{"id":14545,"date":"2024-10-04T08:39:34","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T03:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=485096"},"modified":"2024-10-04T08:39:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T03:09:34","slug":"europa-conference-league-2024-25-chelsea-hit-gent-for-4-makes-an-exquisite-start-to-the-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/europa-conference-league-2024-25-chelsea-hit-gent-for-4-makes-an-exquisite-start-to-the-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Europa Conference League 2024\/25: Chelsea hit Gent for 4; makes an exquisite start to the competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea have won their first game of the Europa Conference League which was against Gent last night. It was an amazing night for Chelsea as they scored 4 goals in the game. However the defence was not too strong as they also conceded two goals. Viega, Pedro Neto, Nkunku and Dewsbury-hall scored goals for Chelsea in this one.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea kicked off their Europa Conference League campaign with an emphatic 4-2 win against Belgian side Gent last night. The match saw a flurry of goals, with Chelsea\u2019s attack firing on all cylinders despite some defensive lapses.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues took the lead early in the game, thanks to a well-placed strike by Diego Viega. Pedro Neto, who has quickly become a fan favorite, doubled the lead with a stunning solo effort. However, Gent managed to pull one back before halftime, exposing Chelsea\u2019s defensive vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n<p>In the second half, Christopher Nkunku found the back of the net with a clinical finish, restoring Chelsea\u2019s two-goal cushion. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall then added to the scoreline with a powerful header.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea have won their first game of the Europa Conference League which was against Gent last night. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":36207,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[312,2446,3796,3752,3907],"class_list":["post-14545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-chelsea","tag-europa-conference-league","tag-football","tag-nkunku","tag-pedro-neto"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}