This Tuesday, November 23, the fifth date of the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. One of the great games of the day was the crossing between Chelsea and Juventus at Stamford Bridge. The English team had no compassion for a Bianconero squad that was never found on the court, getting the classification to the round of 16 and taking the lead of Group H.
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Chelsea took the initiative of the game from the first moments and managed to open the scoring at 25 minutes. The first goal of the game came from a corner kick. The center went to the head of Antonio Rüdiger and the German put the ball in the middle of the area. There Trevoh Chalobah appeared to break the arch of his right leg.
The second goal came at minute 55 ‘. Ben Chilwell put a cross into the box from the left wing, which was rejected by Matthijs De Ligt. The Dutchman left the ball raffled in the area and Reece James appeared to put a bomb with his right leg to the post changed to extend the lead in London.
It was a matter of only 3 minutes for the Blues to put the third with a spectacular play. The locals approached the goal with a series of touches in tight spaces against the Bianconeri defenders, until Ruben Loftus-Cheek left the ball served for Callum Hudson-Odoi to define the goal.
The final lunge fell in the final seconds of the match. Chelsea he recovered a ball in the opponent’s half and a misstep by Weston McKennie allowed Hakim Ziyech to receive from the left side. The winger gave the pass to the middle and Timo Werner appeared to score the fourth goal and finish off Vecchia Signora.
Golden win for Chelsea
With this win, Thomas Tuchel’s team not only achieved their qualification to the round of 16. Since the first meeting between the two clubs ended 1-0 in favor of Juventus, the 4-0 win gives the invisible point to Chelsea in case of equality of points. That is, Londoners will be group leaders in case of matching in points on the last date.
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