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May 28
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05/28/25: Chelsea look to lift the Confe...

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On Wednesday, Chelsea face Real Betis in the Europa Conference League final. Plus, Lamine Yamal signs a contract extension at Barcelona, USMNT starlet Alex Freeman is attracting attention from Europe, and Scott McTominay meets the Pope.

This is Early Kick Off from the Men in Blazers media network and presented by our great friends of the pod STōK Cold Brew Coffee, all your global football stories straight from the back pages of Europe's newspapers in around 10 minutes.

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