The duel of the second round of the basic group E of the Champions League was a clear matter. Krasnodar wasn’t enough on his field in Chelsea and lost 0: 4. Guests scored by Hudson-Odoi, Werner, Ziyech and Pulisic.
Home coach Musaev made relatively big changes to the line-up. Da Silva and Chernov remained in front of Safonov, but Petrov and Sorokin were replaced in the defensive line by Smolnikov and Martynovich, while the former was only moved from the wing in the position of Beka. Olsson moved in from the middle of the field and Gazinsky took his place in the middle of the field. The other two members of the offensive trefoil continued to be Ramírez and Berg.
Frank Lampard’s counterpart made even more changes. In defense, Rüdiger and Azpilicueta replaced James and Thiag Silva, in the middle of the field this time Jorginha was not completed by Kanté with Havertz, but by Kovačić and Hudson-Odoi. Center striker Timo Werner had to get used to the support of other wingers, because this time Mount and Pulišić did not appear there, who were replaced by Ziyech and Havertz moved from the middle of the field.
In the fourth minute, the home team was not far from the opening of the score. Utkin came close to extending the visitors’ lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle, but he lifted the ball over Mendy and it was a little too high and hit the bar. Instead, a penalty for Blues came in the thirteenth minute after da Silva tripped Werner in the penalty area. However, Jorginho did not manage to connect with it, as his team mates had hoped, and the ball went out.
Soon, Krasnodar players could punish this failure, specifically Vilhen’s dotted shot was missing only a bit. The score finally opened in the 37th minute, thanks to the hesitation of the goalkeeper Safonov. Callum Hudson-Odoi unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors’ keeper did well to tip wide.
Shortly after the break, the comparison was close. After a corner kick, the ball fell on his foot on the back post lurking Gzinský, who sent it into the crossbar with a solid blow from the volley. The Blues could calm down up to twenty minutes before the end. Pulisic decided to shoot it, and although his attempt did not reach between the three poles, he won at least a penalty thanks to Martynovich’s hand play. This time, Timo Werner took the penalty kick instead of Jorginha, who finished with a complete overview and increased it to 0: 2.
It didn’t have to wait long for the famous clove nail in the form of the third goal. Pulisic and Werner had their fingers in it again – the first named from the left handed the ball into the lime to the German striker, who extended it to Hakim Ziyech. He played with the defending players in the lime and did not give Safonov the slightest chance with a ground shot on the back post.
However, Chelsea did not end the scoring. At the very end of the regular playing period, Abraham did a fantastic job at the right sideline, dealing with the defender and presenting it to the fire of Christian Pulisic. The American skillful wingman worked the ball and with the second touch he stabbed the goalkeeper between his legs.
The defense of Lampard’s party is thus one hundred percent even after two rounds of the basic groups, Chelsea leads the table with four points. Krasnodar, on the other hand, did not expand his points account and after a draw from the first match he crouches on his tail.
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