Zenit St Petersburg 3 - 3 Chelsea - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

Zenit St Petersburg 3 - 3 Chelsea

Claudinho 38' 2' Werner, ast by Christensen
Sardar Azmoun 41' 62' Lukaku, ast by Werner
Magomed Ozdoev 90+4' 85' Werner, ast by Pulisic

7 Shots on Target 8
11 Shots off Target 5
10 Corners 8
5 Fouls 8
2 Offsides 1
5 Saves 4
1 Yellow Cards 1
46% Possession 54%









Cards
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Dejan Lovren 60' 37' Callum Hudson-Odoi





球場: Saint Petersburg Stadium, Saint Petersburg
觀眾: 29,349
開賽: 17:45 Wed, 08 Dec 2021
主裁: Serdar Gozubuyuk




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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/12/09/
the-debrief--fluctuating-fortunes-and-a-new-role-for-reece

The Debrief: Fluctuating fortunes and a new role for Reece

09 Nov 2021


We pick the bones out of yesterday's action-packed draw against Zenit St
Petersburg with the aid of the match statistics…


https://i.imgur.com/ziJc1cC.png


It was a night when both sides struggled to maintain control for any
significant length of time. Goals, spells of dominance and errors were
traded at regular intervals, leading to a helter-skelter matchday six
encounter that culminated in Chelsea finishing second in Group H.


== Fast out the blocks ==


The Blues had started so well. Saul fashioned a clear goalscoring
opportunity for himself inside 50 seconds, and from the resulting corner
Timo Werner put us ahead with a landmark goal.


https://twitter.com/OptaJoe/status/1468642885591572490

1:23 - Timo Werner's goal after just 1 minute and 23 seconds is the
fastest goal @ChelseaFC have ever scored in the UEFA Champions League,
overtaking @JohnTerry26 against FC Schalke in November 2014 (1:26). Rapid.


Early on Zenit struggled to get to grips with Mason Mount, who drifted
behind or to the side of Werner and Romelu Lukaku, finding pockets of
space between the lines to knit our attacking play together.


With Saul and Callum Hudson-Odoi regularly in the final third the Blues
created overloads and pinned our hosts back in the process, sensing an
opportunity to grab a second goal and potentially end the contest.


== Half-hour to forget ==


It was not forthcoming, however, and as individual mistakes crept in Zenit
began to find their feet, squeezing us higher up the pitch and exploiting
the space between our wing-backs and wide centre-backs.


Thomas Tuchel noted the shift in his side's approach from the 15th minute
until half-time, and the boss expressed concern the Blues have started
letting themselves get affected by the scoreline at any given moment,
rather than focusing on the pre-match gameplan.


https://i.imgur.com/7CEzDQd.jpg
Lukaku operated in the inside-right channel he favours


Let's look at that half-hour period in more detail. We lost possession on
seven occasions, accounting for nearly half the total times we did so over
the 90 minutes (18). Zenit had eight shots and won four tackles, both
figures four times as many as we managed in the same timeframe.


In our attempts to stem the Zenit danger we committed four fouls; the
Russians recorded none at all in the entire first half.


As well as conceding twice, Kepa made two superb one-on-one saves to deny
the dangerous Sardar Azmoun. It is not only the quantity of efforts Zenit
created in that 30-minute spell that will have concerned Tuchel, but also
the quality of them. His Chelsea team have simply not allowed the
opposition so many clear sights of goal in one game, let alone
half-an-hour.


https://i.imgur.com/mdfew7B.jpg
The expected goals was pretty fairly reflected by the final scoreline


Having conceded three goals for the first time this season at West Ham, we
let in two in the Champions League in three minutes, bringing to an end an
18-game run in the competition of not conceding or doing so just once.


== Intricacy reaps rewards ==


Half-time came at a good time, and the Blues rediscovered our early tempo
and control after the break. Eight of our 13 shots overall came in the
second half - five of them on target - and we dominated possession with a
61 per cent share. Werner netted with two of his (joint game-high) five
attempts, while Lukaku scored with his solitary effort on goal after good
work from the German to get behind an increasingly deep and defensive
Zenit rearguard.


It was a similar story for our third goal, this time Werner the scorer and
sub Christian Pulisic the defence-splitter, as our combination play in and
just outside the box looked crisper than in the loss at West Ham.


https://i.imgur.com/XzS17wt.jpg
Our third goal epitomised our patient and incisive build-up


== New role for Reece ==


The selection of Reece James in central midfield, for the first time under
Tuchel from the off, added extra strength and range to that part of the
team. When we were on top for a sustained period in the second half it was
the 22-year-old dictating our tempo on his birthday.


James was in possession a game-high 8.1 per cent of the time, and kept the
ball impressively when he was, misplacing just five of his 81 passes,
equating to a 94 per cent completion rate.


https://i.imgur.com/lqbgqYu.png
James had featured in midfield before under Tuchel but only later on in
games


He was not dribbled past once nor dispossessed as he won three tackles out
of three. He was also successful with both his attempted dribbles and the
two aerial duels he went up for.


Although Chelsea were targeting top spot we have secured qualification to
the Champions League knockout stages for the 18th time in 19 attempts.
With our formidable cup record under Tuchel it is safe to say Ajax, Bayern
Munich, Lille and Real Madrid will all be hoping to avoid the name of
Chelsea when the draw for the round of 16 is made.

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When it comes to a crisis, still keep on running.

You believe in power. It's mental power.


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