Chelsea vs Slavia Prague, 2018-19 UEFA Europa League, Quarterfinals
· 2nd Leg - Chelsea win 5-3 on aggregate
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4 - 3
2nd Leg - Chelsea win 5-3 on aggregate
4 - 3
2nd Leg - Chelsea win 5-3 on aggregate
Early Pedro brace helps Chelsea to Europa League semifinals
Chelsea secured their place in the semifinals of the Europa League 5-3 on aggregate after a 4-3 second-leg win over Slavia Prague.
Match Timeline
- 0': First Half begins.
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 2': Eden Hazard (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 2': Foul by Ondrej Kudela (Slavia Prague).
- 3': Delay in match Eden Hazard (Chelsea) because of an injury.
- 3': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 4': Foul by Tomas Soucek (Slavia Prague).
- 4': N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Foul by Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui (Slavia Prague).
- 5': Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 5': Goal! Chelsea 1, Slavia Prague 0. Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Olivier Giroud with a through ball.
- 8': Attempt blocked. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ross Barkley.
- 8': Offside, Slavia Prague. Jaromir Zmrhal tries a through ball, but Petr Sevcik is caught offside.
- 9': Pedro (Chelsea) hits the right post with a right footed shot from very close range. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
- 9': Own Goal by Simon Deli, Slavia Prague. Chelsea 2, Slavia Prague 0.
- 13': David Luiz (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Foul by Alex Kral (Slavia Prague).
- 14': Foul by Jaromir Zmrhal (Slavia Prague).
- 14': N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 16': Attempt missed. Jaromir Zmrhal (Slavia Prague) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ibrahim Benjanim Traore with a cross.
- 17': Goal! Chelsea 3, Slavia Prague 0. Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pedro.
- 19': Attempt missed. Jan Boril (Slavia Prague) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Alex Kral.
- 19': Foul by Lukas Masopust (Slavia Prague).
- 19': Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20': Eden Hazard (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 20': Foul by Ondrej Kudela (Slavia Prague).
- 20': Delay in match Eden Hazard (Chelsea) because of an injury.
- 20': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 24': Attempt blocked. Tomas Soucek (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jan Boril.
- 24': Foul by Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea).
- 24': Lukas Masopust (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 25': Attempt saved. Simon Deli (Slavia Prague) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jaromir Zmrhal.
- 25': Corner, Slavia Prague. Conceded by Emerson.
- 25': Goal! Chelsea 3, Slavia Prague 1. Tomas Soucek (Slavia Prague) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Petr Sevcik with a cross following a corner.
- 27': Attempt saved. Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Emerson with a cross.
- 27': Goal! Chelsea 4, Slavia Prague 1. Pedro (Chelsea) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
- 28': Offside, Slavia Prague. Tomas Soucek tries a through ball, but Petr Sevcik is caught offside.
- 29': Corner, Slavia Prague. Conceded by César Azpilicueta.
- 31': Alex Kral (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 31': Foul by Olivier Giroud (Chelsea).
- 32': Eden Hazard (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 32': Foul by Tomas Soucek (Slavia Prague).
- 33': Foul by N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea).
- 33': Jan Boril (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 33': N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 39': Foul by Lukas Masopust (Slavia Prague).
- 39': N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Foul by Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea).
- 40': Simon Deli (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 42': Attempt blocked. Emerson (Chelsea) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
- 42': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui.
- 45'+1': Foul by Ibrahim Benjanim Traore (Slavia Prague).
- 45'+1': Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Chelsea 4, Slavia Prague 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Chelsea 4, Slavia Prague 1.
- 46': Foul by Jan Boril (Slavia Prague).
- 46': Pedro (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 47': Foul by Andreas Christensen (Chelsea).
- 47': Ibrahim Benjanim Traore (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 47': Corner, Slavia Prague. Conceded by Ross Barkley.
- 48': Attempt missed. Tomas Soucek (Slavia Prague) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Petr Sevcik with a cross following a corner.
- 50': Foul by Alex Kral (Slavia Prague).
- 50': Ross Barkley (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 51': Goal! Chelsea 4, Slavia Prague 2. Petr Sevcik (Slavia Prague) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tomas Soucek.
- 52': Substitution, Slavia Prague. Peter Olayinka replaces Lukas Masopust.
- 53': Foul by Tomas Soucek (Slavia Prague).
