Chelsea didn’t become European and world champions by accident, which Lille confirmed on Tuesday evening (22 February) in the first game between the two teams for the 16 of the Champions League. The Blues brought their class and experience to the turf of Stamford Bridge and with a goal every 45 minutes combined with zero deficit they clinched a worthy 2-0 win that put them ahead to qualify for the quarter-finals of the European top flight -Players to qualify intercollegiate organization.

An unstoppable source of danger for the French champions’ defence, Kyle Haverts was the one to put the water in the ditch in the 8th minute while Pulisik took the baton in the 63rd minute, capitalizing on a great run to score a fantastic assist by barge.

It should be noted that with this result the West London team achieved six consecutive wins and extended their home unbeaten streak to 16 games in all competitions, while Edouard Medi can be proud of having played 8 games with Chelsea in the K. -o. phase was The Champions League counts 6 wins and 6 games that made his home untouchable.

The game

Chelsea were on the gas from the opening minutes, creating suffocating conditions for Lille that didn’t last long. Haverts had the first big chance in the 4th minute with his shot wide from the penalty area and in the 7th minute he forced Zardim into a difficult corner operation, which he rehabilitated in his third good moment in the opponent’s frames. .. the pharmacist.

Ziggs took a corner from the left and the German ran an elusive header from close range to make it 1-0 in the 8th minute with the Londoners’ fourth goal of this year’s Champions League through a corner kick. The hosts continued to press and in the 18th minute Alonso’s shot opened up a new dangerous period that saw Lille take the lead after 20 minutes.

In midfield, the French were slowly gaining fights and possession, but couldn’t find any gaps despite possession, as Tuhel’s players made sure to fill the gaps extremely well and didn’t make Medi feel any particular threat. .

We had to get the 36th minute for the first final at the home of the Liluas which was actually the only one during that period with the final of the first part Lille having 9-5 more finals than Chelsea essentially being the team in contact with opponent’s home, with 3 shots at home, 2 big phases and 1.03 x goals against only 0.41 of the French champions.

Those who had waited for a more dynamic response from Lille in the second half were flatly denied, with Chelsea once again being the side who came out stronger to impose their rhythm and not allow the Liluas even to think about Medy’s home to threaten.

In the 63rd minute, the second goal was scored perfectly for the European champions and with a wonderful team performance. Thiago Silva gave Cade a few yards from Chelsea and the Frenchman started an incredible run to get outside the area of ​​his compatriots and handed an assist pass to Pulisik who beat him with a great right pitch against Zardim by 2. 0

In the 70th minute, Chelsea had to boast 4 finals and Lille only 1 in the second half, with Guvernek seeing his team’s attacking poverty and trying to make them more active with his substitutions, but neither Yilmaz nor Ben Arfa could find a way to the excellent Breaking the defense structure of the blues.

As a result, Chelsea held the 2-0 without threatening Medi’s home once in the second half and have the upper hand to earn the ticket to the 8 and continue efforts to defend the title they won in Porto last year have won.

CHELSEA: Medi, Athpilicueta, Christensen, Thiago Silva, Riediger, Alonso (Sar 80), Cande, Kovacic (Loftus-Chick 51), Ziggs (Saul 60), Pulisik (Werner 80), Haverts

SMALL: Zardim, Celik, Fode, Botman, Jalo (77′ Goodmundson), Onana (65′ Yilmaz), Ceka, Andre, Sanchez (81′ Ben Arfa), David (81′ Zegrova), Baba

The results of the first games of the round of 16

The program of the second games of phase 16