Chelsea Created History By Sending Both Its Teams In The Champions League Final

Chelsea reached the Champions League final by beating Real Madrid with 2-0 goals at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. It was their first after 2012 and a historic moment for Chelsea as both of their teams – men’s and women’s – have reached the Champions League final. Chelsea women’s team beat Bayern Munich in their semifinal match on Sunday.

Who were the goal scorers?

Timo Werner and Mason Mount scored the goals for Chelsea and pushed their team to the final where they will face Manchester City. But there is much time to practice for that crucial match.

Werner could score his goal earlier when he was in possession of the ball in the 18th minute. He tapped the ball from Ben Chilwell’s cross but was offside at that time. But Mount made no mistake when he shot the second goal in 85th minute.

Chelsea’s goalkeeper Edouard Mendy also played a role in keeping Real Madrid away from victory. He pulled off a superb save from Karim Benzema when he took a shot at the box. Moments later Mendy again saved a goal from Benzema.

What excuse did Zinedine Zidane give for the defeat?

Los Blancos boss Zinedine Zidane defended his team. He had provided Eden Hazard an opportunity in his team. Hazard returned back to the team but failed to make an impact on the match. Zidane said that Hazard should keep playing to improve his game. Zidane admitted that his tactic didn’t work in the semifinal match.

How Thomas Tuchel shared his happiness?

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Chelsea Won Atletico With 1-0 Score But Lost Two Players

Chelsea beat Atletico Madrid with a narrow 1-0 margin in a close contest but at the same time, Chelsea paid a huge price for this win. The only goal came in the 68th minute when Olivier Giroud shot the ball on the net with an overhead strike.

What went wrong for Atletico Madrid?

ATM were leading in La Liga until February when they lost their form. Before Chelsea, they had faced defeat at home from Levante. The lost the match to Levante with 2-0 score. Prior to this game, ATM drew two of the three previous games.

On Tuesday, ATM couldn’t even manage a single shot on target. It seemed they played with little interest or dedication. The Chelsea team looked little bothered about the ATM attack. But Atleti keeper Jan Oblak was confident that his team would get into form before the second leg of the league.

Chelsea Won

What price did Chelsea pay for the win?

Chelsea will play the next match without Mount and Jorginho as both the players were shown yellow cards and have to pay for their card accumulation. But Thomas Tuchel is quite hopeful of the next leg that will start on March 17.

Olivier Giroud was also in trouble when he was declared offside during the overhead strike but was relieved after a quick video review of the shot. He said that he didn’t know whether he was offside. Thomas Tuchel described is team’s performance as dominating. He said that his side never let Atleti consume space.

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Chelsea Stuns The League With Its Fourth Consecutive Win

Chelsea continues to perform under the new coach Thomas Tuchel that replaced Frank Lampard recently. On Monday, The Blues won their fourth league match in a row by beating Newcastle United with 2-0 score.

Chelsea strengthened its position

The Blues now stand on the fourth position. The recent win made them supersede the champions Liverpool with 2 points. But in goal difference, they are 5 points ahead than West Ham United. But Newcastle is relegated to the last spot just above the relegation zone.

The credit for Chelsea’s win goes to Tuchel

Thomas Tuchel brought Timo Werner brought into the game after the striker was made a desolate player by the earlier manager Frank Lampard. Both Tuchel and Werner are Germans. Tuchel said that he wanted the German striker to get to his form and replaced him with injured Tammy Abraham.

Tuchel also brought the goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga back into the game. Arrizabalaga was replaced by Edouard Mendy due to his erratic performance. And both the replacements worked well for Chelsea.

Timo Werner and Kepa Arrizabalaga proved their worth

Chelsea won the match with 2-0 score and Werner was crucial in making the goals. The first goal came when Newcastle goalkeeper Karl Darlow pushed Werner’s cross to Oliver Giroud who made no mistake in turning it a goal. The second goal was shot by Werner himself in the 39th minute.

Kepa Arrizabalaga also proved his worth by saving a strong header from Joe Willock in the 75th minute. It was a close save that prevented Newcastle from even scoring a single goal.

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Why Is Frank Lampard Worried About Chelsea’s Performance?

Chelsea received a humiliating defeat of 2-0 from Leicester on Tuesday and dropped their ranking to eight position that is nine points behind the leader. And that is after spending a huge £220 million ($300 million) in the transfer market.

Lampard criticized the Blues

Frank Lampard minced no words in criticizing his players saying that they weren’t defeated by a better team. Lampard said that the even the basic sportsman spirit was missing in the players. He said the Blues made no efforts to cover the ground and allow the Foxes to rule the ground and score goals.

Jubilant Foxes

Leicester players revealed their true colors when they nearly repeated their heroic deed of 2015/16 season when they won Premier League against all odds. That was the tournament for which Wilfried Ndidi and James Maddison received a thumping response from both the fans and the critics.

Challenges ahead

The Foxes will play with the Manchester City and Manchester United in the coming matches and these two teams have the capability to turn the tables for Leicester but the Foxes are well prepared to receive the challenge. They have established themselves as a force to be reckoned with in the tournament.

Maddison said that they won the match not because of luck or chance but by hard work that they kept doing all the time. He further said that there could be strong contenders that the Foxes would continue doing the good job that is playing good football for their club.

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Chelsea VS Bayern- 3 things we learned from this incredible knockout!

The knockout between Chelsea and Bayern was thrilled to watch. Now, Bayern will take a lead to Bavaria after the historic 3-0 win in 16the leg in Chelsea. With this champion’s league, we have learned the five things which you should know about.

London is Bayern’s desired place for playing

Bayern won three times in this league against the English teams, and guess what? All are in London. This time Bayern showed his love with London. He will be the most amazing player when he played in the UK. He plays with his heart. At this place, Bayern snatches the league by Arsenal 5-1.

Alphonso Davies will be the best player shortly

The other masterstroke of the Bayern team is Alphonso, who made the goal and shows why he is the best and left hand of Bayern’s. This 19-year old boy will be the rising star of League because it was the goal that allows Bayern to enjoy his victory.

Davies is young, thus some time he made a silly decision. But while playing a match or making goals he is the one who really appreciated.

Chelsea got a strong fight

Chelsea got hard to fight against Bayern and it seems that Chelsea has to climb a mountain. The team was completely OFF that lose their score with a high margin. In the ground, the team needs to score 3 times but failed.

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