What a slap in the face! Four days ago, the Blues drew at home against the relegation-strugglers Ipswich, but that was nothing compared to what they experienced tonight.The Polish Legia came, saw, and conquered Stamford Bridge, beating miserable Chelsea 2-1! Tomas Pekhart from the spot and Steve Kapuadi brought the Poles one of the biggest wins in their history, while Marc Cucurella – one of the rare Blues’ players who wanted to play tonight – netted his fourth goal in 2025.Despite the defeat, Chelsea advanced to the UEFA Conference League semi-finals, but if they continue playing like this, they’ll hardly justify their status as favourites to win the trophy.Chelsea lose to Legia but progress to the semis of the Conference League pic.twitter.com/PTSxHYguIE— Football Fans Tribe 🇳🇬 ⚽ (@FansTribeHQ) April 17, 2025 The Blues had a dreamy start to the game, and only one thing was missing (a crucial one, though) – goals. Cole Palmer and Christopher Nkunku wasted two colossal chances in the opening five minutes, and as if those misses made Chelsea’s players doubt their capabilities, they gave Legia a chance to bounce back.Chelsea preparing another ‘raid’ on Brighton?The Poles used the gift and punished the home team for poor efficiency, scoring from the first opportunity they created. Ten minutes into the game, the custodian Filip Jorgensen tackled the visitors’ captain Tomas Pekhart inside the area, and Legia were awarded a penalty, which their skipper sent home, stunning the crowd at Stamford Bridge.As if that goal had given the Warsaw crew wings, Ryoya Morishita could have doubled Legia’s lead in the 20th minute, but his decent effort went narrowly wide of Jorgensen’s right post.Most goals scored for Chelsea in 2025:◉ 4 – Marc Cucurella◎ 4 – Noni Madueke◎ 3 – Tosin◎ 3 – Enzo Fernández◎ 2 – Cole Palmer#UECL pic.twitter.com/yyhyPfoTuh— WhoScored (@WhoScored) April 17, 2025 Yet, that was a proper warning for Enzo Maresca’s lads, as they levelled 13 minutes later when Marc Cucurella joined the attack and used Jadon Sancho’s perfect cross to pass the ball into the empty net. Nine minutes later, the Spaniard could have completed a brace, but his second goal was disallowed for offside, and the rivals remained level at the break.The break did not bring peace to the Blues, as Legia threatened minutes into the second half over Claude Goncalves. The visitors got a corner kick after which they took the lead again, when Steve Kapuadi exploited a terrible reaction of Chelsea’s defence!⚽️ GOAL: Kapuadi 🇪🇺 Chelsea 1-2 Legiapic.twitter.com/Siadh9q4tR— Goals Xtra (@GoalsXtra) April 17, 2025 In the 61st minute, the Blues could have bounced back, but Noni Madueke and Tyrique George’s strikes were stopped by Legia’s keeper and with a fantastic goal-line clearance. Twelve minutes later, George found the net, but once again offside didn’t allow Chelsea to score.##NAJAVA_MECA_8860012##By the end of the game both sides had chances but the score remained unchanged, as the Blues suffered one of the most embarrassing defeats in their recent history. Still, they advanced to the semi-finals where they’ll face either Rapid Wien or Djurgarden.UEFA CONFERENCE LEAGUE – QUARTER-FINALSSecond legThursdayFiorentina – Celje 2-2 (1-0)/Mandragora 37, Kean 67 – Matko 54, Nemanic 65/Fiorentina win 4-3 on aggregateJagiellonia – Betis 1-1 (0-0)/Churlinov 81 – Bakambu 78/Betis win 3-1 on aggregateChelsea – Legia 1-2 (1-1)/Cucurella 33 – Pekhart 10 pen, Kapuadi 54/Chelsea win 4-2 on aggregateRapid – Djurgarden 1-2 IN PROGRESS
