Chelsea beat Lille to advance to Champions League quarter-finals
Today, March 17, the second leg of the 1/8 finals of the UEFA Champions League of the 2021/2022 season took place between Lille and Chelsea. The game was held at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve-d’Ascq (France) and ended with a score of 2:1 in favor of the guests.
In the first half, Burak Yilmaz converted a penalty. At the 37th minute, after a tip from VAR, the chief referee Massa stopped the game and went to the monitor to see for himself that Jorginho played a hand in the penalty area, and appointed a penalty, which was converted by the Turks. Christian Pulisic equalized in the 45+3rd minute. The American striker received the ball in the Lille penalty area and with the very first low touch he accurately shot into the far corner. Jorginho became the author of the assist.
After that, Cesar Azpilicueta brought the guests ahead. Azpilicueta got ahead of Uea in the fight for the ball and drove the game projectile into the top nine with a touch. Mason Mount made a cross into the penalty area, and the Spaniard successfully completed his connection to the attack.
The first meeting of the teams ended with a score of 2:0 in favor of the Londoners.
“Championship” conducted a text online broadcast of the return match of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League “Lille” – “Chelsea”.
In their quartet, Lille scored 11 points and reached the 1/8 finals of the Champions League from the first place in Group G. Chelsea scored 13 points and finished the group stage in second place in the Group H standings.