Scoring an offside goal, Chelsea won a breathtaking victory over Cardiff
Sports 247 – The competition lacked motivation and creativity, but with luck and errors from the referee, Chelsea still won all 3 points at Cardiff’s field.
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Coming as a guest to Cardiff’s field in a situation where they were extremely thirsty for points, Chelsea coach Sarri suddenly put Eden Hazard, N’golo Kante and Hudson-Odoi on the bench, and that immediately upset the Blues.
On the other side of the battle line, it was the home team Cardiff who played more clearly.
Entering the second half, Cardiff suddenly accelerated and the goal immediately came to them.
Excited after the goal, Cardiff continued to press and create tremendous pressure on Chelsea’s goal, while on the opposite side, coach Sarri’s team played as if they had no motivation.
In the most difficult moment, Chelsea suddenly got an equalizer.
Tragedy struck host Cardiff in the first minute of injury time, when Loftus Cheek headed Etheridge’s net, sealing a dramatic 2-1 victory for Chelsea.
Squad:
Cardiff: Etheridge;
Chelsea: Kepa;
Developments
TIME OUT!!
90+1′: INOO!!!!
87′: Rudiger received a yellow card after an extremely dangerous foul, Cardiff requested a red card for the German defender.
85′: IN IN IN IN!!!
83′: Willian scores after an effortful dribble, but Cardiff players have blocked all paths into the goal.
74′: Willian’s shot missed the post.
65′: The ball is messy in front of Cardiff’s goal, but no Chelsea player can finish.
63′: Kovacic’s shot was inaccurate.
62′: Cardiff continuously presses the field, Chelsea is playing extremely poorly.
55′: Hotlett aimed a shot at the top corner of Chelsea’s goal, unfortunately the ball went into the air.
50′: Cardiff continues to press the field.
46′: GOOOOOOO!!!
SECOND HALF STARTS!!
FIRST HALF END!!
40′: NO GOAL!!!
38′: Willian takes a technical free kick, unfortunately the ball goes wide of the goal.
32′: Peltier shoots but the ball hits Kepa.
26′: Jorginho receives a yellow card.
20′: Although Chelsea controls a lot of the ball, they are playing in a deadlock.
17′: Rudiger takes a long shot but the ball does not hit the goal.
13′: Cardiff’s answer!
11′: DO NOT ENTER!!
10′: There were no notable situations in the first 10 minutes, the two teams played quite slowly.
6′: Murphy dribbled the ball at speed on the right wing past Luiz, but his pass was not successfully completed by any of his teammates.
3′: Chelsea’s first shot.
THE GAME BEGINS!!!
General perception
With only 28 points, 5 points behind the safety group, Cardiff will really have to fight to the end in the remaining rounds to hope to stay in the Premier League next season.
Although the situations of the two teams on the rankings are relatively opposite, both are facing losses in their own races.
Chelsea will definitely launch their strongest squad when the Premier League is now their most important arena.
Subsidiary information
– The last 4 matches against Cardiff and Chelsea have all won
– Chelsea have not won their last 2 matches in the Premier League, with 1 draw and 1 loss.