The only goal in the game was scored by the Bumblebee striker Karim Adeyemi.
On Wednesday, February 15, the first match of the 1/8 finals of the UEFA Champions League between “Chelsea” and “Borussia Dortmund” was played.
The game took place at the Signal Iduna Park stadium and ended with a minimal victory for the Bumblebees.
The teams finished the first half without scoring any goals. Both clubs had a total of 15 shots on goal, but all of them went wide. The only dangerous moment came in the 38th minute, when Chelsea’s Joao Felix hit the crossbar.
The score in the game was opened in the 63rd minute – the striker of “Borussia” Karim Adeyemi swept through the entire half of the field of the Londoners, beat first Enzo Fernandez, then goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga, after which he accurately shot into an empty net.
The end of the match took place in the attacks of “Chelsea”, and at the end there was a fight between the football players on the field, who were joined by the reserve and coaching staffs. After the restart of the game, the “blues” continued to attack and at 90+5 Kobel in a steep jump parried a shot for nine from Enzo Fernandez. That was the end of the match.
“Borussia” – “Chelsea” – 1:0
Goal: Adeyemi, 63
“Borussia”: Kobel, Wolff (Rierson, 73), Schlotterback, Sule, Guerreiro, Can, Ozcan, Bellingham, Brandt, Adeyemi (Baino-Gittens, 79), Aller (Modest)
“Chelsea”: Arrizabalaga, James, Koulibaly, Thiago Silva, Chilwell (Cucurella, 71), Fernandez, Loftus-Cheek, Ziyech, Felix, Mudrick (Mount, 71), Havertz
Warning: Bellingham, Gian, Adeyemi, Zule – James, Silva, Ziyech, Mount.
Match review:
The Ukrainian winger of “Chelsea” Mykhailo Mudryk came into the starting line-up and played 71 minutes, he was replaced by Mason Mount. The statistical portal Sofascore rated the game of the Ukrainian at 6.6 points.
We will remind, the return meeting of the teams will take place on March 7 in London. Based on the results of the two-match confrontation, the quarter-finalists of this year’s UEFA Champions League draw will be determined.
