Legia had little chance of making a sensational renovation and make up three goals. But she had nothing to lose. The most important thing was that she would not be afraid of playing boldly and without complexes. And she tried to do it, she surprised Chelsea with large fragments.
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Legia’s quick goal with Chelsea! Shock in London
Chelsea could deprive Legion of all illusions, she had two great opportunities in the first five minutes. But first Cole Palmer missed himself terribly alone, and then Vladan Kovacević defended two uncomfortable shots in a few seconds.
In the eighth minute Legia led a good positional attack, after which Tomas Pekhart raced into the ball in the penalty area with the Chelsea goalkeeper. But Filip Joergensen fouled the Czech, he caught a penalty kick. Pekhart approached the “eleven”. He hit low and enough for the ball through the hands of the goalkeeper “The Blues”. Sensational Legia took the quick lead with Chelsea!
The hosts looked shocked because they did not throw themselves to the immediate answer, they played quite slowly. And Legia had two good actions in the next several minutes. First, Ryoya Morishita was wrong about centimeters. He rushed his right wing, escaped Marek Cucurelli, hit the ground, but next to the distal post. Later, Claude Goncalves noticed that Joergensen came out of the goal. He hit from about 40 meters, but the ball only brushed the Chelsea goal.
There was a single whistle and buzzing on Stamford Bridge, the fans were annoyed by the attitude of Chelsea players. They got to work in the last quarter of the first half. In 33. Londoners leveled due to the hit of Cucurelli. He entered the penalty area and added his leg to serve Jadon Sancho from the right wing. The Spaniard could have a doublet at the end of this part of the meeting, but burned the action in the 42nd minute.
Until the break we had a 1: 1 draw, which was a big surprise. Legia played boldly, she was not afraid, she wanted to construct the actions and play with the ball.
-Nobody expected this at Stamford Bridge
The second half began with Chelsea’s attack, but Kovacevic could not be defeated. Legia’s defense also looked quite confident. The key were Steve Kapuadi’s interventions on the goal line and the reception of Maxi Oyedele. It was by far the best match of a young helper in Legia’s colors, he impressed with tenacity and timing. “He hid in Cole Palmer’s pocket, the main playmaker Chelsea.
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In the 53rd minute everyone at the stadium was shocked again. At 2: 1 for Legia he hit Kapuadi, who was unacceptable at the Chelsea goal and wisely knocked the ball after Goncalves’ shot from Woleja. This allowed you to believe that the impossible does not exist.
Legia had an appetite for the next goals, sought them, but there was a lack of effectiveness, quality, and sometimes the right number of players at the goal “The Blues”. Chelsea tried to equalize. He looked good after entering the Noni Maduke bench, he fueled the right wing. But Londoners were not able to defeat Kovacevic, nor win duels with Legia’s defenders. They were often late for a quarter or half of the step.
Chelsea looked too confident first, and then too relaxed and she could pay dearly for it. But a durable tip, showed a higher game culture and dismissed the threat when it should.
Ultimately, it ended with a sensational win of Legia 2: 1, but the capital’s two -legged 2: 4 lost and dropped out of the conference league. However, they said goodbye to honor and dignity games. In a way, they ridiculed Chelsea today. Everyone focused on the second pogrom, and we have the least expected result. Legia is the first team that won with Londonians in this edition of LK.
Legia supporters also did their job, mainly of them could be heard for 90 minutes of the match.
