Chelsea slumped to back-to-back defeats after a 1-0 loss to Manchester City in EPL on Saturday. It was also Chelsea바카라™s first loss in 12 Champions League group matches.
Italy forwards Federico Chiesa and Federico Bernardeschi ran consistently through the heart of Chelsea바카라™s defense, Romelu Lukaku was held in check, and Juventus convincingly beat the injury-depleted trophy defender 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday. (More Football News)
Ten seconds into the second half, Chiesa sprinted onto a through ball from Bernardeschi and beat defender Antonio Rudiger to score from a difficult angle.
바카라śIt should be impossible to concede an easy goal like this at this level in the first seconds of the second half,바카라ť Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel said. 바카라śYou know what바카라™s coming, you have defensive organisation like we have, so normally at all times it should be possible to defend it. And we got punished for it, of course.바카라ť
Bernardeschi nearly made it 2-0 when he tripped just as he was about to redirect a cross from Juan Cuadrado. 바카라śWe showed the real Juve spirit,바카라ť Chiesa said. 바카라śWe tried to attack deep and into the open spaces.바카라ť
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It wasn바카라™t until the 75th minute that a decent cross found its way to Lukaku, who Chelsea bought for a club-record $135 million in August. But the Belgium striker바카라™s ensuing header went well wide. Lukaku had a close chance in the 83rd but again missed the target.
Juventus took control of Group H with a full six points. Chelsea and Zenit St. Petersburg have three points each and Malmo has zero. Juventus바카라™ perfect start in Europe contrasts sharply with the Bianconeri바카라™s struggles in Serie A, where they have won just two of six matches.
바카라śLet바카라™s enjoy this tonight but then we바카라™ve got to focus on Saturday바카라™s derby (against Torino),바카라ť Chiesa said. Chelsea was without the injured Reece James, Mason Mount and Christian Pulisic; while midfielder N바카라™Golo Kante missed the trip after testing positive for the coronavirus.
Juventus also had injury concerns with Paulo Dybala and Alvaro Morata both out.
But Chiesa and Bernardeschi, key members of Italy바카라™s run to the European Championship title, made sure they weren바카라™t missed. Matteo Pessina, another member of the victorious Italy team, scored in Atalanta바카라™s 1-0 win over Young Boys.