Marathon goal drops Chelsea in the stronghold of Dortmund
Goals: Borussia Dortmund – Chelsea FC – Played on 02/15/ 2023
Borussia Dortmund won its match against Chelsea, 1-0, today, Wednesday, in the first leg of the Champions League final.
The only goal of the match was scored by German Karim Adeyemi from a solo effort, after a marathon start during which he overtook Enzo Fernandez and Kepa Arrizabalaga, before putting the ball into the net in the 63rd minute.
Thus, Dortmund needs to avoid losing the return match at Stamford Bridge, next March 7, to qualify for the quarter-finals.
Control was condemned from the start by Dortmund, who relied in the first minutes on a large number of quick short passes between its players in the attacking third on, without reaching dangerous opportunities against goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga.
In the 16th minute, Chelsea startled the landlords by shaking the net from the first opportunity, after Reece James executed a free kick from the left side, which Thiago Silva met with his hand, but the referee counted a violation against him and gave him a yellow card.
Dortmund had a golden opportunity to advance with a goal after Marius Wolf received a through ball, to launch the ball into the penalty area, but he slowed down and failed to direct it into the net before the Blues’ defense intervened.
And with the ball reaching Haller in the dangerous areas for the first time, he fired a powerful shot near the visitors’ goal, to settle into the net from the outside.
And a ball rebounded from Dortmund’s defense to Joao Felix inside the penalty area, to prepare it for himself and fire a shot, which was returned by goalkeeper Gregor Coppel, before it became clear that there was an offside on one of the Chelsea players.
Felix launched a quick attack, sending a pass to Ziyech, who returned it to him again while he was uncontrolled inside the penalty area, but the Portuguese striker slammed the ball over the bar very strangely.
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The response came in a similar way from Dortmund, after a silk pass reached Ademi on the edge of the Blues penalty area, to meet it with a powerful shot that passed over the crossbar.