Chelsea’s victory ended this year’s Champions League season in Porto. Zsolt Lőw won the most prestigious European club trophy for the second time in the history of the London team, which employs a Hungarian second coach, after beating the Manchester City team in the English house final with Kai Havertz’s goal.
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An English house final was held in the Football Champions League as Manchester City and Chelsea met in Porto. The last time two English teams met in the finals was in 2019, when Liverpool won 2-0 against Tottenham and in 2008 Manchester United beat Chelsea by penalties in the Moscow final.Appointed in January, Thomas Tuchel gave a new impetus to the London band. Chelsea secured their place in the top four of the league in the next season of the BL, and on Saturday it was ready for the third final in its history in the most prestigious European Cup series: it was in a penalty shootout against Manchester United in 2008 and defeated Bayern Münch in 2012. Tuchel and Zsolt Lőw led their team to the finals of the series for the second time in a row – this had never been seen before in the most prestigious European Cup series – as they worked for Paris Saint-Germain in the final they lost to Bayern a year ago.
In contrast, City wanted to reach the top of the series for the first time. Pep Guardiola made it to the finals this season in the BL season, winning eleven matches in a draw. The Manchester team were able to enter the final of the Porto finals on Saturday by setting a series of 12 wins for Real Madrid in 2001-2002 if they won.
Manchester City were poised to win their third trophy of the season after winning the league and league cup, while Chelsea wanted to end the season with a BL win after the failed FA Cup final.The two teams have already met three times during the season: in the league, the Manchesterers won 3-1 in London, while in Manchester Chelsea was happy with their 2-1 success. In the FA Cup, head coach Thomas Tuchel’s team said goodbye to the Guardiola with a 1-0 win.
As for the starting teams, there has been a change on both sides compared to the semi-final removers, with Raheem Sterling starting at Fernandinho at City and Andreas Christensent at Reels James at Chelsea. Guardiola of Ederson – Walker, Stones, Rúben Dias, Zinchenko – Gündogan – Mahrez, Bernardo Silva, De Bruyne, Foden – Sterling voted confidence in the novice.
Here we go
XI | Ederson, Walker, Dias, Stones, Zinchenko, Gundogan, De Bruyne (C), Bernardo, Mahrez, Sterling, Foden
SUBS | Steffen, Carson, Ake, Jesus, Aguero, Laporte, Rodrigo, Torres, Mendy, Fernandinho, Cancelo, Garcia
⚽️ #UCLFinal
#ManCity | https://t.co/axa0klD5repic.twitter.com/APXPDXtXTk— Manchester City (@ManCity) May 29, 2021
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Thomas Tuchel selected Mendy – Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva, Rüdiger – James, Jorginho, Kanté, Chilwell – Mount, Havertz – Werner.
The meeting started at a good pace. In the first minutes, Manchester City played in the lead, but could not establish a situation. Then in the 8th minute Raheem Sterling got a great jump out, but the Chelsea goalkeeper defended his ziccer. Then pretty slowly Chelsea picked up the rhythm as well and played more dangerously than their opponent after the first quarter hour. In the 14th minute, Ederson had to defend big on Werner’s shot, the German national team striker hit the side net a minute later.
The teams did not take it back in the jump either, the situations in front of both gates took place in a row. 28 minutes into the game, Phil Foden was a hair’s breadth away from giving Rüdiger the lead with a shot from over on the left. A prompt block by Mendy saved the home team that time. The referee had no doubts and he gave a penalty in favor of Thiago Silva. 39 minutes into the game, Andreas Christensen had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury.
Then, in the 42nd minute, Chelsea took the lead, Kai Havertz was in the lead after Mason Mount’s excellent kick, the German player took the ball past the goalkeeper and passed to the empty goal.
Havertz was successful for the first time in his 20th BL game. And after Lars Ricken, at the age of 21 and 352 days, he became the second youngest German footballer to score in the Champions League final. By the way, the German player scored again in the final after eight years. Most recently, in 2013, City midfielder Ilkay Gündogan hit Borussia Dortmund in the final against Bayern Munich, also for the first time in the most prestigious cup series.
21y 352d – Kai Havertz is the youngest German player to score in a UEFA Champions League final since Borussia Dortmund’s Lars Ricken in 1997 (20y 322d v Juventus). Dreamland. #UCLFinalhttps://t.co/6U0qunHSMM
– OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) May 29, 2021
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In the first 45 minutes, the ball was more than Guardiola’s team, but he couldn’t create a serious situation, plus he had only one shot to hit a goal, while the London team tried five times, two of which went to Ederson’s goal.
The monotony of the first quarter hour of the second half was interrupted by the injury of Kevin de Bruyne. The Belgian conductor of the City collided with Rüdiger, Guardiola had to replace him by force, so Gabruel Jesus took his place.
Then, after a suspicious situation by Reece James, a minor mass scene developed, but the referee, with the help of the video judge, looked back at the case and ruled that there was no penalty.
In the jump, the game sat down, so both coaches tried to upgrade their team. Guardiola sent Fernandinho instead of Bernardo Silva, and on the other side Wernert was replaced by Christian Pulisic, who became the first American BL finalist in the men.
In the 69th minute, Mahrez passed the ball from the right to the middle, then Gündogan saved the giant Rüdiger from the front.
He kept trying to put pressure on Chelsea, but the Londoners defended confidently. With 73 minutes played, Chelsea could have brought this one home for Pulisic as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high.
In his hair, Guardiola sent City club legend Sergio Agüero to play for the Manchester team in his final match.
Manchester City also played in the lead for the last ten minutes, but Chelsea’s will prevailed when the game had to be broken up or just quick counter-starts, but time worked for them.
With 90 minutes played, Phil Foden could have brought this one home for fc as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. City pressed in vain, the seven-minute overtime was no longer the result, even though Mahrez almost scored a goal in the 96th minute, the ball went in. Thus, Chelsea earned its second BL goblet and reached the top again after 2012.
Champions League, final: Manchester City (English) – Chelsea (English) 0-1 (0-1)
Porto (Portugália), Estádio do Dragao, v.: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (spanyol)
gólszerző: Havertz (42.)
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