In the early morning of February 23, Beijing time, the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals continued to play: Chelsea vs Lille. In the first half, Havertz made a contribution; in the second half, Pulisic scored. In the end, Chelsea beat Lille 2-0.
The two teams have met twice before in the Champions League: both in 2019, when Chelsea won 2-1 home and away. Today's Lille, even less than before, is recognized as the big gift package for the round of 16.
The game was only in the 7th minute when Havertz opened the scoring for the Blues.
After that, the two teams fell into a fight. In the 63rd minute, N'Golo Kanter assisted on Pulisic's goal.
2-0, Chelsea beat Lille to take the lead. The second leg of the match will be played at the home of Lille on 17 March.
Chelsea against Lille continued their all-win record. Go to the away with a 2-0 score, as long as you don't faint, there is not much of a problem. It is not known whether Tuchel will use Lukaku to start in the next round. In this season's Champions League, Chelsea have scored 4 goals through corners, the most of all teams, and it can be said that they are the first "corner team". From this, we can see how much Tuchel attaches to set-pieces.
Who is the best player to play this game? If you let the editor choose, you will definitely choose Kante. Throughout the first half, he was everywhere: the success rate of breakthroughs and long passes was 100%, 7 completed returns, 9 confrontations and 6 successful. From this point, it can be seen that the key figure in Chelsea's second leg is still N'Golo Kante. His defense will play a crucial role.
Chelsea starters: 16-Eduard Mendy, 2-Rudiger, 3-Marcos Alonso, 4-Christensen, 6-Thiago Silva, 28-Azpilicueta, 7-Kante, 8-Kovacic, 22-Ziyech, 29 Havertz, 10-Pulisic
Lille starters: 30 Jardim, 2 Celik, 3 Thiago Jallow, 4 Botman, 6 Fonte, 7 Bamba, 8 Sheka, 18 Sanchez, 21 Benjamin Andre, 24 Amado Onana, 9 Jonathan David