Dinamo Zagreb question Aubameyang’s millionaire Chelsea project

Soccer rich Chelsea, the most spent this summer with 287 millionwas difficult in the district of Dinamo Zagreb in an alarming performance of the Champions League of the 2021 champion. Ante Cacicon paper the friendliest team in a group E that also included Milan and Salzburg, Tuchel’s men were unable to get past despite the immediate release of aubameyang, that’s not the masked hero. The London side’s offensive performances were reduced to three clear-cut chances throughout the match against Dinamo Zagreb’s impeccable defensive symphony. It was capped by Mislav Orsic with a first-half goal and Chelsea were then ruled out for a day. The Balkan team introduced the defensive perfection that lifted the ‘blues’ to the title in 2021 and they still haven’t found it: they fit in five out of six games this season.

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1 – Dinamo Zagreb: Livakovic; Ristovski, Moharrami (Lauritsen, d.76), Sutalo, Peric, Ljubicic; Ademi (Baturina, d.88), Misic, Ivanusec; Petkovic (Drmic, m.98) and Orsic (Spikic, m.77).

0-Chelsea: Kepa; James, Azpilicueta (Ziyech, m.46), Koulibaly, Fofana, Chilwell (Cucurella, m.71); Mount, Kovacic (Jorginho, m.59); Sterling (Pulisic, m.75), Aubameyang (Broja, m.59) and Havertz.

The objectives: 1-0. Orsic, m. 13.

Referee: Istvan Kovacs (ROM) booked Baturina (m.96) for Dinamo Zageb and Mount (m.58), Koulibaly (m.67) and Tuchel (m.76) for Chelsea.

Happenings: Match corresponding to the first day of the Champions League group stage played at Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb (Croatia).

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Tuchel started to lead the field 186 Of those millions, 80 at fofanathe 56 of Sterlingthe 38 of Koulibali and the 12 of the Aubameyang bargain, recently arrived from Barcelona but immediately placed in the eleven of the German coach. Fofana and Koulibaly complete the central trident with Azpilicueta, the recently renewed Reece James Y chilwell they stand as lines together Mount and Kovacic double pivot and ‘Auba’, Sterling and Havertz make up the offensive trident.

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For now, at least in the eyes of the Champions, the expensive Fofana and Koulibaly remain ‘allegedly’ substitutes for Christensen and Rüdiger, both clumsy in their intervention in the goal of Dinamo Zagreb. Bad vigilance of the ex of Naples in the Petkovic to avoid prolonging it after Ljubicic’s long departure and to slow down the allegedly speedy Fofana to stop the career of hyperactive Orsic towards Kepa, lost one-on-one in the 13th minute. The Spanish goalkeeper started for the injured Edward Mendy, that arouses envy. The French goalkeeper rejected an initial renewal offer from Chelsea because he would not accept a lower fee than his counterpart, £190,000 weekly.

The ‘blue’ team melted after a good staging. Havertz asked him to stop Livakovic and Tuchel’s men moved the ball quickly to dismantle the foliage 5-4-1 of Croatian champions. But the goal came to reinforce Dinamo Zagreb’s strategy and confirm Chelsea’s difficulty in deciphering it. Including three central and Kovacic as a more positional person, Mount, more liberated, moved inside to the side Havertz and Auba, while James stretched the field to the left and Sterling, in a more inside position, supported the other lane, Chilwell.

The Balkan team’s defensive exercise was impeccable, anticipating the breaking movements of the lanes and including the three central defenders in tuning the harmonica, who knows who needs to chase the man who goes into space and who needs to stay to be conquered. Chelsea were bogged down by the slowness and lack of mobility of their players, with no one making the double simultaneous movement of coming to receive and going into space to bring the center back into position.

But Dinamo Zagreb is also an exceptional team with the ball, patient, brave when needed and playing with anxiety of a Chelsea who chased without being able to recover, with too much distance between the lines. Even Orcic was able to increase the surprise in the 28th minute and Kepa, in the 29th minute, had to intervene with a long shot.

Tuchel’s offensive change and Cucurella’s debut

Thomas Tuchel undercuts the defense to cash in on the attack. going to the bench Azpilicueta and Ziyech farm. The entry of the former Ajax player in support of James on the right wing he had to allow Havertz, who started as a right-handed winger, to place the central defenders inside with the Albanian Broja, who entered through a deflated. aubameyang while Jorginho replaced Kovacic and the ‘blues’, now in white, drew more of a 4-4-2. But Dinamo Zagreb’s central defenders continued their display. They did everything, threatened too, and one of them, Ristevsky Kepa forced a magnificent volley with a far whiplash that was deflected onto the crossbar.

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20 minutes left, Marc Cucurella made his Champions League debut for Chilwell. The change meant an exchange of tokens, placing the former Barça player in the middle so that the left wing left by the Englishman was occupied by Ziyech. Tuchel ran out of substitutions by bringing on Pulisic for an unlucky Sterling.

By arranging bands for Ziyech and James and three players in the central three -Broja, Mount and Havertz-, Chelsea dedicated themselves to loading the area of ​​players and hitting it on the lateral centers before the logical retreat towards their goal of a Dinamo Zagreb more tired but just as disciplined. Suffering is also good for Cacic and James, in the best opportunity of the London team, who found himself Livakovic, who deflected a shot near the post in the same suit. But that was down to the poor attacking baggage of Tuchel’s men. Dinamo Zagreb’s unity trapped rich Chelsea in abject austerity. Not a good sign to begin with.