Chelsea confirmed passage to the last 16 of the Conference League with a 3-1 win against Astana in Kazakhstan
as Enzo Maresca handed full debuts to two academy graduates.
Astana were themselves playing 600 miles from home as their regular stadium underwent renovations, and they gave those who had made the arduous journey reason for cheer when the Croatian striker Marin Tomasov pinged one in off the post in a moment of rare quality from the hosts. Neto had Chelsea’s first chance in freezing conditions in Kazakhstan, skating in off the right and striking low towards the near post, the goalkeeper Mukhammedzhan Seysen dropping low to his left to save.
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