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Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Dinamo Zagreb VS Chelsea
Chelsea’s poor run of the season continued into their opening Group E recreation of the 2022/22 UEFA Champions League as they have been defeated 1-0 by Croatian membership Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday night.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang obtained the sport underway in what was his debut match for the Blues on the Maksimir Stadium in Zagreb, Croatia.
Chelsea hit the bottom working instantly, placing loads of strain on Zagreb’s half however occasion shortly took a brand new flip when Zagreb launched into a counterattack.
The hosts outpaced all of the Chelsea gamers who have been of their half as Bruno Petković assisted Mislav Oršić to present the host the lead within the thirteenth minute of the match.
Afterwards, Chelsea launched a number of assaults to degree the sport however the Croatian facet did nicely to soak up the strain as the primary half neared an finish.
Raheem Sterling looped the ball onto Aubameyang, who was in Zagreb’s half, however the debutant nodded it in opposition to Peric’s again.
The Blues have been behind because the action-packed first 45 minutes ended 1-0.
Coming into the second half, César Azpilicueta made means for Hakim Ziyech.
Within the 58th minute, Chelsea gamers protested for a penalty as Harvetz went down within the field following an infringement by Satulo however the referee mentioned play on. Mason Mount was, nevertheless, booked for dissent afterwards.
Chelsea had an opportunity to get one thing carried out within the final ten minutes of the encounter when Havertz set Ziyech up, however the Moroccan fired the shot off the bar.
Thereafter, there have been a number of offensive performs from The Blues however they didn’t do sufficient to interrupt the extra composured Dinamo Zagreb again line.
There was no objective within the second 45 minutes of the sport as Dinamo Zagreb walked away with a formidable 1-0 victory.
Chelsea have now conceded in all of their final six fixtures throughout all competitions, making it their joint-longest run and not using a clear sheet since Thomas Tuchel took over at Stamford Bridge.
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