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In the line of a mediocre season, Chelsea punctured against a minor rival like Sheffield, last classified in the Premier League, who brought out the colors of Mauricio Pochettino’s men with a draw at the buzzer (2-2) by McBurnie that It compromised the European options of the London team.
Once again, Chelsea’s irregular season was once again evident in the Premier League. He couldn’t even beat Sheffield, practically hopeless and with a foot and a half in the ‘Championship’. He did not convince and did not give a solvent image that he has lacked in almost all the games he has played this season.
The goals from Thiago Silva and Madueke came to nothing with a point-blank strike from McBurnie in the 93rd minute. And the sixth place, which they had touched with their fingertips, was diluted in just a second that showed the shortcomings of a defense that conceded a lot throughout the game to end up giving up a tie that is not worth much to Chelsea.
And Sheffield, during many sections of the game, gave an alarming feeling of superiority against a team in need of points to maintain their chances of accessing a continental competition next season.
Ten points away from safety before the start of the clash, Sheffield, during the first act, barely had a mistake that cost them dearly. In a corner taken by Gallagher, Thiago Silva, completely unmarked, volleyed Chelsea’s first goal.
It was the only moment of happiness in the opening 45 minutes for the London team. Only eleven minutes had passed since the opening whistle and Sheffield quickly stretched to corner Chelsea for the rest of the opening act.
Special mention for Hamer. The Dutch midfielder took his team on his back and left some details of a player deserving of being in a higher-class team. He has an above-average vision of the game and is also a good broom who does not skimp on accumulating kilometers to balance his team.
Under his leadership, Sheffield began to corner Pochettino’s team, which also showed failure in defense to grant absurd chances that miraculously did not end badly. In one of them, Thiago Silva, with a bad transfer to Petrovic, was about to cause a tie. However, Brereton Díaz, with the entire goal for himself, ran into the appearance of Chalobah at the last moment.
His shot collided with the Chelsea defender, who was saved from a tie that would come very shortly after, at half an hour, thanks to Hamer. The Dutch midfielder warned with a shot from outside the area that Petrovic saved and then he did not forgive with a huge assist to Bogle.
Hamer saw a hole almost imperceptible to the rest of the mortals and broke all Chelsea lines with a pass to his teammate, who appeared on the right wing like a cyclone. Then, with a small angle, he tricked Petrovic with a possible backward pass and shot on goal to tie a duel that was back to square one.
The time in the locker room did not change anything and Sheffield continued to battle. He went for the second and again, of course, Hamer was responsible for disturbing Petrovic with an attempt from outside the area with the outside of his right foot that brushed the post of Chelsea’s goal.
And then, when the tragedy for Pochettino’s players was ruminating, Madueke appeared to shoot Grbic in an isolated appearance. Inconsistent throughout the match, the British winger hit the target with half an hour remaining.
But it was not enough. Chelsea, content with 1-2, tried to withstand their rival’s attacks without success. And, in the end, their conservatism was rewarded for Sheffield, which almost in the last breath, with McBurnie’s action, showed the defensive weakness of a team that went from caressing Europe to being five points behind United to compromise its continental options .
– Datasheet:
2.- Sheffield United: Grbic; Bogle, Holgate (McAtee, min. 77), Ahmedhodzic, Robinson (Souza, min. 91), Trusty (Archer, min. 87); Hamer, Arblaster, Osborn; McBurnie y Brereton Díaz.
2. Chelsea: Petrovic; Shots, Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Cucurella (Badiashile, 93 mins); Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez; Palmer (Chukwuemeka, 74 mins), Gallagher, Madueke (Mudryk, 82 mins); and Jackson (Casadei, min. 93).
Goals: 0-1, min. 11: Thiago Silva; 1-1, min. 32: Bogle; 1-2 minutes. 66: Congratulations; 2-2 minutes. 93: McBurnie.
Referee: Robert Jones. He showed yellow card to Chalobah (min. 41) and Cucurella (min. 86) for Chelsea and Brereton Díaz (min. 52), Arblaster (min. 89) and Ahmedhodzic (min. 98) for Sheffield.
Incidents: match corresponding to the thirty-first day of the Premier League played at the Bramall Lane stadium in Sheffield in front of nearly 25,000 spectators. EFE
2024-04-08 00:08:22
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