Chelsea finished this Premier League season 15 points behind champions Liverpool, the closest they have finished since winning the title under Antonio Conte in the 2016-17 season.After booking the Champions League ticket, the Blues boss Enzo Maresca stormed at critics who questioned his team’s youthfulness. In his debut season at Stamford Bridge, Maresca secured a fourth-placed finish, as Levi Colwill’s goal pushed them to a critical 1-0 away win at City Ground against Nottingham Forest.Dial Colwill to seal the deal! UCL Chelsea cut sorry Trees and return to elite”So in English, how you say? F*** off to all of them, because the players deserve that. The effort they have been doing is fantastic,” said Maresca after the last match of the EPL season and ahead of their Conference League final against Real Betis on Wednesday night.”The doubt was from outside. All the ones that have the answers or the ones that have the truth, they were saying that we are too young, we are not good enough, they were waiting for Aston Villa to drop points for us to achieve the Champions League.”They were saying that we were not able to win on this pitch because we are too young, because we are not experienced. Unfortunately for them, they have all been wrong. All the ones that have the truth and have the answer to everything.”This looks cringe until you deep literally 95% of them don’t have a single UCL appearance https://t.co/mHPTnYZIc3— 🎃🎃 (@yerdas_outV2) May 25, 2025 Maresca said that since he joined the club, “we haven’t spent more than the rest,” adding Chelsea “now have players who deserve to be in the Champions League”.
