She did the job Chelsea! The European champions prevailed 2-0 welcoming the Lil at “Stamford Bridge” and took an important step towards their qualification to the quarterfinals Champions League in view of the rematch on March 16.
The “blues” pushed at intervals, who – succeeding by one goal in each half (8 ‘Haverts and 63 ‘Pulisik) – took advantage of most of the opportunities they created. Particularly competitive in the first half is Lille, which, however, fell considerably in the second, with Chelsea managing the score in their favor.
Forced changes for Kovacic and Zijies on the part of the hosts, but also for Lalos of Lille.
In the … minds of coaches:
THE Thomas Tuchel lined up Chelsea with a system 3-4-2-1 and -for confirmation of the English reports- with deFore Λουκάκου on the bench. Medi was in the goal, with Christensen, Thiago Silva and Riediger being the top three in the stoppers. Athpilicueta and Alonso started as full backs, with Cande and Kovasic composing the duo in the midfield. Zigzag and Pulisic were moving behind the promoted Haverts.
On the other hand, o Joslen Gurvenek chose it 4-3-3 for the French. Zardim was placed under the goalposts, Celik at the right end of the defense and Jalo at the left. Fonder and Botman started in the stoppers, while Onana, Tseka and Andre started in the midfield. The attacking trio consisted of Sanchez, David and Dad.
The match:
Explosive start for the hosts, with him And Haverts absolute protagonist. The German midfielder missed a tremendous chance at 4 ‘ wasting it … take a turn from him Athpilicuetawhile in 8 ‘ the shot he caught was blocked in a corner. The execution was undertaken by Zigieswith Haverts being thrown into the “heart” of the area sending the ball into the net with a nailed head.
Subsequently, Lille began to take more initiatives, taking advantage of the relative regression of the “blues”. There are many finals for the French (nine in total in the first part), but only one in the goal and this one in 36 ‘ with the shot caught outside the area by Andre (Medi blocked).
Of course, the European champion continued to be the one with the most remarkable opportunities, among them the shot of the lone Alonso in the 18 ‘as well as his obstruction Zigies in the 29 ‘with the phase starting from the theft and the nice passage from him Do it.
Very good pace at the beginning of the second part. Up and down the ball, with his shot Alonso (54 ‘) to oppose Celik and the one he caught Haverts (59 ‘) from a difficult angle to go out. At the same time, however, Tuhel was forced to make two forced changes, as the Kovacic and Zigies They were dealing with injury issues (worrying in view of the League Cup final against Liverpool next Sunday, with Loftus-Chick and Saul coming in their places).
However, Chelsea also found a second goal in 63 ‘ with a nice counterattack: Cande crossed the half of the field with the ball, to break Pulisik, who inside the opponent’s area scored accurately for 2-0.
The next few minutes passed with several changes. Lille was threatening. So did Chelsea, who, however, managed the pace and the significant lead they had taken until the last whistle.
MVP: He did not score, but took assists. But most of all it was ubiquitous! Informal discrimination goes to Do it. Thiago Silva is also very good, as well as Haverts who replaced Lukaku.
The compositions:
Chelsea (Thomas Tuchel, 3-4-2-1): Medi – Christensen, Thiago Silva, Riediger – Athpilicueta, Cande, Kovacic (51 ‘Loftus-Chick), Alonso (80’ Sar) – Ziges (60 ‘Saul), Pulisik (80’ Werner) – Haverts.
On the bench for the hosts were left: Kepa, Betinelli, Zorginio, Lukaku, Tsalomba, Mount, Kennedy, Veil.
Lille (Joslen Gurvenek, 4-3-3): Zardim – Celik, Fode, Botman, Jalo (76 ‘Goodmonson) – Onana (65’ Yilmaz), Ceka, Andre – Sanchez (81 ‘Ben Arfa), David (81’ Zegrova), Baba.
On the bench for the guests were left: Grbich, Rox, Lichaji, Gomes, Guea, Brandaric.
The referee of the match was the Spaniard Hill Manthanowhile VAR his compatriot, Alejandro Hernandez.
Watch the live of the match here.
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