Chelsea Tote Two Away Goals In Porto
08 April, 2021
UEFA Champions League
Result: FC Porto 0-2 Chelsea
Date: 07 April 2021
Venue: Estadio Ramon Sanchez
Chelsea took a big advantage within their UEFA Champions League quarter-final with a good 2-0 win away to FC Porto on Wednesday evening.
Blues boss Thomas Tuchel recalled Andreas Christensen, Ben Chilwell, Jorginho and Mason Mount , even while Porto's Pepe joined Ryan Giggs as the oldest person to start a good Champions League quarter-final in the age of 38.
The game began as evenly contested affair, with neither side really creating openings in the opening 20 mins of the encounter.
The Blues got the breakthrough in the 32nd minute as Mason Mount did well to carefully turn his marker from Jorginho's pass before drilling the ball in to the far corner.
Pepe came near pulling Porto level right before the halftime break, but his header was kept out Blues shot-stopper Edouard Mendy.
Porto arrived firing after the break and should have already been level soon after the break when Moussa Marega was played through on objective however the Mali international was struggling to beat Mendy.
The Portuguese giants continued pushing for the equaliser plus they felt they must have had a penalty on 71 minutes when Marega transpired in the box, however the referee waved away the appeals.
However, it had been the Blues who got another goal simply because Chilwell pounced in Corona's error to round the goalkeeper before slotting into an empty, giving his side a large advantage ahead of the second leg.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za
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