In the 28th week of the English Premier League, the host Chelsea hosted Newcastle United. The difference in the fate of the two teams is so unequal, Chelsea which has just been officially left by its owner, Roman Abramovich due to the political conflict between Russia and Ukraine, while the visitors themselves have new investors from the Middle East recently arrived.
But as Tomas Tuchel said when the club was difficult like this: “As long as we have enough jerseys and a full bus fuel, we will come and we will always be competitive”. Those words are true, when they hosted Newcastle on Sunday (13/03/2022) which was held at Stamford Bridge Stadium, Chelsea proved to be very dominant with a record possession of the ball touching 74 percent, and good results came to the Blues troops with an advantage. 1-0 through Kai Havertz who became the difference.
Chelsea appearing in front of the public itself will certainly not make it easier for Newcastle in their mission to win points at home to the Blues, as evidenced in the early minutes of the new match, Chelsea immediately attacked the Newcastle defense through the flank through Hakim Ziyech in the 8th minute, but unfortunately the ball was still can be blocked by the Newcastle defender.
The ball continued to be played by Tomas Tuchel’s team from foot to foot, crosses continued to be launched into the opponent’s defense but the goddess of fortune was still not on the side of the hosts, for the visitors themselves a new opportunity came in the 25th minute through a cross from a set piece that could welcomed towards the Chelsea goal. But the best goalkeeper at this year’s Africa Cup of Nations, Eduard Mendy, is still swiftly securing his goal.
At the end of the first half, Mendy was again tested with a first-time kick from Almaron which hit his goal hard, but again he was able to counter it, the Glasses score lasted until halftime in the first half. In the second half Chelsea immediately took the initiative to attack, 4 minutes into the second half Hakim Ziyech showed his ability near the Newcastle penalty box which resulted in him being fouled and resulting in a yellow card for Newcastle midfielder Murphy.
6 minutes later Kai Havertz, who got a high pass that just faced the opposing goalkeeper, failed to take advantage of the opportunity because of his poor control, the glasses still lasted 55 minutes. A minute later Murphy who stabbed from the right side of Chelsea was seen from the replay very clearly in the replay. fouled by Chalobah in the forbidden box, but this time the referee did not budge at all and continued the match.
The buying and selling of attacks occurred, in the 61st minute Timo Werner, who was still dealing one on one with the goalkeeper, also still failed to get the ball into the opponent’s net. Then in the 75th minute Hakim Ziyech’s cross was met with a header by Kai Havertz, but the goddess of luck was again not on the side of the hosts, Kai’s header was saved by Dubravka, Chelsea constantly pounded the Newcastle defense and the Stamford public was waiting for arrived, minute 89 Jorginho’s beautiful pass received by Kai Havertz with a beautiful first touch and Kai managed to hit the ball against Newcastle and make it 1-0 for Chelsea, and the score lasted until the game ended.
A pretty good result for Chelsea to continue to exist in the top 3 of the Premier League which competes with Manchester City and Liverpool, for Newcastle itself this is their first defeat this year in the Premier League, since being taken over by investors from the Middle East, Newcastle’s standings are slowly starting to rise. , the result of losing to Chelsea this time made them still stuck in the ranking of 14 temporarily.
It is interesting to wait for Chelsea’s performance in the hands of the new club ownership, currently the ownership seat of the London club is still vacant because a few days ago Roman Abramovich as the former owner of Chelsea was officially suspended by the British government due to political issues related to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. the British government has a special affinity with Vladimir Putin and resulted in him having to be willing to leave the club which he has worked hard for for almost two decades, will the new owner at Chelsea be as loyal as Roman?
Considering Roman also doesn’t play around in managing Chelsea, according to him being the owner of Chelsea is not just a business but it is an honor and pride for him, the proof is that he is willing to spend money that does not play in value for the Blues, Lukaku, Timo Werner, Kai Havertz is a signing that is not cheap, but behind all that Chelsea managed to record many titles in the era of Roman Abramovich’s ownership, this latest Chelsea can win the inter-club world cup title, it is worth waiting for Chelsea’s performance in the hands of new ownership.
Lineup:
Chelsea
Coach : Tomas Tuchel
Cast: E. Mendy (PG), Chalobah, Christensen, A. Rudiger, M. Sarr (Christian Pulisic), Ngolo Kante, Jorginho, Mason Mount (Mateo Kovacic), Hakim Ziyech, Kai Havetz, Timo Werner (Romelu Lukaku). (4-3-3)
Newcastle
Coach : E. Howe
Cast : M. Dubravka (PG), M. Targett, D. Burn, F. Schar, J. Laschelles, Javi Manquillo ( D. Gayele), J. Murphy (R. Fraser), S. Longstaff, B. Guimaranes, M. Almiron (A. Saint-Maximin), C. Wood. (5-4-1)
ASL
