Favourites Chelsea, fielding a second-string team, cantered into the Europa Conference League final with a regulation 1-0 second-leg win over Swedish side Djurgarden on Thursday for a 5-1 aggregate victory.

Top favourites Chelsea defeated Sweden's Djurgårdens IF 1-0 on Thursday to comfortably reach the Conference League final 5-1 on aggregate. The Blues had effectively settled the affair with their 4-1 win at the Stockholm club,

Chelsea advanced to the final of the Conference League after beating Djurgården 1-0 in the second leg of their semifinal encounter on Thursday. The Premier League club advanced 5-1 on aggregate over the Swedish opponent that had reached a semifinal of a European competition for the first time.