Rosy Blues put 'Garden to bed

SWEDE dreams are made of this.

- FROM MIKE WALTERS

Jadon Sancho led Chelsea's plastic platoon to the brink of a sixth European final since 2008 on an enchanted night when their hopes of Champions League football next season were fortified 1,300 miles away in Nottingham.

On Djurgarden's artificial pitch, the Blues didn't just put their Europa Conference League semi-final to bed - they tucked the Swedish underdogs in and plumped up their pillows.

Their commanding performance did not suggest they will let the real grass grow under their feet in next week's return leg.

Sancho's future at Stamford Bridge remains in doubt, with Chelsea yet to indicate whether they will turn his loan move from Manchester United into a permanent transfer or tick the box marked 'return to sender' with a £5million penalty clause.