In the just-concluded Champions League focus game, Chelsea, who played at home, defeated Lille 2-0 and successfully seized the opportunity to advance. The victory in this game also allowed the team coach Tuchel to set a new record again.
But even so, the German coach was never happy-Kovacic and Ziyech left the field early due to injuries at the beginning of the second half, casting a shadow over the team.
Since coaching Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, Tuchel has brought a complete change to Chelsea. During this period, the Blues led the way to the Champions League final, and finally defeated Manchester City to win the second Big Ear Cup in team history. . Today, the Champions League knockout rounds of the new season are ignited. With the Premier League difficult to pose a threat to Manchester City, with no hope of winning the title and no worries about the prospect of winning the fourth place, Chelsea can finally deal with the Champions League with all their heart. In the first round of the 1/8 final, they faced Lille at home. In the face of what was regarded as a "big gift bag that fell from the sky" before the game, the defending champion lived up to expectations.
22-0! Chelsea one foot ahead of the Champions League quarter-finals. A statistic from
cab주소 Statistics pointed out that since taking over from Lampard in January last year, Chelsea have kept a total of 39 clean sheets in all competitions, which is the highest among the five major European league teams in the same period. The number of clean sheets in the same period is at least 9 more than any team in Europe's top five leagues, followed by La Liga powerhouse Sevilla and Premier League giants Manchester City, both with 30 games.
The team has made such an amazing achievement, and the team also relied on this victory to seize the opportunity to advance. It stands to reason that Tuchel should be happy, but the British media pointed out the pain point of the German, saying that Tuchel is very much now. trouble. You know, because of this precious victory, Chelsea also paid a heavy price-in the 51st minute, Kovacic could not insist on being replaced by Cheek due to injury; in the 60th minute, Chelsea was forced to make another substitution, and Zie He was injured and replaced by Saul. In just 10 minutes, Chelsea injured two players in a row!
A player, who has just experienced a highlight moment, is difficult to escape the clutches of injuries. This is an unbearable blow for Tuchel, such as Chilwell and Reece James before, and now Kovacic and Qi. Yeh too! Specifically speaking of Ziyech, Havertz helped Chelsea take the lead in only 8 minutes in the opening, relying on the Moroccan's accurate corner kick and assist. The data shows that Ziyech has scored 8 goals and contributed 9 assists in the past 22 matches in the Champions League, and directly participated in 17 goals. He was directly involved in 5 goals, including 3 goals and 2 assists.
As we all know, Chelsea's attacking power in the frontcourt has been poor recently. In addition, the team has had many players injured for a long time, and now they have lost Ziyech. This is a fatal blow to Tuchel. The army is about to fight with Liverpool for the championship in the England League Cup final! But then again, it's not all bad things waiting for Tuchel. There was an episode in this game, that is, shortly after Kovacic was injured and replaced, Lukaku began to warm up on the sidelines. Perfect performance, let it see the cruel truth.
Chelsea's goal in the opening 8 minutes of this campaign was scored by Havertz, and the goal to expand the score in the 63rd minute was scored by Pulisic. According to statistics, Havertz completed a total of 46 touches in this game, much more than Lukaku's 7 touches against Crystal Palace. More importantly, Havertz played surprisingly well in almost every absence of Lukaku. It is not difficult to understand why Tuchel made the Belgian sit on the bench in this game.
