Chelsea qualified for the quarterfinals of the Champions League after a tight tie in which goals from Sterling and Havertz from a penalty they overturned (2-0) the amount of income that the Germans had from the first leg. blue team, with a great Joao Felix, dominated at will in the first half, in which they equalized the tie. In the second he scored again and then defended successfully.
Those of Potter, who saves his neck, get into the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the third consecutive season and give air to a season in which this competition it’s the only thing they can hold on to.
The fans knew it and that is why the previous one heated up to the point of police intervention in the surroundings of Stamford Bridge, where the blue of the flares tinted the air. To make the match more epic, it had to be delayed ten minutes because the Dortmund bus was late at the stadium.
The delay did not cool down a Bridge that quickly changed color, to the yellow of the flares of the hot German fans. But on the field it was another story, Chelsea, driven by the atmosphere of the great European nights, He began to reach goal regularly.
A save from Meyer to Joao Félix, a volley from Havertz to the post, a great goal from the German annulled for Sterling’s previous offside… The torrent of failed chances was a clear reflection of what this Chelsea islacking a pure nine and with very little confidence in front of goal.
Not even the 1-0, on the brink of halftime, did not get rid of that air of randomness that permeates every attack by the ‘Blues’. Chilwell won the baseline after some play by Havertz and Sterling missed his first shot with a kick into the air. Luck, the kind that hasn’t been seen on the Bridge for a long time, smiled at him and the ball continued at his feet. He took her in fits and starts before a central defender and shot Meyer.
It was a liberating goal, but not enough to knock down a curse, because just after half-time, Chilwell forced a penalty through a handball from Wolf. The referee did not see it, the VAR did. Havertz, a shooter after Jorginho’s departure, sent him to the post. A classic of this Chelsea, luck looked the other way.
However, the VAR warned something, an area invasion. The maximum penalty had to be repeated and Havertz opted for the same side, but a few centimeters further from the post. This time there was a goal. The first time since December 27 that Chelsea have scored two goals in one game.
The Germans tried desperately, but without any kind of bellows and energy; just a couple of missed occasions by Bellingham was the baggage of Dortmund’s final thirty-minute rush, which disappears from Europe as an irregular Chelsea emerges, but which is already among the eight best on the continent.
