In the 29th round of the Premier League, a new giant was staged to face the former giants with an unknown road ahead, with Chelsea hosting Newcastle United. Chelsea have won five straight league games and rivals Newcastle United are in a state of mind, with nine unbeaten games not only escaping the relegation spiral, but also one of the best teams in the new year. However, Chelsea have not only recently had to face the boss's selling off the pitch, but also been affected by the negative news of the British government sanctions, the team's injury problem is still quite serious, and the absence of five players who can play as wing-backs has made Thomas Tuchel have to change sides, with Maran Sal and Trevor Chaloba playing neither side-back. Newcastle United also took a conservative lead, switching to a five-back formation against Chelsea.
Although there was plenty of pre-game topicality, the whole event was really not pleasing to the eye. Chelsea's role as a centre-back has already weakened the team's flanks, and they are also subject to the strong pressing of Newcastle United, not only failed to effectively organize the attack, but the defense has made mistakes, so that "Chelsea can only threaten the Magpies' defense through set-pieces in the first half, but the effect is not as good as the opponent, Newcastle United also relies on set-pieces to launch an attack on the Chelsea defense, benefiting from the fact that the players are taller, making the Chelsea back defense loud. The closest shot to a goal in the first half was a volley by Newcastle United player Miguel Almiron from outside the penalty area, which was converted through set-pieces and was fortunately saved by Eduard Mendy.
Chelsea were still under pressure in the second half, with a long period of failure to form a goal, and the dense and uneven whistling of referees also made the match intermittent, increasing the difficulty and gunpowder of both sides, but during the period trevo Chaloba's suspected infringement of newcastle players in the penalty area escaped the referee's eyes, allowing Chelsea to avoid a disaster. Thomas Tuchel in the middle of the second half in one breath after the transfer of Mateo Kovacic, Lukaku, Chelsea's offensive has improved, Mateo Kovacic and Kante have repeatedly attacked the middle with personal skills and speed, so that Newcastle United players can only constantly interrupt Chelsea's attack with fouls, Lukaku's substitution gives the team more space to threaten the enemy's door with a cross, and later in the game, There have been Hakim Ziyeh's wonderful passes to Kay Havertz, but the angle is too positive. In the final stage of the game, Jorginho's high ball directly into the box was found in the middle of the box, just in time to find Kay Havertz, Who then showed his delicate skills, scoring the only goal of the game with one shot and one shot, sending his opponent the first defeat of the new year, and Kay Havertz also continued to be in a fiery state, scoring four goals in the last three games.
This tournament is also a microcosm of the performances of some players and the team recently. In the first half against Burnley, after scoring the second goal against Norwich and the beginning of the second half of this game, Chelsea suddenly struggled, failed to organize the attack effectively and made many mistakes, fortunately, the opponent's level of the three games was obviously far from Chelsea, in order to successfully take all three points, but whether it was the player's physical fitness problems or lack of concentration, it was the coaching team led by Thomas Tuchel to face up.
This season Timo Werner's performance is still sluggish, this season has been reduced to a substitute, rare two consecutive league starts, although actively moving and pressing, but showing his proud speed of the shot is very few, this game a wonderful break offside walk, the result of rough possession in disguise to pass the ball to the goalkeeper. Mateo Kovacic and Lukaku had a small episode when they replaced, the fourth referee showed to put away Kay Havertz, but after understanding it was to put away Timo Werner, Timo Werner could only walk out of the stadium in a daze, that down-and-out back, which has been seen many times this year, is in stark contrast to the spirited Kay Havertz in both technology and state. Although Lukaku has diversified the team's attack after the appearance, but this game is indeed not much, and Kay Havertz's single-handed attack in the stoppage time can reflect the bad mental outlook of the Belgian striker, Kay Havertz attacked on the flanks, Lukaku chose to run into the box without getting rid of the guard, to a certain extent, compressed the space for Kay Havertz to enter the middle of the road, so that Havertz could only shoot with his right foot, Lukaku immediately expressed his dissatisfaction with body language, but at the same time missed the opportunity to make up for the middle. Trevo Chaloba has also been sentenced to "capital punishment" for two consecutive games, the youngster has been reused by Thomas Tuchel this season, and has scored and assisted in recent matches, but his defensive skills still need to be learned from Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva and others to avoid unnecessary mistakes.
At present, Chelsea have scored 59 points in 28 games, although it is difficult to catch up with Liverpool and Manchester City, but if the injury situation does not deteriorate and the team can smoothly change hands, the previous four league games should not be a big problem. At a time when the team is in a precarious situation, I hope that this home victory will lift Chelsea up and down, and at the same time hope that all the painful things will be finished, otherwise it will only be a misfortune in the world.