Porto 0 - 2 Chelsea - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

Porto 0 - 2 Chelsea

32' Mount, ast by Jorginho
85' Chilwell

5 Shots on Target 3
7 Shots off Target 3
9 Corners 4
11 Fouls 17
5 Offsides 2
1 Saves 5
2 Yellow Cards 0
40% Possession 60%









Cards
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Chancel Mbemba 63'
Marko Grujic 79'





球場: Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, Seville
觀眾: 0
開賽: 20:00 Wed, 07 Apr 2021
主裁: Slavko Vincic




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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/04/08/
the-debrief--patient--clinical-and-steely-blues-make-big-moments

The Debrief: Patient, clinical and steely Blues make big moments count

08 Apr 2021


We delve into the statistics to reveal how Chelsea came out on top in the
key moments to secure a valuable two-goal lead over Porto in the away leg
of our Champions League quarter-final.


https://i.imgur.com/4VFGx5m.png


It was the kind of tight and fiercely contested encounter that Europe's
top club competition is all about.


We may have had the most possession with 57 per cent and played 549 passes
to Porto's 342, with an impressive overall completion rate of 87 per cent,
but that tells just part of the story, as shown by the fact the Portuguese
side managed twice as many shots, with 12 to our six.


However, big games are often decided in the big moments, and that is where
the Blues were outstanding in Seville. Two goals from our six efforts,
along with Christian Pulisic hitting the woodwork with another, makes for
an absolutely clinical conversion rate of scoring from 33 per cent of our
shots.


https://i.imgur.com/Y9O0EGx.jpg


That being said, it wasn't just about being more clinical, though, as the
chances we created with our more patient approach were also superior to
our opponents', meaning the final score was exactly as the expected goals
analysis said it should be.


== Blue wall ==


The expected goals accuracy was helped by a strong performance in defence
by Chelsea in Seville, meaning that while Porto had plenty of shots, they
mostly came from set-pieces (seven out of 12 shots in total), and four of
the remaining five were from outside the penalty area.


It is telling that the player with the highest number of efforts on goal
from either side was veteran Porto centre-back Pepe, becoming the oldest
player in a Champions League knockout game since Ryan Giggs in 2014, with
three attempts, while things were more spread out for the Blues, with all
six of our shots coming from different players.


All across the defensive statistics from the game it is the Blues who are
on top – more ball recoveries (30), more tackles (12), more interceptions
(nine), more shots blocked (four) and more clearances (23).


Another assured Champions League performance from Andreas Christensen
played a big part in that, as well as helping us build possession. In
addition to winning a game-high of five aerial duels as Porto tried to
exploit their height advantage, the Dane also had more touches of the ball
than any other player (91) and his 94 per cent passing accuracy was
Chelsea's best.


https://i.imgur.com/nctQedu.jpg


Credit also goes to experienced campaigner and captain Cesar Azpilicueta,
who embodied the stubborn side of our defending by providing three of the
four blocks on Porto shots, the other coming from Antonio Rudiger.


https://i.imgur.com/q9Vw8os.jpg
Azpilicueta captained Chelsea for the 150th time


The defenders were also helped out by the midfield pair in front of them,
with Jorginho's seven attempted tackles the highest of any player and no
other Chelsea man making more than his two interceptions. His partner in
the middle of the pitch, Mateo Kovacic, making the 50th Champions League
appearance of his career, wasn't far behind on either front.


It is no surprise then that this was our seventh clean sheet in nine
Champions League fixtures this season, with no side having kept the
opposition out more times or conceded fewer than our two goals in the
competition in 2020/21.


== Blossoming Blues ==


The 2-0 win over Porto could also turn out to be something of a coming of
age moment for this Blues side at this level, with Mason Mount and Ben
Chilwell both scoring their first-ever Champions League goals in some
style. The fact that Mount's came at the end of a spell of possession
lasting over a minute will no doubt also have pleased Thomas Tuchel.


https://i.imgur.com/BTinPRC.jpg


The last time two English players scored in the same Champions League game
for Chelsea was in 2012, when John Terry and Frank Lampard both netted in
the incredible comeback against Napoli at Stamford Bridge en route to
lifting the trophy for the first time.


It highlights the continued excellent form from Mount, too, who has scored
more goals than anyone else for the Blues under Tuchel. Despite another
mature performance from the midfielder, there was a reminder he is still
relatively early in his career, as he is now the youngest person ever to
get a goal in a Champions League knockout game for us, at the age of 22
years and 87 days.


That leaves the League Cup as the only competition he has played in but
not scored in this season, having already netted in the Premier League and
FA Cup for Chelsea, as well as the Nations League and World Cup qualifying
for England.


Victory in Porto showed the growing confidence and cohesion of the whole
team, though. By winning back-to-back Champions League away knockout
games, combined with the 1-0 victory at Atletico Madrid in the last round,
Tuchel's players have now achieved something no Blues side has managed
since Claudio Ranieri took us to the semi-finals back in 2004.


It is also the 13th time in our history we have won the first leg of a
UEFA two-legged tie. We have progressed to the next round on every
previous occasion.

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