Chelsea’s’first defeat after Tuchel’s appointment’ collapses from rear build-up

Chelsea’s’first defeat after Tuchel’s appointment’ collapses from rear build-up

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▲ Chelsea lose 2-5 against West Brom ▲ Tiago Silva warnings cumulatively sent off due to Giorginho’s successive passes ▲ First 2 runs are also allowed for pass mistakes

[골닷컴] Reporter Kim Hyun-min = After taking over as manager Thomas Tuchel, Chelsea, which had been on the rise while minimizing runs based on a stable rear build-up, suffered a 2-5 defeat in the West Brom game, exposing the problem of the rear build-up shaking.

Chelsea faced a 2-5 big fight by relegation team West Brom in the 30th round of the 2020/21 Premier League (PL) held at Stamford Bridge Home. Along with this, Chelsea’s undefeated (6 wins, 4 draws) streak in 10 PL games after Tuchel took over.

What’s even more surprising is that Chelsea only allowed two runs in 10 PL games after Tuchel took over before this match. Even if all of the official tournaments were put together, it was 2 runs in 14 matches. One of these runs was an own goal by defender Antonio Rudiger. In other words, only 1 goal was the only field goal conceded. In particular, it was Chelsea, who didn’t give a single run at the Stamford Bridge home. However, it collapsed, allowing only five runs for West Brom. Five runs are the most goals Chelsea have allowed this season.

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In fact, the fact that Chelsea had fewer runs after joining Tuchel was thanks to a stable rear build-up. Chelsea have been boasting an phenomenal share of 68.5% in 10 PL games since Tuchel took over, and their pass success rate reached 88.5%. The number of shots allowed was only six. As he increased his dominance in the game, he naturally did not give his opponent a chance to attack.

But this West Brom match was different. Chelsea made a major rotation while giving rest to the players who played many games during the match A period. As a result, Mason Mount, Kai Harberts, Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rudiger were on the bench, and N’Golo Kante was injured. They were replaced by Christian Fulisik, Hakim Zyeh, Kurt Zuma, and Thiago Silva, who returned from injury.

Chelsea Starter Lineup vs West Brom

This came as bad news. It caused considerable problems, especially in the rear build-up in the defensive side. Silva, who returned from an organ injury after two months, was not in normal condition. Zuma revealed a chronic pass problem. As the rear build-up wasn’t working normally, Giorginho was struck by West Brom’s high pressure and made a big mistake.

Chelsea faced a crisis with a pass by Georgesinho four minutes after the game started. Silva blocked this with an unreasonable foul, accumulating a yellow card at the same time as the start, signaling an uneasy start.

Still, Chelsea attacked West Brom with one of their best abilities, and after the 27th minute left wingback Marcos Alonso’s free kick hit the post, Pulleysik scored a goal with a rebounding shot and succeeded in catching the lead first.

However, the joy of the opening goal for a while, and Chelsea immediately suffered a bad situation in which Silva was sent off due to accumulating warnings one minute later (28 minutes). Midfielder Matteo Kovacić handled the ball as if Zuma’s pass went inaccurately under opposition pressure, and Giorginho, who received it, made a pass mistake and was intercepted by West Brom ace Matteus Pereira. Okay Yokuslu, who received a pass from Pereira, stumbled when Silva’s tackle came in belatedly in the process of shooting, and the referee pulled out a second yellow card to Silva and declared a cumulative warning. It was the first time that Silva was sent off from a league game in 8 years after being sent off against Valenciennes in May 2013 when he was for Paris Saint-Germain.

In the early hours, Silva’s sent-off resulted in an inferior number, and coach Tuhel replaced Ziech in the 33rd minute to substitute Christensen. West Brom, who started a defensive 5-4-1 formation with five defenders on the Chelsea away, was injured in the 37th minute when veteran defender Branislav Ivanovic was injured, and attacking midfielder Column Robinson was 4-4-2. Switched to. It was a paving stone to aggressively push Chelsea by making use of their numerical superiority.

After that, the flow rapidly passed towards West Brom. In the end, West Brom scored two goals in the extra time in the first half and succeeded in reversing.

First, after a minute of extra time (45+1 minutes), West Brom’s long throw-in took a long throw from Giorginho’s touch inside the penalty box, and Kovacić passed it a long way. Having passed the long pass, Ferreira, who was digging between Zuma and Christensen, equalized the goal with a sensible non-stop volley shot passing the goalkeeper’s key. Three minutes later, West Brom’s right flank midfielder Matt Phillips took a pass from Yokuslu, beat Alonso and took a shot, hitting the post.

Finally, around 4 minutes of extra time, Chelsea right wingback Lees James’ backpass went a little higher, and Georgesinho’s heading went wrong, and James touched the pass following the keeping by West Brom striker Mba and Diagne. One thing, Pereira turned around to make use of his direction to outrun the Chelsea defenders and scored a counter goal with a left-footed shot.

At the beginning of the second half, Chelsea, in a hurry, removed the pulley and replaced Mount, who is playing an active role as a real team’s ace this season. Along with this, Chelsea was able to catch the tide of offensive. However, in the 8th minute of the second half, Chelsea failed to equalize with the misfortune that Alonso’s shot was deflected by the leg of West Brom defender Semi Ayai on the goal by a punching mistake by Johnston goalkeeper.

West Brom, who escaped the concession crisis, widened the score by adding goals with counterattacks in succession in the 17th and 22nd minutes of the second half. First, Pereira’s through pass was crossed by right flank defender Darnell Fallon, and Robinson scored the goal with a non-stop volley shot. Townsend, who received Robinson’s forward pass, gave it to him as a hill pass, and Diagne, who was inundated with the goal of Pereira’s altruistic side pass, added the goal with a non-stop shot.

Chelsea, who had a strong defeat at 1-4, went on a belated chase in the 25th minute after Giorginho’s long pass, followed by Alonso’s cross by Werner’s altruistic hand, scoring the goal with a non-stop shot. Chelsea faced a decisive goal of scoring in a corner attack situation five minutes later, but Zuma’s non-stop shot in front of the goal, followed by striker Timo Werner’s backhead, went far beyond the goal and failed to score any further goals. In the end, West Brom received a through pass from Pereira just before the end of the game, and Robinson added a goal with a goalkeeper’s key turn, ending a 5-2 win.

Silva’s departure was obviously at fault, but the mistake of Giorginho and Zuma’s pass took a large part of the stake. It was due to a mistake in the pass that allowed the equalizer and reverse goal. It can be assessed that the foundation was shaken when the rear build-up, which was the largest long-term after Tuhell’s appointment, collapsed.

In particular, Giorginho’s sluggishness was serious. Still, Giorginho is a player who has shown a problem that he is vulnerable to pressure if his opponent is in intensive checks. After Tuchel took over, he switched to a three-back tactic with three central defenders, and his defense and passing burdens decreased. . In response, British tabloid’The Sun’ intensively criticized the need to let him go, posting a column entitled “Jorginho finally showed why Tuhel shouldn’t believe him.” It was the day before that I had deep troubles for Tuhel.

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