UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Chelsea WWWWD 1
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Atlético Madrid WDWDL 0
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1st Leg · National Arena

Match Report

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Chelsea beat Atletico Madrid with spectacular Giroud strike

An outrageous overhead goal from Olivier Giroud handed Chelsea victory over Atletico Madrid in their Champions League round of 16 first leg.

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Team Stats

21
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
5
0
Saves
4
63.1
Possession
36.9
11
SHOTS
6
5
ON GOAL
0
0.5
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
586
Accurate Passes
298
677
Passes
397
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
0
21
Crosses
9
0.2
Cross %
0.0
51
Long Balls
56
23
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
3
6
Effective Tackles
12
9
Tackles
20
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
11
15
Effective Clearances
25
15
Clearances
25

Head to Head

ATM leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

ATM · 3-4-2-1

  1. 13Jan OblakG
  2. 18FelipeCD
  3. 22Mario HermosoCD-L
  4. 15Stefan SavicCD-R
  5. 8Saúl ÑíguezCM-L
  6. 6KokeCM-R
  7. 11Thomas LemarLM
  8. 14Marcos LlorenteRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 7João FélixCF-L
  11. 10Ángel CorreaCF-R

CHE · 3-4-1-2

  1. 16Édouard MendyG
  2. 4Andreas ChristensenCD
  3. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-L
  4. 28César AzpilicuetaCD-R
  5. 17Mateo KovacicCM-L
  6. 5JorginhoCM-R
  7. 19Mason MountAM
  8. 3Marcos AlonsoLM
  9. 20Callum Hudson-OdoiRM
  10. 11Timo WernerCF-L
  11. 18Olivier GiroudCF-R

Timeline

  1. 1' Mason Mount (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 63' Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid) Yellow Card at 63'
  3. 64' Jorginho (Chelsea) Yellow Card at 64'
  4. 68' Goal! Atlético de Madrid 0, Chelsea 1. Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  5. 71' Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) VAR - Goal Not Awarded at 71'
  6. 74' N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) Substitution at 74'
  7. 74' Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea) Substitution at 74'
  8. 80' Reece James (Chelsea) Substitution at 80'
  9. 82' Moussa Dembélé (Atletico Madrid) Substitution at 82'
  10. 82' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Lucas Torreira replaces Saúl Ñíguez.
  11. 82' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Renan Lodi replaces João Félix.
  12. 84' Vitolo (Atletico Madrid) Substitution at 84'
  13. 87' Kai Havertz (Chelsea) Substitution at 87'
  14. 87' Christian Pulisic (Chelsea) Substitution at 87'
  15. 90'+3' Thomas Lemar (Atletico Madrid) Yellow Card at 93'

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