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.

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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.

And £42million 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.

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Chelsea ratings vs Noah

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SUNSPORT’S Dan King rates Chelsea’s young guns after their flood of goals against Noah.

FILIP JORGENSEN – 7
Kept out shot before floodgates opened at other end. Made other sharp saves, including late brave one. Looks a solid No 2.

AXEL DISASI – 7
Out of position for early Noah chance but in right place to head in third. Good link-up with George on the right.

TOSIN ADARABIOYO – 7
Recovered from shaky start defensively to open scoring and his own Chelsea account. Steadier after the break.

BENOIT BADIASHILE – 6
Like Tosin, not entirely convincing as Noah created a few first-half openings, although made one good block. Also better in 2nd half.

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RENATO VEIGA – 5
Couple of early mistakes, one of which could have been costly, set tone. Not as impressive as in previous ECL games.

ENZO FERNANDEZ – 8
On his own in midfield in the first half yet was able to provide three assists, two from corners, and look very comfortable.

TYRIQUE GEORGE – 8
Teenage winger made most of first senior start, beating opponents at will and sending in dangerous crosses. Worked back, too.

CHRISTOPHER NKUNKU – 7
Looked less hungry to tuck in to goal buffet. But went up front for 2nd half and scored twice after missing two good chances.

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JOAO FELIX – 8
At it from the start, missed an early chance but then scored twice in a swaggering first half. Disappointed not to complete hat-trick.

MYKHAILO MUDRYK – 7
Much quieter than George until he cut inside and smashed home with confidence that had seemed lacking. Decent workrate.

MARC GUIU – 7
The 18-year-old striker worked hard as ever and got his reward, bagging his first Chelsea goal and stealing ball ahead of Felix’s first.

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KIERNAN DEWSBURY-HALL (for Guiu, HT) – 6
Some neat touches and won penalty for eighth Blues goal.

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CESARE CASADEI (for Fernandez, HT) – 6
Found life as easy as Enzo, yet unable to make the same creative impact.

CARNEY CHUKWUEMEKA (for George, 68) – 5
Took a while to get going and missed decent chance to make it nine.

SAMUEL RAK-SAKYI (for Nkunku, 80) – 6
Teenager mostly composed on first-team debut but shot over bar with goal gaping.

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Chelsea were three up and home and hosed by 18 minutes when defender Axel Disasi scored with his head in a similar fashion to the opening goal and from the same provider.

Blues’ skipper Fernandez then teed up Felix to score the first of his first half double with a threaded ball having dispossessed the hopeless visitors in front of their own area.

A shot from Felix cannoned in off a defender for his second just before half time.

And Mykhailo Mudryk, struggling to make his presence felt in the Premier League this season under new head coach Enzo Maresca gave his confidence a boost by curling in a classy right foot shot six minutes before the interval.

Maresca was so confident of victory that he subbed captain Fernandez at half time, replacing him with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall. He could have left both off and it would not have mattered a jot.

More good news for Chelsea fans was the sight of star forward Cole Palmer walking comfortably pitchside before the game, offering hope he will be recovered from a whack on the knee at Manchester United last Sunday in time to face Arsenal this weekend.

Christopher Nkunku claimed his ninth goal of the season and Chelsea’s seventh of the night on 69 minutes when his first shot was blocked by the keeper but he kept his composure to hook home the rebound.

Chelsea are clear favourites to win this tournament outright. Their biggest victory in Europe prior to last night was a 13-0 win over luxembourg’s Jeunesse Hautcharage in the 1971 Cup Winners’ Cup.

They closed in on it at frightening pace when Nkunku made it 8-0 from the penalty spot 14 minutes from time.

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The UFC Vegas 100 weigh-in video features 24 fighters stepping on the scale Friday morning in Las Vegas. Watch a live stream of the official weigh-ins above courtesy of Ag. Fight.

In the main event, Neil Magny and Carlos Prates have to hit the welterweight limit of 171 pounds for the non-title fight. Magny seeks to extend his record for the most wins by a welterweight in UFC history, with his number currently standing at 22.

Prates can complete a spectacular 2024 campaign that already includes three wins this year. He has finished all of his opponents during that stretch, with each performance earning him a $50,000 bonus.

Ricky Turcios and Benardo Sopaj have to hit the 136-pound limit for the non-title bantamweight fight in the penultimate bout of the evening.

The UFC Vegas 100 official weigh-in video begins at 12 p.m. ET.

Check out UFC Vegas 100 weigh-in results below.

