The results of Chelsea vs Borussia Dortmund in the second leg of the last 16 of the 2022-2023 Champions League are known. The Blues -Chelsea’s nickname- won with a score of 2-0.
The Chelsea vs Borussia Dortmund match was held at Stamford Bridge, London, on Tuesday (7/3/2023). Chelsea goals were scored by Raheem Sterling (43′) and Kai Havertz’s penalty (53′).
That way, Chelsea has the right to advance to the quarter-finals of the 2022-2023 Champions League. Because, they won the comeback with a final aggregate score of 2-1.
Chelsea appeared dominant from the start of the match. They have been able to demolish the visiting team’s defense through the actions of a number of star players. One of them happened in the 2nd minute through the action of Raheem Sterling. However, the ball still fell into the arms of Alexander Meyer.
Then, it was Kai Havertz’s turn to almost open Chelsea’s lead. He fired hard kick against Dortmund. But unfortunately, the ball still deviated from the goal.
Continuing to be battered, Dortmund did not remain silent. They got a golden opportunity in the 22nd minute. Jude Bellingham fired a free kick from outside the penalty box. However, the ball was still pushed over by Kepa Arrizabalaga.
In the 28th minute, Chelsea launched another dangerous threat against Dortmund. Kai Havertz fired a hard shot at Chelsea’s goal. The ball hit the right goal post and failed to nest into the goal.
The goal Chelsea had been waiting for finally came in the 43rd minute. It was Raheem Sterling who managed to break into the Dortmund goal after releasing a hard kick with his right foot. The 1-0 score was maintained until the end of the first half.
In the second half, the duel went even fiercer because the position is now a 1-1 draw. Chelsea itself is still intensely spreading attacks on Dortmund’s goal.
In fact, Chelsea had a golden opportunity in the 46th minute. They received a penalty from the referee after Marius Wolf did a handsball in the penalty area.
Kai Havertz, who was appointed as the executioner, actually failed to score a goal because the ball hit the crossbar. However, the referee then repeated the penalty kick because Dortmund was deemed to have violated the penalty kick limit.
On the second try, Havertz managed to make up for his mistake. His shot towards the bottom right corner made the ball nestle right into the Dortmund goal. Chelsea winning 2-0!
Left behind, Dortmund tried to catch up. Opportunity after opportunity was obtained, but all failed to produce goals. One of them was carried out by Niklas Sule in the 73rd minute after receiving bait from Giovanni Reyna.
Buying and selling attacks continued to occur in the remaining time of the game. However, no additional goals are created. Chelsea also won with a score of 2-0.
