Chelsea took a relatively quick lead once morest Leicester City, the leader of the second division, with a lightning-quick counter-attack from Nicolas Jackson’s cross Marc Cucurella he passed the ball from close range into the right side of the gaping goal at the end of the first quarter of an hour. Chelsea might have increased their advantage following more than ten minutes: Issahaku Fatawu kicked Raheem Sterling’s leg inside the penalty area, but the awarded penalty was taken by the injured player, so Jakub Stolarczyk was able to save. Chelsea, who were much more active and dangerous in the first half, scored their second goal in the first minute of added time. Cole Palmer he slotted the ball into the bottom right corner following Sterling’s pass.
After the turn, Leicester unexpectedly changed, although it played a big role in this Alex Disisnak who, following a throw-in, rolled the ball home from the center of his own area to goalkeeper Robert Sánchez, but he did not notice that he was not in the goal, but on the penalty line, so the ball rolled into the empty goal… After the banal own goal came the the best goal of the match so far, Stephy Mavididi he curled a beautiful solo shot into the left side of the goal – the guests equalized half an hour before the end. They then found themselves with a man disadvantage not long following, because Callum Doyle hooked Jackson, who was coming out alone, a few centimeters before the penalty area, and following a long video, the referee revoked the awarded penalty and the yellow given to the defender, instead Chelsea received a free kick – Doyle and a red card. The fact that the free-kick was almost kicked out of the stadium by Sterling is a different matter… From then on, Leicester concentrated only on penalties, but the home team only took advantage of the man advantage: at the beginning of the 8-minute extra time Carney Chukwuemeka he found following a nice forcing, then came Noni Madueke, following nice tricks set with precise twist a 4–2-es final result.
SUMMARY
ENGLISH WOOD CUP
QUARTER FINAL
Chelsea–Leicester City (II.) 4–2 (Cucurella 13., C. Palmer 45+1., Chukwuemeka 90+2., Madueke 90+8., etc. Shots 51. – goals, Mavididi 62.)
LATER
16.30: Manchester United–Liverpool (Tv: Player1) – live on NSO!
