OREANDA-NEWSThe final match of the Europa League ended with a victory for Chelsea over Arsenal with a score of 4:1. The meeting was held at the Olympic Stadium in Baku. The game was judged by the referee from Italy Gianluca Rocchi.

Chelsea took the lead at the beginning of the second half. Emerson received the ball after a lateral transfer of Mateo Kovacic and hung in the penalty area. Olivier Giroud won the fight for the position of the captain of “Arsenal” Laurent Kosselny and turned the ball under the near post. In the 60th minute, the “blue” increased their advantage. Giroux turned in front of the penalty and made the transfer to the left edge of Eden Azar. The Belgian midfielder found an opportunity to pass to the center, Pedro got unstuck from Nacho Montreal and shot past Peter Cech.

A few minutes later, Pedro threw the ball into the penalty area, where Ainsley Maitland-Niles shot down Giroux. Azar from the penalty kick brought the score to large. At the 68th minute, Andreas Christensen shot down Alex Iwobi, who had just replaced Arsenal, on the flank. After filing with a penalty kick, Jorginho unsuccessfully knocked the ball from the goal, and Ivobi hit the gate with a long-range strike to the touch.

Chelsea and Arsenal kicked off in the current Europa League draw with the group round. Chelsea in their group scored 16 points out of 18 possible. The team of Maurizio Sarri beat the Greek PAOK twice (1:0, 4:0) and the Belarusian BATE (3:1.1:0). In the confrontation with the Hungarian "See" the London club lost two points (1:0, 2:2). Chelsea won the sixth trophy in the European arena. Previously, the London club won the Champions League (in 2012), the Europa League (2013), the Cup Winners' Cup (1971, 1998) and the UEFA Super Cup (1998).