Main Card (ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET)

Neil Magny vs. Carlos Prates

Ricky Turcios vs. Benardo Sopaj

Gerald Meerschaert vs. Reinier de Ridder

Luana Pinheiro vs. Gillian Robertson

Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Dusko Todorovic

Preliminary Card (ESPN+ at 4 p.m. ET)

Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Denise Gomes

Gaston Bolanos vs. Cortavious Romious

Elizeu Zaleski vs. Zach Scroggin

Matthew Semelsberger vs. Charlie Radtke

Cody Stamann vs. Da’Mon Blackshear

Tresean Gore vs. Antonio Trocoli

Melissa Mullins vs. Klaudia Sygula

France manager Didier Deschamps says his decision to leave captain Kylian Mbappe out of the squad for this month’s Nations League double-header is a “one-off”.

The Real Madrid forward was not selected for upcoming matches against Israel and Italy.

Mbappe, 25, was left out of France’s squad in October for two Nations League matches as a precaution given he had just returned from injury and had been expected to return for selection this month.

“I’ve had discussions with him, it is a decision that I took for this block of matches only,” Deschamps said at a news conference on Thursday. “Kylian wanted to come.”

The forward, who joined Real Madrid on a free transfer last summer from Paris St-Germain, has struggled for form since moving to the Bernabeu.

Mbappe has scored eight goals in 15 appearances for the La Liga club but has only netted once in his past five games.

Real, who won both the Champions League and La Liga last season, were beaten 4-0 by rivals Barcelona last month and trail the Catalans by nine points in the league.

Mbappe, a World Cup winner in 2018, has scored 48 goals in 86 appearances for France.

CHELSEA hammered Noah to make it four straight wins in Europa Conference League football.

The West Londoners have picked up maximum points after SIX scorers got in on the action.

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Tosin Adarabioyo, Marc Guiu, Axel Disasi, Joao Felix, Mykhailo Mudryk and Christopher Nkunku scored.

Here is how Dan King rated Chelsea‘s performers from Stamford Bridge.

FILIP JORGENSEN – 7

Kept out shot before floodgates opened at other end. Made other sharp saves, including late brave one. Looks a solid No 2.

AXEL DISASI – 7

Out of position for early Noah chance but in right place to head in third. Good link-up with George on the right.

TOSIN ADARABIOYO – 7

Recovered from shaky start defensively to open scoring and his own Chelsea account. Steadier after the break.

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BENOIT BADIASHILE – 6

Like Tosin, not entirely convincing as Noah created a few first-half openings, although made one good block. Also better in second half.

RENATO VEIGA – 5

Couple of early mistakes, one of which could have been costly, set tone. Not as impressive as in previous ECL games.

ENZO FERNANDEZ – 8

On his own in midfield in the first half yet was able to provide three assists, two from corners, and look very comfortable.

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TYRIQUE GEORGE – 8 

Teenage winger made most of first senior start, beating opponents at will and sending in dangerous crosses. Worked back, too.

CHRISTOPHER NKUNKU – 7

Looked less hungry to tuck in to goal buffet. But went up front for 2nd half and scored twice after missing two good chances.

JOAO FELIX – 8

At it from the start, missed an early chance but then scored twice in a swaggering first half. Disappointed not to complete hat-trick.

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MYKHAILO MUDRYK – 7

Much quieter than George until he cut inside and smashed home with confidence that had seemed lacking. Decent workrate.

MARC GUIU – 7

The 18-year-old striker worked hard as ever and got his reward, bagging his first Chelsea goal and stealing ball ahead of Felix’s first.

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KIERNAN DEWSBURY-HALL (for Guiu, HT) – 6

Some neat touches and won penalty for eighth Blues goal.

CESARE CASADEI (for Fernandez, HT) – 6

Found life as easy as Enzo, yet unable to make the same creative impact.

CARNEY CHUKWUEMEKA (for George, 68) – 5

Took a while to get going and missed decent chance to make it nine.

SAMUEL RAK-SAKYI (for Nkunku, 80) – 6

Teenager mostly composed on first-team debut but shot over bar with goal gaping.

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Goalkeeper David Harrington has been added to Craig Bellamy’s squad for Wales’ upcoming Nations League matches against Turkey and Iceland.

The Fleetwood Town youngster, 24, was born in Cork, Republic of Ireland but qualifies to represent Wales through his Bangor-born father, Phil Harrington, who was also a goalkeeper.

He has been a part of the Ireland Under-21s set-up and earned his first call-up to their senior side for friendly matches against Hungary and Portugal in June, but was an unused substitute in both games.

He will now link up with the Wales squad for Bellamy’s third camp as international boss.

Harrington had been linked with a switch to Premier League Everton, but moved to Fleetwood from Cork City in January 2023.

He is currently working under former Wales international Owain Fon Williams, who is goalkeeper coach with the League Two club.

Harrington has featured 14 times in all competitions for Charlie Adam’s side so far this season.

He joins Danny Ward, Karl Darlow and Tom King in the squad for Wales’ final two Nations League fixtures of the year.

Bellamy’s side take on Turkey in Kayseri on 16 November (17:00 GMT).

They then host Iceland at Cardiff City Stadium three days later (19:45 GMT).