Chelsea won the first match against Atletico Madrid 1-0 and the team of Tomas Tuchel entered the rematch on their pitch with a small advantage. However, it soon turned out that Chelsea it will not wait for Atletico to act, because the Londoners themselves rushed to the attacks. Atletico had a lot of problems with great pendulums from the beginning, and Chelsea players repeatedly sent perpendicular passes, which punctured the Spanish team’s defense. They were supposed to play with their wings, but both side midfielders played poorly, and Saul also made a lot of mistakes.
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A great controversy could change the match
Atletico had one dangerous and quite controversial situation. In the 26th minute, Carrasco went alone with the goalkeeper and was clearly pulled by the stomach. The judge, however, decided not to dictate a penalty kick, although the situation was also analyzed by the VAR. It was a very controversial situation.
Chelsea’s full domination
Chelsea took the lead in the 34th minute of the game, and their goal kick started in their own penalty area. Havertz performed a great counterattack, passed to the left wing to Timo Werner, who crossed the flat to Hakim Ziyech, who defeated Jan Oblak with a strong shot. A moment later it could have been 2: 0, but another shot with problems was saved by the Slovenian goalkeeper.
In the second half of the picture games has not changed and Chelsea have completely dominated the Madrid team, which were unable to take the initiative. In the 57th minute, Ziyech was close to increasing the lead, who was 17 meters ahead of the goal and fired a beautiful shot. This was defended by Jan Oblak, who after a while was rubbing his eyes with astonishment. Atletico committed more and more fouls, and the referee yellow cards punished Lodi, Saul Niguez, Jose Gimenez and Koka. In the 81st minute, Stefan Savić saw the red card, who elbowed Ruediger in the penalty area.
In stoppage time Chelsea came out with another deadly counterattack, and Emerson Palmieri, who had just hit the pitch a moment earlier, set the score at 2-0.
When is the draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League?
The draw of the quarter-final pairs Champions League will be held on Friday, March 19. The entire ceremony will begin at 12:00. Importantly, on Friday, the entire ladder will also be drawn, up to the Champions League final.
From this stage of the competition, the rules of drawing, known from the 1/8 finals, do not apply. There are no seeded teams, and the country the teams come from does not matter either. In short – anyone from the quarterfinals can hit anyone.
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