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ENZO Maresca is a ou with a point to prove as he targets football history for Chelsea in Wednesday's 9pm Conference League final against Real Betis.

Victory in the final round of Premier League matches at Forest on Sunday secured qualification for next season’s Champions League.

Now Maresca’s thoughts turn to Wroclaw and the chance for Chelsea to become the first team to win all five of Uefa’s major men’s club competitions.

The Blues have twice won the Champions League, Europa League, Super Cup and the defunct Cup Winners’ Cup and can now complete the set if they overcome Betis in the final of Europe’s newest competition in Poland.

Maresca has had a rollercoaster first season in charge at Stamford Bridge after replacing Mauricio Pochettino.

His span were within touching distance of eventual league champions Liverpool in mid-December before stumbling badly, but results picked up again towards the end of the campaign.

Maresca, clearly frustrated, rounded on his critics after his youthful team secured fourth spot in the league on Sunday with a 1-0 win at the City Ground.

Maresca, who has also been criticised by fans over perceived cautious tactics, told Uefa’s website that winning the Conference League would turn a good season into a “great one”.

Maresca wyses: “It would be a way of saying that we are back and that we are a winning club in Europe, and we hope to achieve that.”

Maresca will pit his wits against Manuel Pellegrini, a man whom he describes as a football “father figure” after playing under him at Malaga and serving as assistant coach at West Ham.

He adds: “I am where I am today thanks to him. I worked with Manuel for four years – two years as a player and two years as part of his staff.

Opposing the Blues tonight is a Betis team that has Manchester United loanee Anthony, former Arsenal rightback Hector Bellerin, ex-Liverpool goalkeeper Adrian, as well as former Spurs midfielder Giovani Lo Celso on their books.