#Wittels- Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 The European champion sufficiently solves his match against a very limited rival whom he defeated again on Gallic ground (1-2) In the midst of a storm in the offices, Chelsea becomes strong on the pitch. In Lille he sealed his pass to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, a competition in which he defends the title. He did it without fanfare, but also without excessive haste. The draw was kind to the champion, who had to come across a group champion and ran into the weakest. Lille does not get enough to worry Chelsea and even more so if Renato Sanches, his core engine, is absent due to injury. The level difference was always present and the two goals in the first leg conditioned the revenge. Even so, the current Gallic champion caressed the illusion of the comeback without having done almost anything to deserve it. He was met with a penalty when the game was moving towards the half, a mistake by Jorginho that gave him a shot because Burak Yilmaz did not hesitate from eleven meters. The goal darkened the horizon of Chelsea, which was uncomfortable as a sore team can do and responded like a great. In ten minutes we left things as they were. It was on the last play of the first half that Lille piled in, leaving time and space for Jorginho to meet Pulisic with a deep pass that went like a knife through butter. The Pennsylvania striker crossed into the net with solvency and Lille ended there. The French team had warmed up in their audience, in the effervescence of the previous one and the rush of listening to the Champions League anthem. He uncorked like a soda, daring to look for Chelsea in his field and cause some error in the movement of the ball. The champion always seemed cold, he handled himself with a civil servant air and solved the problems with the passing of the minutes, as Lille emerged to weaken his strength. There appeared the spaces to draw triangles with the ball, without an ambition to go deeper. Link: https://elpais.com/deportes/2022-03-16/el-chelsea-se-hace-fuerte-ante-el-lille.html
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