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Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca couldn’t disguise 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 staff and a participant and so they confirmed how good they’re at this time.
“I hope so, we introduced this membership the place it must be. We completed sixth final 12 months and more often than not, they neglect that.
“The one factor I knew was when Man United scored their second one. They informed me 2-0. We didn’t want the remainder to drop factors, we gained.”
Captain Reece James had an excellent recreation in defence, conserving 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 disguise his delight within the post-match celebrations however insisted there may be nonetheless yet another recreation to return.
He added: “”It’s an incredible feeling.
“We knew coming right here on the ultimate day could be robust. They’ve had an incredible season – they’ve a lot menace going ahead.
“We needed to dig in. We each wanted to win, however I’m so comfortable that the staff bought the job completed at this time.
“We discuss being one of the best team-mate and all people confirmed that at this time.
“So many individuals earlier than the season, in the course of the season had disbelief – they informed us ‘we had 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 properly, however then we had a dip.
“Going into one other remaining and we’ve our eyes on the prize.”