[FT] Atletico Madrid 0 - 1 Chelsea
Atletico Madrid 0 - 1 Chelsea
68' Olivier Giroud
0 Shots on Target 5
6 Shots off Target 6
4 Corners 12
8 Fouls 20
0 Offsides 0
0 Saves 0
2 Yellow Cards 2
37% Possession 63%
Cards
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Marcos Llorente 63' 1' Mason Mount
Thomas Lemar 90+3' 64' Jorginho
球場: National Arena, Bucharest
觀眾: 0
開賽: 20:00 Tue, 23 Feb 2021
主裁: Felix Brych
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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/02/24/
the-debrief--strength-at-the-back-and-magic-in-attack-gives-tuch
The Debrief: Strength at the back and magic in attack gives Tuchel's Blues
the edge in Romania
24 Feb 2021
We take a look over some of the notable statistics from last night's
Champions League victory against Atletico Madrid, with a focus on
defensive discipline and a magical match-winning moment…
https://i.imgur.com/27jaLMp.jpg

Olivier Giroud's wonderful overhead kick settled a tight affair in
Bucharest, an eye-catching goal that deserved to win any game of football,
not least one played on the biggest of stages in Europe's premier club
competition.
It came following a lengthy VAR review for offside but ultimately proved
the correct decision, just as Thomas Tuchel's side proved worthy winners
in the first leg of the Round of 16 tie.
== Wary and wily with the ball ==
Dominating possession is nothing new for Tuchel's Blues and not exactly
the marker of success against the counter-attacking Atletico, as our
German head coach made clear in his post-match interview. In fact, Diego
Simeone's side practically forego the ball to increase their threat on the
break, content to sit deep and in numbers before springing forward with
speed and precision.
Yet Chelsea were wary and wily to those possibilities, careful not to
turnover possession in dangerous areas and then reacting swiftly to
counter-press whenever the ball was lost. The strategy meant we
restricted the La Liga leaders to not a single shot on target in the 90
minutes, their best moments actually coming from a couple of unforced
errors.
Captain Cesar Azpilicueta was influential in that clean sheet, our first
in the Champions League knockout stages since the 0-0 draw against
Atletico in Madrid seven years ago.
https://i.imgur.com/QdK4de8.jpg

No player on the pitch recorded more than his four clearances or won more
than his six aerial duels, while he also made the joint-highest numbers of
tackles among Chelsea players with two.
Against his countrymen, it was a rearguard display that led by example. In
possession, the 31-year-old had a game-high 117 touches of the ball,
helping the team slow down and speed up the tempo of the contest as
required. His average position was higher than either of the other
centre-backs and even left wing-back Marcos Alonso, highlighting the
frequency with which he stepped into midfield to support the build-up play.
Alongside Andreas Christensen and Toni Rudiger at the back, our defensive
performance made it a more routine night in goal for Edouard Mendy than it
might otherwise have been. The Senegalese international's fifth clean
sheet is more than any other goalkeeper in the competition this season and
means we've conceded just two goals in eight games under Tuchel.
== Cutting through down the flanks ==
Unsurprisingly against an Atletico side that prove so stubborn and hard to
break down in central areas, over 70 per cent of our attacks came down the
flanks, with Mason Mount and Callum Hudson-Odoi proving effective in
tandem down the right.
The young duo combined for one of our best chances of the first half, with
Timo Werner inches away from converting in the middle. Overall, Mount
attempted five dribbles and two key passes, both unsurpassed by any other
player in the game.
https://i.imgur.com/OGHyikq.jpg

The Italian's impressive touch map against Atletico
A little further back, Jorginho and Mateo Kovacic accounted for just over
17 per cent of the game's possession and 212 touches between them. Only
Mount completed more take-ons than the Croatian.
== Oli's quality shines through ==
It was from Alonso's left-sided venture forward that the deadlock was
broken 22 minutes from time, Giroud's sublime effort finding the bottom
corner and handing Chelsea a crucial away goal.
https://i.imgur.com/1cMXRQl.jpg

Mason Mount celebrates Olivier Giroud's goal before the ball's in the net!
Not only that, the goal took the Frenchman clear as our third-highest
all-time scorer in European competition on 18 goals. Only Frank Lampard
(25) and Didier Drogba (36) have netted more.
The winner came from one of the striker's two shots on goal, the other
ending up blocked, and from one of his 35 touches in the game, the lowest
of any Chelsea outfielder, which just reinforces the old adage about
quality over quantity.
Giroud's all-round work was also crucial to our attacking play as he
dropped deep to link with midfielders. As the average positions graphic
indicates, his movement into those pockets allowed Werner to play higher,
while Chelsea's overall focus came down the right.
== Other statistical highlights ==
Chelsea had 11 attempts on goal, three of which were blocked and another
three off target. Atletico had six efforts, none of which were on target.
There were no offsides in the game. The one that was initially given,
against Giroud in the build-up to the goal, was chalked off by VAR as the
final touch had in fact come off a defender.
We received two bookings, for Mount and Jorginho, who will both now miss
the second leg.
This was our first win away from home in the Champions League knockout
stages since beating Bayern Munich to lift the trophy in May 2012.
Chelsea have now won four consecutive away games in the Champions League
for the first time since a run of five in 2003/04.
A good omen for the Blues; the victory was the 14th time we've won a first
leg away tie in European knockout football and we have progressed to the
next round on each of the past 13 occasions.
https://twitter.com/OptaJoe/status/1364332941841739779
13 - This is the 14th time Chelsea have won the first leg of a European
knockout tie away from home; they have progressed on each of the previous
13 occasions. Marker.
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