Chelsea entered the last 16 of the Europa conference league at the end of last year, marking 26 and conceding only five in six league phase games when they exceeded the ranking.
Blues are the overwhelming favorites for the title at the end of the season and should have no problem stopping in the Wroclaw final in Poland. It is perhaps not the Champions League or the Europa League, but it is always silverware which is worth winning and it offers a precious route for European competition that the interior form of Chelsea has left them Fight in the Premier League.
After Friday’s draw, Chelsea now knows what their way to the final looks like.
Chelsea avoided the last 16 most difficult clashes with real betis during Friday draw and will rather collide Copenhagen.
The Danish club eliminated Heidenheim – a Chelsea side has already beaten this season – in the playground after a 4-3 victory.
Chelsea will face Copenhagen through two legs after fighting the Scandinavians on four previous occasions, more recently in the last 16 times in the Champions League in 2010/11.
Chelsea will be strong to overtake Copenhagen and they will be rewarded by an equality probably easier in the quarter -finals, that is against the Norwegian team Fourth or Polish outfit Legia Warsaw.
Molde defeated Shamrock Rovers – another team that Chelsea conquered during the league phase – in the play -offs but needed penalties for the best of the Irish club.
Legia Warsaw automatically qualified for the last 16 alongside Chelsea after finishing seventh in the 36 team league phase.
There are four potential opponents for Chelsea in the semi-finals as things happen and they could lock the horns with another Scandinavian outfit in the form of Sweden Jurgardens.
Austrian side Fast wien are another potential opponent, while Chelsea will look forward to the possible meetings with the mena Pafos Or Borac Banja Luka.
The PAFOS is currently directing the first Cypriot division, while Borac Banja Luka is second in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Chelsea is currently able to meet one of the eight clubs on the other side of the draw in the master event, with Real Betis And Fiorentina The two most difficult opponents. The latter were the finalists of the Conference League two years in a row.
Other possible oppositions include Panathinaikos – who Chelsea hammered during the league phase – and Vitoria de Guimaraes. The Portuguese team has previously proved to be a delicate opposition for English opponents.
Lugano,, Brugge circle,, Nk celje And Jagiellonia bialystok are the remaining candidates for a final berth.
