The London club has been stronger than the opponent in terms of the total of the two-legged confrontation.
On Tuesday, March 7, Chelsea will host Borussia Dortmund in the second leg of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League. In the first meeting, the German team got little success.
The starting minutes of the match are dictated by the home team, which rushes to correct the situation. In the second minute, Raheem Sterling went one on one, but failed to do anything with the ball, which was taken away from him by the defenders. Felix later entered the shock position, but Meyer was able to withstand his blow. Later, the Portuguese threw a good shot at Havertz, but he hit inaccurately from the free kick.
Borussia Dortmund got a super moment, losing Brandt to injury in the first minutes. Marco Reus struck from a free-kick and only Kepa was able to stop the German’s shot with a great dive.
Midway through the half, the game calmed down a bit, but Chelsea regained their momentum. Havertz responded to the move and hit a touch, but the ball deceptively hit the post and flew out of the field beyond.
The last minutes of the first half were under pressure from Chelsea, which brought the result. Initially, Coulibaly and Felix could have scored after a free kick, but Sterling still scored a goal. The Englishman hit the ball in the opponent’s penalty area for the second time, sending the round under the crossbar.
The beginning of the second half was very dynamic and sudden. Already in the first minute, Chilwell was on the edge of the opponent’s penalty area, from where he passed, but the ball hit Wolf’s hand. The referee gave a penalty after watching VAR. Havertz hit the post first, but the referee said it was blocked, as the players ran before the shot. On the second attempt, Kai scored a goal, spreading the ball and Mayer.
The visitors had several chances to score a goal in a matter of minutes. First, Bellingham shot wide of the goal from a killer position, and then Wolf shot into the far corner, but Kepa made a brilliant save.
At the end of the meeting, the teams exchanged possession of the ball and counterattacks, which did not give any results. The German club tried to do it en masse, but it did not reach certain points. Thus, Chelsea advanced to the quarter-finals of the Champions League overall.
Match statistics Chelsea – Borussia Dortmund 1/8 finals of the Champions League
Chelsea – Borussia Dortmund 2:0
the objectives: Sterling 43, Havertz 53 (pen)
Ball possession: 40%-60%
Shots on goal: 13-13
shots on target: 4-3
Offsides: 5-0
Corners: 5-3
XG: 2.07 – 0.89
Chelsea: Kepa – Fofana, Koulibaly, Cucurella – James, Enzo (Zakaria, 87), Kovacic (Loftus-Cheek, 83), Chilwell – Sterling, Havertz (Pulisic, 83), Felish (Gallagher, 67).
Borussia: Meyer – Wolf, Süle, Schlotterbeck, Guerreiro – Jan – Brandt (Reina, 5), Bellingham, Ozcan (Baino-Gittens, 64), Royce – Alle (Malen, 77).
Warnings: Kepa, Enzo, Chilwell – Süle, Wolff, Bellingham
Source: korrespondent
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