- 53': Ross Barkley (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 53': Tomas Soucek (Slavia Prague) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 54': Goal! Chelsea 4, Slavia Prague 3. Petr Sevcik (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Tomas Soucek.
- 55': Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Emerson with a cross.
- 57': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Ondrej Kudela.
- 58': Foul by Olivier Giroud (Chelsea).
- 58': Ondrej Kolar (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Offside, Slavia Prague. Simon Deli tries a through ball, but Peter Olayinka is caught offside.
- 59': David Luiz (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Foul by Peter Olayinka (Slavia Prague).
- 61': Hand ball by Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui (Slavia Prague).
- 62': Foul by Olivier Giroud (Chelsea).
- 62': Tomas Soucek (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 63': Foul by Ibrahim Benjanim Traore (Slavia Prague).
- 63': Ross Barkley (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 64': Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui.
- 65': Substitution, Chelsea. Willian replaces Eden Hazard.
- 66': Offside, Chelsea. Kepa Arrizabalaga tries a through ball, but Olivier Giroud is caught offside.
- 70': Substitution, Chelsea. Jorginho replaces Ross Barkley.
- 73': Foul by Ondrej Kudela (Slavia Prague).
- 73': Willian (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Ondrej Kudela (Slavia Prague) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 75': Foul by Emerson (Chelsea).
- 75': Ondrej Kudela (Slavia Prague) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 75': Emerson (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 76': Offside, Slavia Prague. Tomas Soucek tries a through ball, but Peter Olayinka is caught offside.
- 77': Corner, Slavia Prague. Conceded by Emerson.
- 78': Substitution, Slavia Prague. Miroslav Stoch replaces Petr Sevcik.
- 82': Attempt missed. Miroslav Stoch (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ibrahim Benjanim Traore.
- 83': Kepa Arrizabalaga (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
- 83': Foul by Ondrej Kudela (Slavia Prague).
- 83': Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 84': Offside, Chelsea. Emerson tries a through ball, but Mateo Kovacic is caught offside.
- 85': Substitution, Slavia Prague. Milan Skoda replaces Jaromir Zmrhal.
- 87': Substitution, Chelsea. Callum Hudson-Odoi replaces Pedro.
- 88': Hand ball by David Luiz (Chelsea).
- 89': David Luiz (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
- 90': Attempt blocked. Miroslav Stoch (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 90': Attempt missed. Alex Kral (Slavia Prague) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Milan Skoda.
- 90'+1': Foul by Ibrahim Benjanim Traore (Slavia Prague).
- 90'+1': Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+2': Attempt blocked. David Luiz (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Chelsea 4, Slavia Prague 3.
- 90'+4': Match ends, Chelsea 4, Slavia Prague 3.
Statistics
 SLP |
CHE |
|
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Fouls | 9 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 4 | Offsides | 2 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 1 | Saves | 1 |
| 44.3 | Possession | 55.7 |
| 11 | SHOTS | 9 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 336 | Accurate Passes | 455 |
| 414 | Passes | 539 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 5 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
| 17 | Crosses | 6 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 54 | Long Balls | 57 |
| 31 | Accurate Long Balls | 30 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 18 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 23 | Tackles | 15 |
| 0.8 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 10 | Interceptions | 6 |
| 7 | Effective Clearances | 16 |
| 7 | Clearances | 16 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA Europa League
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Location: London, England
Attendance: 38,326
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Location: London, England
Attendance: 38,326
Line-Ups
Chelsea (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kepa Arrizabalaga (GK)  |
| 30 | David Luiz |
| 27 | Andreas Christensen |
| 33 | Emerson |
| 28 | César Azpilicueta |
| 17 | Mateo Kovacic |
| 8 | Ross Barkley |
| 7 | N'Golo Kanté |
| 18 | Olivier Giroud |
| 10 | Eden Hazard |
| 11 | Pedro |
Slavia Prague (3-5-1-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ondrej Kolar (GK) |
| 13 | Michael Ngadeu |
| 19 | Simon Deli |
| 15 | Ondrej Kudela |
| 22 | Tomás Soucek |
| 23 | Petr Sevcik |
| 33 | Alex Král |
| 8 | Jaromír Zmrhal |
| 18 | Jan Boril |
| 28 | Lukás Masopust |
| 27 | Ibrahima Traore |
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