The first leg of the English League Cup semi-finals begins with Chelsea visiting Middlesbrough. Chelsea's results this season are very dismal, with 8 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses in the league, and only 28 points, ranking 10th. Such a result is very shameful for Chelsea, whose total net worth reaches 1 billion euros. For Chelsea, it is too difficult to enter the European theater. However, Chelsea's form has improved recently and they have won three consecutive games. This time in the EFL Cup, Chelsea faced Middlesbrough, the 12th-ranked team in the English Championship. Chelsea has won the last 9 meetings between the two sides. This time, Chelsea suffered a huge upset and lost the game.
Chelsea formed a 4231 formation in this game. Palmer was at the front. Sterling, Gallagher and Madueke formed an offensive combination. Enzo Fernandez and Caicedo partnered as a double defensive midfielder. The back four of Colwell, Thiago Silva, Disasi and Gusteau started the game. Petrovic serves as the starting goalkeeper. Mudrick and Broja were on standby on the bench. Nicolas Jaksson went to the national team.
Chelsea almost lost the ball shortly after the opening, and Rutter's single shot was resolved by the goalkeeper. Middlesbrough was not very lucky. Injuries occurred one after another. Ratt and Bangura were injured one after another, resulting in two substitutions being used up early. Palmer had a chance to open the scoring, but his single shot missed. As a result, Middlesbrough took the lead to seize the opportunity to complete the goal. Jones assisted Hackney to score the goal. Then Palmer wasted a good opportunity again. He faced an empty goal but failed to score, which was very confusing. At halftime, Chelsea fell behind by 1 goal. Chelsea had 63% of the ball in the first half, took 11 shots, 3 were on target, and failed to score. Although Middlesbrough only had 4 shots in the first half, they scored 1 goal.
changed sides and fought again in the second half. Madueke's header was confiscated, Gallagher missed the shot, and substitutes Mudrick and Broja had no outstanding performance. Sterling was slow to outflank the goal and missed the empty goal opportunity. The final score was fixed at 0-1, and Chelsea suffered an upset loss to Middlesbrough. Such a result made Pochettino unable to believe that the billion-dollar team had overturned. Pochettino created a humiliating record in 18 years. This was the first time the team lost to Middlesbrough in 18 years. However, there is still a second round in this tournament. Can Pochettino complete the comeback? Let’s wait and see!
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