Previewing Chelsea’s 2018-19 UEFA Youth League Season
Chelsea return for their fifth UEFA Youth League campaign this week with a different outlook on the competition than they’ve ever had before.
Their debut in 2013-14 ended at the Quarter Final stage in defeat to Schalke before back-to-back successes under Adi Viveash in Nyon; the second of those was insufficient to allow them to defend their crown under the then-competition rules, with the first-team also failing to qualify them via conventional means.
They returned after a one-year hiatus last term seeking to reclaim a trophy they never lost, and once again headed to Switzerland for the Final, only to lose 3-0 to Barcelona in one of their poo...