Chelsea – FC Noah 8-0: “They shouldn’t be in this” – Blues navigate Conference League

Chelsea achieved the Conference League record but fell just short of their own club record in Europe, a 13-0 European Cup Winners’ Cup victory over Jeunesse Hautcharage of Luxembourg in 1971.

This 8-0 is their second highest win, along with three other matches.

With Chelsea leading 6-0 against Noah at half-time, and the Armenians looking like they could concede every time there was an attack, the only surprise was that they only scored twice more.

Maresca was later asked if he was disappointed about not breaking his record.

“You have to be serious,” he said. “It’s never easy. The most important thing is that we are serious and professional. We needed to show it.”

Noah’s Portuguese coach Rui Mota said: “It’s hard to accept, 8-0. We know Chelsea are on another level as a team, but we still wanted to do better.”

“If we hadn’t conceded so early in the game or maybe after two minutes when we had a very good chance, if we had scored a goal, things would be different.

“Congratulations to Chelsea, they were very strong.”

Chelsea defender Tosin Adarabioyo, who opened the scoring with his first goal for the Club, said: “We are in the competition to win it.

“Any competition we are in, we strive for the best and this competition we definitely want to win.”