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Atletico Madrid. The intention was to keep the intensity high and we did that very well.
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Chelsea became the first English club to eliminate Atletico Madrid from the knockout stage of a major European competition since Gary Megson's Bolton Wanderers in the Uefa Cup last Chelsea had 71% possession in the first half, though creating chances was difficult. Deprived of the usual raucous atmosphere they would normally expect for a European knockout game at the Wanda Metropolitano and forced to take a four-hour flight to the game, there was little sense of them having a home advantage.
Chelsea reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League, on aggregate, after a second-leg win over man Atletico Madrid on Wednesday. The result gives Thomas Tuchel's side the advantage of an away goal going into the second leg on March 17 as they seek a spot in the UCL quarterfinals. Diego Simeone's side have led La Liga for most of the season but have experienced a dip in form in February and went into Tuesday's match smarting from a shock defeat at home to Levante after drawing two of their previous three games.
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The match had been relocated to Bucharest after travel restrictions between the UK and Spain due to the coronavirus ruled out playing in Madrid. We never let them breathe or come out for counter-attacks," Tuchel said after the match.
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Chelsea had a good chance to open the scoring against the La Liga leaders just before 15 minutes, but Mason Mount 's whipped in cross skipped past the goalmouth just out of the reach of Timo Werner. , pm - . An outrageous overhead goal from Olivier Giroud handed Chelsea a victory over Atletico Madrid in their Champions League round of 16 first leg in Bucharest on Tuesday night.
Chelsea vs Atlético UEFA Champions League /21 /21 Watch highlightsHighlights available from midnight where you are Menu Overview Line-ups Squad lists Updates Want goal alerts and. By ESPN. Atletico Madrid failed to have a shot on target against Chelsea - the first time they had failed to register a shot on target in a Champions League game since .
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Timo Werner had their best moment, darting in from the left before testing Jan Oblak. Ultimately, Atleti played with little ambition or intensity and could not manage a single shot on target to bother Chelsea keeper Edouard Mendy.
After the match, though, Atleti keeper Jan Oblak said his team would shake off the defeat and be ready for the second leg. Atleti hit Chelsea on the counter just before half-time with Angel Correa finding space behind the defence, but Luis Suarez couldn't deal with the short cross that came his way and the teams went to the break scoreless. Giroud finally broke the deadlock before 70 minutes with a spectacular overhead strike that was initially ruled out for offsides, but after a video review was given when the ball was adjudged to have come off an Atletico player before it was hit into the back of the net.
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It was a very disciplined performance, a deserved shut out. Olivier Giroud 68'. Bucharest, Romania. Updated: May 17, , am. Both Mount and Jorginho were shown yellow cards in the match and will be unavailable for Chelsea in the return leg due to card accumulation. Skip to main content Skip to navigation.