Another level for Chelsea, heavy defeat for Panathinaikos

It was beyond his strength. It was an excellent test, yes, but against a club with a huge range, but Panathinaikos failed to look competitive against Chelsea in the OAKA. The 4-1 it’s a heavy score for Diego Alonso’s “greens” in the 2nd matchday of the League Phase of the Conference League, creating a negative scenario in terms of goal difference as well. The “trefoil» has only the goal against Banja Luka, reaching 2-5, after the one goal he had conceded in the premiere and the frame from his players Maresca in Athens.

In the minds of the coaches:

Diego Alonso also changed his defense, changed the center and necessarily changed the attack as well… Panathinaikos was presented with Dragovski at home and Kotsira, Schenkefeld, Jedvai and Mladenovic in defense. The midfield was diversified with them Maksimovich and Cherin who were moving behind Unai and on the wings Mancini and Pellistri flanked the sole forward, Geremegev.

Chelsea have changed their entire XI from their previous league game against Liverpool at Anfield. Jorgensen defended the hearth of “blue”, with Disasi, Badiasil and Renato on the stopwatches. Koukoreja also moved to the left, but also took a position near Dewsbury – Hall and Enzo in the midfield. Pedro Neto was on the right, o Mudrik left and o Felix he was leaving the midfield to reinforce Enkunku’s efforts.

The match:

What is certain is that the Panathinaikos try not to be afraid. To play even. Even if it did for the first few minutes of the game. He tried to show that he was in no mood to … chew on the names he faced, but in the big picture, he didn’t confirm Alonso’s words from the press conference about respect, but not fear towards the “blue».

The opportunity in the first seconds with its filling Mladenovic and Jedvai’s header that Jorgensen pushed away was proof that the “greens” wanted to send the message to Chelsea. But in the end it was a small blip… The Londoners had the quality, they would take control at some point and the midfield would be left with Enzo and Dewsbury-Hall as Felix took enough steps to go almost alongside Enkunku.

THE Maresca placed Disassi on the right in defense and them Vega – Badiasil to the stoppers, so that Koukoureya is promoted. And such is the quality of the “blues” that it only took a moment and an excellent collaboration for the goal to come. In the 23rd minute Dewsbury-Hall left-footed Felix, who headed back for Mudric to run down the wing and return the pass for the set-piece and 1-0.

THE Rooster he offered a +1 in the midfield for Chelsea by moving more centrally instead of the left wing, supporting Enzo and letting Mudrik and Felix switch roles and agree on what they wanted to do. Enzo, with a strong shot, being unmarked from the area’s boundaries, significantly threatened Dragovski’s goal, which he impressively blocked in the 28th minute, and Panathinaikos was unable to create a game and threaten. The speed and confidence with which they moved the ball, covered and settled the game saw the English in total control.

And since in the first minutes of the second half o Pelistri failed to run the length of the pitch to threaten Jorgensen’s goal, resulting in a mistake, came the 2-0 from Chelsea. Again Dewsbury-Hall participated in the creation, Neto made the cross from the right to the second post, Mudric took the header from Mladenovic and essentially sealed the positive result for the “blues” in the 49th minute.

In the 56th minute, and without really troubling the “greens” offensively again, Chelsea found a third goal, when Felix shot from the edge of the area, the Maksimovich countered, but simply changed the trajectory of the ball to neutralize Dragovski and write the 3-0.

The bad for the “greens” continued very quickly, when Maksimovic also took a penalty with his hand in the area, as a result of which Enkunku from the white bullet made the 4-0.

The “clover” managed in the 69th minute to give an “injection” of joy to the people who were at OAKA when Tete flew from the right to the Vaiannidis which was covered by Koukoureya and the turn towards the second post found Pelistri unmarked for the 4-1. Of course, Chelsea did not need to continue playing, Panathinaikos did, but without substance and something different in the result…

The compositions of the two teams:

Panathinaikos: Dragovski, Kotsiras, Jedvai, Senkefeld, Mladenovic (60′ Vaiannidis), Maksimovic, Cerin, Unai (80′ Bakasetas), Pelistri (70′ Djuric), Mancini (60′ Tete), Geremegev (70′ Sporar)

Chelsea: Jorgensen, Disassi, Badiasil, Renato, Cucoureya, Dewsbury – Hall (77′ Chikuemeka), Enzo (71′ Cassaday), Felix, Mudric, Encuncu (61′ Giou), Pedro Neto (61′ George)