At 6:00 a.m. today, Chelsea ended the first leg of the Champions League with Lille, a 2-0 score, which also means that Chelsea have taken the lead in the two-legged meeting of the round of 16!
In this game, Chelsea can also be regarded as a residual attack, the main players under Tuchel's command: Rees James, Chilwell did not qualify for this game, and Mount, who was also recovering, only sat on the bench and did not play, in addition, Lukaku, the striker who played the most time for Chelsea, also did a whole game on the bench!
Chelsea's starting line-up
Even if four regular starters don't play, Chelsea's starters are still luxurious, and in German transfer statistics, Chelsea's starting line-up is still worth as much as 376 million euros! This is the key to Chelsea's ability to win trophies last season and this season, despite not having the top players in the forward line!
Five days after this match, Chelsea will usher in the League Cup final with Liverpool, and Chelsea striker Lukaku may be arranged to rest, but it is more likely that Tuchel is disappointed in him.
Tuchel said bluntly after the game: not letting Romelu Lukaku play was not wanting him to jump into another fire pit (implying that he was not in good shape), and it was not possible to confirm whether he would be able to play in the League Cup final.
In the Premier League match against Crystal Palace, Chelsea won 1:0, but Lukaku played the whole game with only 9 touches, setting a new low for Premier League players to touch the ball in the full game, and there is no doubt that Lukaku is completely outside of Tuchel's system.
Werner, who has seen a sharp drop in appearances this season, also has something to say, although I will not score, but before you came, Xiao Ye was a Champions League champion!
After talking about the players and the squad, let's talk about the game:
Tuchel dropped Lukaku, greatly improving the team's pressing system, the trio of Havertz + Ziyech + Pulisic brought a great threat to Lille's defense, Lille's defense is a combination of 1 old (Fonte) with three less, Chelsea's force of this kind of force, directly abolished Lille's backcourt.
Havertz excelled
Havertz's performance was encouraged by Tuchel, who bluntly said that Havltz grew a lot.
In this game, although Chelsea only had 9 shots on goal, it was undoubtedly a greater threat, and although Lille completed 15 shots on goal, it should be noted that they had 9 shots outside the box, and Chelsea completed all shots in the box.
The different choices for shooting also prove the different situations encountered by both sides of the game in the game! In this game, Chelsea saw an advantage in statistics, but in the field, or in the personal data of players, Chelsea undoubtedly did better.
In this game, Havertz scored a crucial first goal, and in the 8th minute, the header was scored.
Havertz scored
The goal came at the right time, just before Lille survived Chelsea's opening three axes and was a little trying to control the situation, Havertz received a corner kick from Ziyech to score, allowing Chelsea to face the next game more calmly!
In the remaining game time of the first half, the two sides can say that they have attacked and defended each other, but Chelsea's threat attack and the efficiency of the attack are undoubtedly stronger, and It is difficult for Lille to bargain in front of the defense led by his sister-in-law, Rudiger and Christensen!
In particular, Lille's high hopes for Canadian striker Jonathan, his physical confrontation is completely on par with the three Premier League veterans, Chelsea does not have a blind attack strategy, but also Jonathan can not find the opportunity to counterattack quickly.
Chelsea's quick counter-attack
60 minutes into the second half, Lille ushered in a wave of offensive climax, but Chelsea's unexpected quick counterattack completely laid the results of the game: Kante carried the ball to advance the counterattack, assisted Pulisic's goal, chelsea easily got a 2-goal advantage at home!
N'Golo Kante is still the anchor of the Chelsea midfield, with 4 steals, 2 interceptions, 1 foul in the whole game, 2 key passes on the offensive end, 3 passes and 2 successes, and the pass success rate is as high as 91%.
Chelsea need not only N'Golo Kante's performance on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, but also a clear mind in counter-attacking advances.
And Chelsea's three centre-backs, in this game, joined forces to contribute 17 successful clearances, completely a pair of how you cross, broke the attitude of preventing you from winning, Lille's teeth can not bite chelsea's hard bones, can only swallow the bitter fruit!
In addition to the game picture, the most uncomfortable thing for Chelsea is probably that in five days it may be able to welcome back Rees James and Mount, but Ziyech and Kovacic were injured in the game, and the specific injuries of the two of them are not known.
The repeated injuries of the players in the team are a major problem that Chelsea have faced this season, if it were not for the thick squad of the team, I really don't know if I could survive until now!
A brief chat about the Premier League play-offs:
There are 3 Premier League games in the early hours of tomorrow morning, all of which are crucial, including burnley vs Tottenham Hotspur, which is a relegation team facing a team competing for Champions League qualification, Burnley won the last round against Brighton and just got out of the premier league vice president position.
Conte's trouble is coming
Although Spurs also won Manchester City at the weekend, it should be noted that against Burnley, Burnley must be a more conservative team, unable to maximize the role of Sun Kai's counterattack connection, Spurs can only use hard power to fight a victory.
While Burnley's new signing Wegghorst is struggling to adapt to the Premier League and wants to get three points from the Premier League's king of draws (22 games, 11 draws), Conte's side will not be easy.
For this make-up match, Premier League star Irving gave his own prediction: Burnley 1:1 Tottenham, Irving's prediction, will it bring good luck to Spurs?
Watford vs Crystal Palace is another Premier League relegation battle, Watford is still deep in the relegation zone, and Crystal Palace has one more round than Watford, and only 8 more league points.
More importantly, Hodgson, who retired in the Crystal Palace, was ordered to take over the relegation burden of Watford, Hodgson single-handedly built the crystal palace today, it can be said that he is incomparably familiar with the crystal palace, can he use his understanding of the crystal palace to contribute to Watford's victory?
Klopp vs Leeds United
Liverpool are only six points away from Manchester City, as long as leeds United is won, the two rounds will be tied, and the points will be only 3 points apart!
It was a win that was a must, and Leeds United only had a crush on Manchester United last weekend and may not be able to withstand Liverpool's devastation!
Irving believes that in this match, Liverpool will win 3:1 against Bielsa's Leeds United.
Conclusion: Can United defend Premier League honours in the same way?
Manchester United and Atletico Madrid this match, Chatball Jun will write a more detailed preview, released before 5 pm, as of today, the Premier League 3 Champions League teams attacked, all won!
Manchester City's 5-0 victory over Portuguese Sport, Liverpool's 2-0 clean sheet for Inter Milan, Chelsea's home win over Lille, the three league teams of Portugal, Italy and France, all folded in front of the Premier League giants, and Manchester United is trying to beat Atletico!