Champions League
With champion flair, Chelsea beat Lille and France 2-1
Despite losing to Lille, Chelsea managed to turn the game around with goals from Pulisic and Athpilicueta, winning 2-1 and earning a place in the Champions League quarter-finals.
The European champion is here. Chelsea also won in France small with 2-1 and even with a setback and qualified for the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Despite losing 1-0, Tuhel’s players turned the game around with goals from Pulisik and Athpilicueta and secured a second win against the French.
Lille, who played better for most of the game, were unlucky as they had a classic opportunity and a crossbar at a crucial point in the game, while the Blues found the second goal which, with a good dose of luck, finally gave them the win.
Lille is better at the game
Lille knew they had to go to Calvary if they wanted to qualify as the 2-0 defeat in London left no room for the French. That’s why they played full offense from the start of the game, with Yilmaz and David playing as a duo in attack.
The French took the lead of the game from the start, they pressed Medi’s goal but they couldn’t create any chances in front of the Blues’ goal. The first good moment of the game came in the 11th minute when Yilmaz committed a foul outside the box and the ball flew over Medi’s goal.
The Lilua goal came in the 38th minute thanks to a penalty kick by Yilmaz. Specifically, in the 34th minute, Zorginio made a hand in his attempt to cut the ball. The match referee had no offense and it required the intervention of the VAR to show the white ball. The Turkish striker took charge and sent the ball into the net to make Lille 1-0.
Although the momentum of the game was Lille’s, he failed to capitalize on it and scored another goal before the break and in fact he didn’t even hold the 1-0.
In the first phase, the Blues managed to equalize. Zorginio with a wonderful vertical pass cut Lille’s defense in two, passed the ball to Pulisic, who had no trouble to place accurately and to draw 1:1 in the final of the first part.
Lil Beam, Chelsea leads
Lille got better in the second half and was able to take the lead and make the game more interesting in the 52nd minute when Yilmaz took the header but the ball went wide of Medi’s right post. Chelsea responded with a Ridiger shot in the 60th minute that had the same end.
The French were unlucky in the 63rd minute when Ceka hit Medi’s crossbar with a cross from the right and Lille didn’t make it 2-1 and didn’t make it into the semi-finals until the end.
What Lille failed to do, however, Chelsea did with a good dose of luck in the 71st minute. Mount made the cross from the left with Athpilicueta, the knee finding the ball and sending it into the net for the Blues’ 1-2, essentially sealing qualification for Tuhel’s team.
SMALL: Zardim, Celik (60′ Uea), Jalo, Botman (60′ Onana)Goodmundson (78′ Brandaric), Fode, Baba (78′ Gomes), Ceka, David (78′ Ben Afra), Yilmaz, Andre.
CHELSEA: Medi, Athpilicueta, Riediger, Alonso, Christensen (33′ Tsalomba), Zorginio (73′ Loftus Chick), Thiago Silva, Cante, Kovacic (46′ Mount), Pulisic (73′ Lukaku), Haver.
Quarterfinal teams
- Bavaria
- Liverpool
- real
- Manchester City
- Benfica
- Atlético
- Chelsea
- villa real
Round of 16 first leg results:
The program of the second games of the 16th phase:
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We continue to examine the future of Donetsk shakhtar To buy tickets directly to the main stage Champions League 2026/27.
This will be possible if the place reserved for the team that wins the Champions League trophy is redistributed.
All important moments of the match are available in LIVE mode Telegram Sport.ua
Donetsk Miner They are in fourth place with a coefficient of 50.250 among the clubs competing for a possible position at the heart of the Champions League.
In the last European week, the Donetsk club added +2.625 points. This increase was achieved with a 0-0 draw with Croatian Rijeka in the 6th round of the Conference League and a sixth place in the main round final table.
Main rival Greek Olympiacos – 56,500 points remaining. The Miners can regain the 6,250-point lead if they perform well in the spring part of the European Cups.
It is interesting that Shakhtar lost the first place in the UPL (Cherkasy has the same number of points as LNZ – 35 points each), and Olympiacos lost the lead in Greece to the AEK team (36 points against 37). Ukrainian striker Roman Yaremchuk plays for the team of the city of Piraeus.
Positions rangers (59,250), 4th in Scotland and Copenhagen (53.375), placed 5th in Denmark, looks less competitive in the rankings due to its position in the national championships. Leader only in championships Dinamo Zagreb And RB Salzburg (44,000 each) but there is no certainty that the turn will come.
Let us remind you that if the cup holder buys a ticket to the Champions League through the national championship, there will be a vacancy in the main squad in the 2026/27 Champions League. In this case, a balance will arise again and if Shakhtar wins the UPL and is ahead of Olympiacos in the UEFA club rankings (or the Greek club does not become the champion of Greece), it can get a direct ticket to the base of the Champions League.
If the Piraeus team is higher in the rankings and takes advantage of the available space, the Donetsk club will start from the 4th quarter of the Champions League, not the 2nd quarter, in case they win in the UPL.
Candidates for direct tickets to the Champions League 2026/27 main stage
(In case the quota reserved for the Champions League champion becomes vacant)
UEFA Club Rankings 2026
infographics
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Champions League
Pedri commented on the new format of the Champions League: An unexpected look from a football player
Barcelona midfielder pedri He answered the question about his attitude towards the new format of the Champions League with the general group stage.
“Do I like the new format of the Champions League? I can’t say with 100% certainty which format I like more: this one or the previous one?”
If I have to choose, I will do something new: There were more matches between strong teams in the first stage,” said Pedri, as quoted by Esquire.
Before the 2024/2025 season, the group stage of the Champions League consisted of eight groups of four clubs each. All participants played six matches in their respective foursomes, home and away, against each of the three opponents.
From the 2024/2025 season, a new Champions League format comes into force with a common group stage of 36 clubs; each participant plays eight matches, four away and four at home; The opponents are determined by lot.”
Source: Sport UA
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Earlier, English Manchester City played a match against French Monaco in a new round of the UEFA Champions League.
After the match, the head coach of the “Locals” Pep Guardiola commented on the performance of the powerful team.
“In football you can always perform better – and this is the result. Our game today was very good in many ways. And step by step we will improve our results.”
Ale mi gave many speeches today in the right way. We created many scoring opportunities and found Phil Foden active in the first half. Most Gravians played at a fairly high level.
Previously, they did not let their opponents create anything, but created the chances themselves. We adapted very well to the superniks and played very well. This is my opinion.
If you get a good match on the right side, of course you have to… Today we got a great ball, that’s all I can tell you right away.
Holland? It’s really good. He plays to score goals. He struggled with three centre-backs and two supporting defenders in front of him, and it wasn’t easy for his partners to know that. Ale, we can work hard to score goals.
Tse bula spravdi garna gra. We created a lot of chances, but unfortunately in the end we didn’t defend perfectly against a free kick, which would have been quite a few, and we conceded a penalty, which was awarded when the ball hit the first one… well, that’s it.
Referee? “I have nothing to say to the Spanish referees,” said the Spanish footballer.
In the coming round, English Manchester City will visit Spanish Villarreal.
Source: Football UA
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