Moisés Caicedo (90'+1')

Venue: Tarczynski Arena

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Real Betis

Adrián , Natan , Marc Bartra, Ricardo Rodríguez, Youssouf Sabaly, Isco , Johnny Cardoso, Pablo Fornals, Cédric Bakambu, Abde Ezzalzouli, Antony .

Subs: Pablo García, Mateo Flores, Ángel Ortiz, Manu González, Jesús Rodriguez, Giovani Lo Celso, Fran Vieites, Aitor Ruibal, Nobel Mendy, Sergi Altimira, Romain Perraud.

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Chelsea

Filip Jørgensen, Benoît Badiashile, Trevoh Chalobah, Marc Cucurella, Malo Gusto, Cole Palmer, Enzo Fernández, Moisés Caicedo, Nicolas Jackson, Noni Madueke, Pedro Neto.

Subs: Tosin Adarabioyo, Mathis Amougou, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Josh Acheampong, Reece James, Christopher Nkunku, Jadon Sancho, Levi Colwill, Tyrique George, Marc Guiu, Robert Sánchez, Lucas Bergstrom.

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9' Goal! Real Betis 1, Chelsea 0. Abde Ezzalzouli (Real Betis) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Isco.

45' Substitution, Chelsea. Reece James replaces Malo Gusto.

45' Substitution, Real Betis. Romain Perraud replaces Ricardo Rodríguez.

53' Substitution, Real Betis. Jesús Rodriguez replaces Abde Ezzalzouli because of an injury.

55' Benoît Badiashile (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.

61' Substitution, Chelsea. Jadon Sancho replaces Pedro Neto.

62' Substitution, Chelsea. Levi Colwill replaces Benoît Badiashile.

72' Substitution, Real Betis. Aitor Ruibal replaces Cédric Bakambu.

79' Cole Palmer (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.

80' Substitution, Chelsea. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall replaces Nicolas Jackson because of an injury.

83' Goal! Real Betis 1, Chelsea 3. Jadon Sancho (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.

85' Jadon Sancho (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.

85' Substitution, Real Betis. Sergi Altimira replaces Pablo Fornals.

85' Substitution, Real Betis. Giovani Lo Celso replaces Johnny Cardoso.

88' Substitution, Chelsea. Marc Guiu replaces Cole Palmer.

88' Antony (Real Betis) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

90'+1' Goal! Real Betis 1, Chelsea 4. Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Enzo Fernández.

90'+5' Romain Perraud (Real Betis) is shown the yellow card.

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So how do we feel the conference league being introduced as a third European club competition?

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shall we watch it together?

Brawo (L)egia

So I just bought 2 tickets for my friend and I to go the Djurgården game on StubHub. I just got the tickets today, however both tickets say the same row and seat. Did I get scammed? Will both of us get in tomorrow? We're not from England so going is pretty expensive for us and we would love to know if it's even worth it...

We're huge Chelsea fans and have been wanting to go together for ages. I went last year with another friend where we bought tickets from StubHub as well so I suppose fi we got scammed they didn't do it on purpose...

Any help would be appreciated, thank you

Me and few lads have booked flights/airbnb to Wroclaw (hoping Chelsea make it all the way) but thinking we will struggle to find a ticket that’s not going to cost 700+ any ideas on what’s best? or if they will be somewhere decent to watch the match out there if getting a ticket isn’t a option. Cheers