Chelsea officially crowned Europa League champions
(Baonghean.vn) - Early this morning (May 30), with a 4-1 victory over Arsenal, Chelsea officially won the Europa League championship for the second time in history.
Round 1: Cautious, sure
Chelsea and Arsenal are both determined for the final match of the season. If Chelsea needs the championship to protect the position of coach Sarri, Arsenal must win the Europa League to have a ticket to participate in the Champions League next season.
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| Arsenal players (red shirts) had a disappointing match. |
In the following minutes of the match, both teams played cautiously and had many situations threatening each other's goal but no goals were scored.
Round 2: Explosion
After the break, the game was a complete contrast to the first half. In the 48th minute of the match, former Arsenal player Giroud put Chelsea ahead with a powerful header. This goal also marked the beginning of a rain of goals at the Baku Olympic Stadium.
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| Hazard shone with two goals and an assist. |
With a 2-goal lead, Chelsea's players played confidently and continuously put pressure on Peter Cech's goal. In the 64th minute of the match, the criminal Maitland-Niles fouled Hazard in the penalty area. The referee pointed decisively to the penalty spot, a penalty for Chelsea. On the 11-meter mark, Eden Hazard made no mistake when he coolly finished to increase the score to 3-0 for Chelsea.
In the 69th minute of the match, the "gunners" hope was rekindled when substitute player Iwobi had a beautiful shot from outside the penalty area, leaving goalkeeper Kepa helpless.
However, once again Hazard's class was shown when he scored the winning goal to make it 4-1 in the 71st minute of the match.
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| The joy of Chelsea players when they were officially crowned champions of this year's Europa League. Getty photo. |
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| The joy of Chelsea players at the coronation ceremony. |
With this victory, Chelsea officially won the championship convincingly.
Goal scorer:
Chelsea: Giroud 48'; Pedro 60'; Hazard (64' Pen), 71'
Arsenal:Iwobi, 69'
Official lineup:
Chelsea: Kepa (GK); Emerson, Luiz, Christensen, Azpilicueta; Kante, Jorginho, Kovacic; Hazard, Giroud, Pedro.
Arsenal:Cech (GK); Monreal, Koscielny, Sokratis; Kolasinac, Torreira, Xhaka, Maitland-Niles, Ozil; Lacazette, Aubameyang.
