On the evening of February 5, 2022, Beijing time, the fourth round of the English FA Cup knockout round began, chelsea against Plymouth. In the first half, the two teams made it 1-1. In the second half, the two teams did not achieve anything. Chelsea were dragged into extra time, and in extra time, Chelsea player Alonso turned the tide and scored the winning goal, which eventually helped Chelsea successfully advance to the next round of knockouts. Although Plymouth lost the game, they were too tenacious and they were like Chelsea in the past and could not be destroyed, but not defeated.
Currently, Chelsea are 3rd in the Premier League and Plymouth are 7th in League One, with no previous record of playing against each other. Although the opponent is a League One team, Chelsea did not send a full substitute line-up, and the 433 lineup, Odoi, Lukaku, Kovacic, Zoginho, Mount and other players were all in the whole lineup, and the total value of its starting line-up was as high as 429 million euros, with an average age of 26.5 years.
Plymouth sent a defensively oriented 532 formation, with Horton, who had assists in the game, and Gillespi, who scored goals, both worth 250,000 euros, and the total value of the team's starting point was only 1.95 million euros.
Chelsea nearly broke the deadlock on the first attack after the game began, with Hudson-Odoi's goal blocked by the goalkeeper and then a long-range shot from Ziyech that was also deflected by the goalkeeper.
Chelsea, which had the upper hand in the field, although they had the strength, could not score points. In the 7th minute, Chelsea trailed and Plymouth midfielder Horton assisted defender Gillespie with a header to break the deadlock and Chelsea fell behind 1-0.
Chelsea, who were behind, nearly equalised in the 9th minute when Kovacic's volley hit the crossbar. However, this bad luck did not continue, and in the 41st minute, Azpilicueta scored a deft heel in front of the goal to rewrite the score to 1-1.
In the first half, the two teams drew 1-1. In the second half, Chelsea scored 33 shots on goal, 10 of which were on target. But either it was mistracted or it was defused by the goalkeeper. In the end, the two teams fought 1-1 in regular time. The race went on in extra time. In extra time, we saw the Plymouth players coming together.
In the 105th minute, Chelsea were leading again when Havertz took the ball and crossed the ball diagonally from the right side of the line, who pushed the ball into the net and rewrote the score to 2-1.
In the final moments of the game, Plymouth also won a penalty, but the final penalty was saved by the Chelsea goalkeeper after Being taken by Hardy, it should be said that Chelsea was able to shoot all the way back today, and thanks to the bravery of the goalkeeper.
In the end, Chelsea beat Plymouth without any chance, although the process was a bit bumpy, but it was really bad luck. Throughout the game, Chelsea has 66% of the possession, it can be said that the whole game is pressing the opponent in the play, the whole game 42 shots on goal, including 14 shots on target, a total of 159 attacks. The Plymouth team, although only 34% possession, also has 7 shots on goal and has played threatening attacks many times, which is worthy of respect.
In this game, Chelsea also have two small records that need to be explained. First, Azpilicueta scored a total of seven shots in this game, which is the same statistic as his total of 17 Premier League games in the past 17 games; second, Chelsea's 44 shots on goal, which is the highest value of Chelsea's all competitions since the 2019 season, but unfortunately, so many shots have only scored two goals, which is really incredible.