Chelsea hosted Newcastle in the last 8 of the EFL Cup in the early hours of Wednesday morning (20). Both defenses made the mistake of giving away gifts and played a 1-1 draw, with Chelsea winning by shooting 12 yards at each other and advancing to the quarterfinals, but they also paid a heavy price for the injury of midfielder Ansell Fernandes, who is valued at 107 million pounds (about 1.06 billion dollars), who was injured, and he lost control of himself and cried bitterly after the match, which seems to be a very serious injury.
The EFL Cup is traditionally a "chicken rib" in the eyes of the big clubs, but Chelsea, in order to avoid a four-way tie, still went out to compete for the title, but they were hit repeatedly in the first half. In the early part of the opening wave, Gunnar Garrincha's powerful shot hit the lintel, and then, in the 16th minute, Levy Govier's return pass was wrongly passed, and the ball fell into the feet of Newcastle striker Glynn Wilson, and it drove straight into the goal, which originally had not been a big threat, but Chelsea stalwart Banlote Batiatshunyi made a clearing. However, Chelsea midfielder Benoit Badiachouni made a mistake and assisted, and Colin Wilson scored to open the scoring.
In the 32nd minute of the game, Chelsea got some more bad news, Ansel Fernandes was injured and replaced by Bucha, the Albanian international had a shot at the net but it was ruled out for offside.
After the change of sides, Chelsea strengthened the attack, but the rats have been pulling the turtle, no way to start, until 2 minutes of extra time, it was the turn of the Newcastle defense to make a mistake, Jebbia missed the ball, and Medilik grasped the opportunity to score to equalize the 1-1. Since there is no overtime, the two sides immediately to shoot each other 12 yards to share the winners and losers, Chelsea 4 shots were all on target, and Newcastle, the runner-up of the last session, had a feast for the guests of Jebbia and Matteo Richi, and Jebbia has been a big sin of the team to go out of the tournament.
Although Chelsea made it to the quarterfinals, Chelsea's team leader Putrajit Tino could not laugh. After the match, he revealed that the injury of Ansel Fernandes is not optimistic, and he needs to be shaken up for a few days. The Argentinean international has been suffering from a groin injury in recent weeks and his condition may worsen in this match.
However, there is good news for Chelsea. New recruit Nicholas Nicholson, who has been out of action due to a serious injury in pre-season, returned to action in the 69th minute and scored a goal in the 12-yard box score, which is a timely relief for Chelsea.
