NOT EVEN NOAH could handle this flood as Chelsea ran riot and made a mockery of the Conference League. The two-times European champions were six nil up by half time with five different goalscorers as they sunk Armenia’s fourth best team at training ground pace. What is most surprising is that qualifiers Noah held out for 11 minutes before going behind and even gave Chelsea a couple of scares on the biggest night in their short history.
Neither team belongs in this competition with twice Champions League winners Chelsea slumming it after a couple of crazy seasons following a takeover in 2022. Minnows Noah have only been in existence for seven years and had to scrap all the way through three qualifying rounds and a play off just for the chance to fly 3,000 miles from their hometown to get thrashed under the lights at Stamford Bridge. Blues squad players Tosin Adarabiyo and Marc Guiu scored their first goals for the club since signing in the summer.
READ MORE IN FOOTBALL And £42 million Portuguese forward Joao Felix helped himself to two goals by the break. Noah - named after the Biblical boat that finally ran aground on Armenia’s Mount Ararat - were holed below the water line very quickly and never recovered. Tosin got the rout underway by heading in an Enzo Fernandez corner on 11 minutes.
Teenage centre forward Guiu made it two straight from the kick off when Noah’s defence crumbled after just three passes, allowing the young Spaniard to cash in and bury a shot. Most re.
