A goal from Adeyemi and an excellent conditioning exercise give the Germans an advantage over an unhappy England team
Dortmund and Chelsea not only have two different views on how to manage their resources to pursue sporting success. They also live moments of hostile mood. While the Germans are euphoric at the best time of the season and lucky as an ally, the British are shipwrecked, despite having spent more than 350 million euros on the winter market. It is therefore not surprising that the team led by Graham Potter ended the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 in the most frustrating way due to the way the goal was disallowed during the match in the packed Signal Iduna Park.
In a magnificent power-to-power Champions League tie, whoever came up with the luckiest dynamic won to leave the one who relied on this league as a balm to all his ills with uncertainty after parting with the rest. Chelsea tried in every possible way with its three signings on the field: Enzo Fernández, Mykhalo Mudryk and Joao Félix, the latter on loan from Atlético de Madrid. There was no way to overcome a solid German defense who, when drained, had the perfect slot in goalkeeper Kobel to deny the English a goal time and time again. It’s less daunting than when you seem to be smothering your rival, the most is when he takes the most surprising breath to hit you where it hurts the most. Karim Adeyemi did it at a sixty-yard gallop to deliver a good blow to Potter’s men when they were inches from the target. He was even brushed twice by a motivated Joao Félix, one of them against the wood, before the young and fast German changed the pace for Enzo Fernández and showed coolness against Kepa to give Dortmund the advantage he leaves on the scoreboard.
In two weeks the replica will be at Stamford Bridge in which the English have to better embed the machinery and show the effectiveness that is supposed with the cast of footballers they have in all their lines. A connection that the men of Edin Terzic are not lacking, who, in addition to today’s goalscorer, has a monumental talent in Jude Bellingham and an inspired Julian Brandt who triumphantly breathes life into the attacking game of the German locomotive, which is still full of energy. the beginning of this year 2023. For their part, Chelsea, with a win in their last seven games in the Premier.
In the other game of the day, Benfica practically leveled the quarter-finals by beating Bruges by two goals to nil, thanks to second-half goals from Joao Mario, from a penalty, and David Neres. was not a walk in that fairytale city, but Bruges did not use their chances and Benfica had the maturity to stay in the game and judge quality. The locals lost the defensive look of the group stage and the Portuguese team took oil in the 88th minute, which is why the Portuguese team continues with the reliability that amazed Europe in the group stage.
Source: La Verdad
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