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Atletico Madrid 0-1 Chelsea: Olivier Giroud scores winner in Champions League last 16 first leg
Olivier Giroud’s spectacular second-half goal gave Chelsea the advantage in their Champions League last-16 tie with La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid.
Giroud put the ball in the net with an acrobatic overhead kick and, although it was originally judged offside, a video assistant review showed the ball had come off Atletico’s Mario Hermoso in the build-up.
This was Thomas Tuchel’s first Champions League game in charge of Chelsea and it took place in Bucharest, Romania, because of coronavirus restrictions.
The second leg will be held at Stamford Bridge on 17 March, although the Blues will be without midfielders Mason Mount and Jorginho as they will both be suspended after picking up bookings.
Marcos Alonso and Timo Werner had shots saved by Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak, but the Spanish side, who included former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez, struggled to create scoring chances apart from Joao Felix’s acrobatic volley, which went over.
The Blues finished top of Champions League Group E but it was not enough for former boss Frank Lampard to keep his job as he was replaced in January by Tuchel, who took Paris St-Germain to the 2019-20 Champions League final when they lost to Bayern Munich.
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Atlético Madrid
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Squad number13Player nameOblak
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Squad number15Player nameSavic
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Squad number18Player nameFelipe
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Squad number22Player nameHermoso
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Squad number14Player nameMarcos Llorente
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Squad number6Player nameKoke
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Squad number8Player nameSaúl
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Squad number11Player nameLemar
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Squad number10Player nameCorrea
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Squad number7Player nameJoão Félix
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Squad number9Player nameSuárez
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Squad number5Player nameTorreira
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Squad number12Player nameRenan Lodi
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Squad number19Player nameDembele
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Squad number20Player nameVitolo
Chelsea
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Squad number16Player nameMendy
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Squad number28Player nameAzpilicueta
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Squad number4Player nameChristensen
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Squad number2Player nameRüdiger
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Squad number20Player nameHudson-Odoi
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Squad number5Player nameJorginho
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Squad number17Player nameKovacic
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Squad number3Player nameAlonso
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Squad number19Player nameMount
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Squad number11Player nameWerner
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Squad number18Player nameGiroud
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Squad number7Player nameKanté
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Squad number10Player namePulisic
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Squad number22Player nameZiyech
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Squad number24Player nameJames
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Squad number29Player nameHavertz
Line-ups
Atl Madrid
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 13Oblak
- 15Savic
- 18Felipe
- 22HermosoSubstituted forMachín Pérezat 84′minutes
- 14LlorenteBooked at 63mins
- 6Koke
- 8SaúlSubstituted forTorreiraat 82′minutes
- 11LemarBooked at 90mins
- 10CorreaSubstituted forDembeleat 82′minutes
- 7SequeiraSubstituted forLodi dos Santosat 82′minutes
- 9Suárez
Substitutes
- 1Grbic
- 4Kondogbia
- 5Torreira
- 12Lodi dos Santos
- 19Dembele
- 20Machín Pérez
- 27Camello
- 28García
- 29Sánchez
- 31San Román
Chelsea
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 16Mendy
- 28Azpilicueta
- 4Christensen
- 2Rüdiger
- 20Hudson-OdoiSubstituted forJamesat 80′minutes
- 5JorginhoBooked at 64mins
- 17KovacicSubstituted forZiyechat 74′minutes
- 3Alonso
- 19MountBooked at 1minsSubstituted forKantéat 74′minutes
- 11WernerSubstituted forPulisicat 87′minutes
- 18GiroudSubstituted forHavertzat 87′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Arrizabalaga
- 7Kanté
- 9Abraham
- 10Pulisic
- 13Caballero
- 15Zouma
- 21Chilwell
- 22Ziyech
- 23Gilmour
- 24James
- 29Havertz
- 33Emerson
Live Text
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Match ends, Atlético de Madrid 0, Chelsea 1.
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Second Half ends, Atlético de Madrid 0, Chelsea 1.
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Reece James (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Vitolo (Atlético de Madrid).
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Foul by Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea).
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Lucas Torreira (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Thomas Lemar (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Christian Pulisic (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Thomas Lemar (Atlético de Madrid).
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Foul by Kai Havertz (Chelsea).
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Koke (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Andreas Christensen (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Luis Suárez (Atlético de Madrid).
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Foul by Kai Havertz (Chelsea).
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Renan Lodi (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Substitution, Chelsea. Christian Pulisic replaces Timo Werner.
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Substitution, Chelsea. Kai Havertz replaces Olivier Giroud.
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Foul by Reece James (Chelsea).
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Renan Lodi (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Olivier Giroud (Chelsea).
