Football results Krasnodar vs Chelsea Cup C1 2020/21

Final: Krasnodar 0-4 Chelsea
Scored: Hudson-Odoi (37); Werner (76 pens); Ziyech (79); Pulisic (90)

Since the 2-1 victory over Lille on December 11, 19 Chelsea have not won another match in the Champions League arena. During this period, the Blues played 3 games and 2 of them were hard to swallow defeats against Bayern Munich (0-3 and 1-4). He started the Champions League this season with a 0-0 draw against Sevilla.

Therefore, the Blues decided to get a big victory on the Krasnodar trip as guests in the second round of Group E. In no way, coach Frank Lampard still asked his students to go to the field for a session in Russia to despite the concerns. about the spread of Covid-19.

Although there have been 3 consecutive games without winning in all competitions, but viewed positively, not conceding 2/3 of those games is clearly a significant improvement because everyone knows it before. all games conceded by the Blues.

The Krasnodar host is, of course, far behind the Blues in all respects. By the time Frank Lampard (still playing) with his beloved team Chelsea became a powerhouse in English football, Krasnodar was … established (2008, 4 years before Chelsea won the Champions League).

At a young age, this is the first time in Krasnodar’s history that he has participated in a group stage of the Champions League. Not only that, Krasnodar is also suffering a lot of losses due to the strong Covid-19 outbreak in Russia.

Meanwhile, with the force that is too powerful, uniform and deeper in Europe, coach Frank Lampard decided to play in Krasnodar. So the adjustment of both the game and the staff is inevitable. For example, compared to the last game (MU 0-0 draw), Chelsea used a 4-2-3-1 scheme instead of 3-4-2-1.

Kante, Pulisic, Reece James or the old Thiago Silva can rest on the bench after having to constantly plow in the previous two games (both draw Sevilla vs MU with the same 0-0), but others Zouma, Jorginho, Mendy, Chilwell , Havertz or Werner have yet to play.

Replacing Kante in midfield was Matteo Kovacic and Rudiger set up in midfield alongside Zouma. Rookie Hakim Ziyech has his first major game for Chelsea and a bright young talent (but may be delayed by not playing much) Hudson-Odoi has a chance to show himself.

The idea with a monumental line-up and a loss of the home team in all respects, the Blues will easily “devour” Krasnodar, but in the end, Chelsea struggled from the start. Even in minute 4, goalkeeper Mendy did not play well, Daniil Utkin was able to put Krasnodar ahead.

In fact, in the 13th minute, Chelsea took the opportunity to open the scoring at the 11-meter mark, perhaps everything was different. Azpilicueta crossed from the right wing for Timo Werner and the German forward received a clear foul in the 16m50 area. The referee pointed to the penalty spot and did not change his decision after consulting the VAR team.

As always, Jorginho is a favorite, but this time he hits the post, the ball bounces off the opposing goalkeeper and bounces. Werner’s next kickoff was also unsuccessful. Thus, the Italian midfielder missed in the last 2/4 penalty kicks taken at Chelsea while the previous 8 shots were 100% correct.

In the 19th minute, Krasnodar’s two “international” stars, Tonny Vilhena (Dutch player) and Marcus Berg (Swedish player) had a coordination before Vilhena shot the ball at a Chelsea player and flew off. when Mendy stopped.

Chelsea kept the ball completely outgunned (always above 70%) but failed to create many opportunities for Russian football (also owned by a Russian billionaire like Chelsea). Krasnodar, Sergey Galitsky is only around $ 3.5 billion, far behind Roman Abramovich at nearly $ 13 billion). The link between the positions on the attack line is very fragmented and out of tune.

However, Chelsea were still able to find the first goal in the first half thanks to a little luck. In the 39th minute, in the middle of an attack, Kai Havertz passed the ball to Hudson-Odoi and after some basic handling, the young star born in 2000 fired a dunk shot. The ball went to the right place from goalkeeper Sofanov, but somehow this kid let the ball pass his hand and into the net.

At the start of the second half, Matteo Kovacic had a volley catch at the 16m50 line, but the ball went wide and missed. With 55 minutes from a corner, Yuri Gazinskiy finished off with his left foot and only the crossbar helped the Blues avoid the goal.

In general, although there was a capital goal, compared to the first half, Chelsea’s game was not very prosperous and was sometimes stagnant. Coach Frank Lampard also had to adjust his staff to refresh the team. But once again, Lucky God has blessed the Blues.

In the 75th minute, the ball touched Martynovich’s inexperienced hand after another pass from Pulisic and the referee had enough ground for the second time to aim at 11m. When Jorginho left the field, responsibility for the penalty was awarded to Timo Werner and the German assassin managed it easily.

A few minutes later, the gap widened to 3 goals. This time Werner became Hakim Ziyech’s assistant, who moved his left foot to the far corner to score the first goal in the new jersey.

The score was set 4-0 in the 90th minute. In a quick counterattack, newcomer Tammy Abraham stretched into the middle of the 16m50 area and Pulisic touched the ball for a beat and launched a decisive shot to defeat the goalkeeper. enemy.

TEAM

KRASNODAR (4-2-3-1): Matvey Sofanov; Evgeni Chernov, Aleksandr Martynovich, Kaio, Igor Smolnikov; Tonny Vilhena, Daniil Utkin (Suleymanov 74 ‘); Cristian Ramirez, Yuri Gazinskiy, Kristoffer Olsson; Marcus Berg.

CHELSEA (4-2-3-1): Edouard Mendy; Cesar Azpilicueta, Antonio Rudiger, Kurt Zouma, Ben Chilwell (Emerson 81 ‘); Jorginho (Kante 71 ‘), Mateo Kovacic (Pulisic 71’); Callum Hudson-Odoi (Mount 71 ‘), Kai Havertz, Hakim Ziyech (Abraham 81’); Timo Werner.