This is a game where the home team's
Chelsea
Lined up 361 with T. Silva, Fofana, Chalobah at back, Cucurella & James on the wings, Kovacic, Enzo Fernandez, Kante, Gallagher in the midfield, and Havertz on the forward line.
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Instead, they continued the 433 formation from the previous game, with Militao, Alaba, Camavinga, Carvajal in defense, Modric, Kroos, Valverde in midfield, and Benzema, Vinicius, Rodrygo in the forward line.
(Both teams start)
Chelsea
This time it was more active from the start, putting Kante in a more forward position, trying to pressure the
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of the ball out of the backfield, which had an effect early in the first half.
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The organization of the back-to-front passes was clearly affected, and Kante had a good chance to shoot from the front in the 10th minute.
Chelsea
Focusing the attack on James on the right and generating as many passing opportunities as possible, this gave the
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Not a small threat, but Camavinga is very focused on James, and slowly manages to limit James' movement.
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Gained some offense after midway through the first half.
Late in the first half Kante moved to the right to help James.
Chelsea
A cross from the right towards the end of the first half produced a chance for Cucurella at the far post to get an excellent shot from outside the area, but it was parried away by Courtois, and the first half ended with a very fast pace of attack and defense between the two teams.
At the start of the second half.
Chelsea
Still pressing on the right, Gallagher and Kante almost broke through on goal again on 51 minutes when the
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It's actually quite thrilling.
Chelsea
The aggressive forward pressure with the right side of the pass was very effective in pressing the ball.
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The teams continued to play fast-paced offense, and at the 51:00 mark
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Rodrygo received the ball and passed Chalobah, he had the chance to break into the penalty area, he passed into the center of the field and looked for Benzema, but Benzema was caught by the ball and missed, Vinicius followed up and got the ball, he calmly looked at the situation, Rodrygo had already run into the center of the penalty area from the position of the right pass, Vinicius had a pass and shot from close range. Vinicius played a cross in, Rodrygo stopped the ball and shot from close range.
Chelsea
The gates.
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That's all it took to bring the total to three goals.
Cucurella had pressed forward on the play and Chalobah at the back of the net had been guessed by Rodrygo as to the intent of the shovel so he jumped up and dodged out of the way.
Chelsea
The defensively weak duo just happened to be
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The counter-attacks of the team have hit a weak spot, and only then did this great opportunity arise
Chelsea
After falling behind, they made three substitutions in the 66th minute, with Enzo Fernandez, Gallagher, and Cucurella coming off for Félix, Sterling, and Mudryk, in order to step up their offense and bring the score back.
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Also in the 70th minute, Benzema was replaced by Tchouameni to strengthen the defense.
Chelsea
In the substitution configuration Sterling went to the right wing, James leaned slightly toward the center, and the
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Valverde, who is a physical player, will move forward, while Modric will drop back to counter-attack.
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This side is clearly more effective than
Chelsea
It's better.
Chelsea
Moving on to Mount for Havertz.
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Also replacing Kroos for Ceballos.
Chelsea
There's a lot of pressure to chase points, but
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Still fighting back steadily, and then at the 78 mark
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Split to the right to Vinicius.
Chelsea
Valverde, who had a little too much time on his hands, was able to get to the goalkeeper, and he was able to easily distribute the ball to the other side of the field, where Rodrygo, unmarked, was able to easily score, and the result of the game was already decided.
