Chelsea secured their fifth straight win within the UEFA Convention League with a 3-1 victory over Astana, regardless of battling freezing-cold temperatures in Kazakhstan. Nigerian striker Geoffrey Chinedu began for Astana however couldn’t discover the online as Chelsea dominated the match.
Chinedu performed 72 minutes, however it was Astana’s captain, Marin Tomasov, who scored their solely objective after Chelsea had constructed a powerful 3-0 lead.
The match befell in freezing circumstances, with temperatures dropping to -10°C, however Chelsea’s objectives from Marc Guiu, Renato Veiga, and an personal objective by Aleksandr Marochkin have been sufficient to safe one other win. Chelsea’s younger group has now gained all 5 of their Convention League matches this season, scoring 21 objectives and conceding simply 4.
Chelsea’s Good Report
With this win, Chelsea stays on the high of the Convention League desk with 15 factors from 5 video games, sustaining an ideal document.
Match Highlights
Chelsea supervisor Enzo Maresca picked a younger facet, together with 4 youngsters, marking the primary time Chelsea has fielded such a youthful group in a serious European competitors.
Within the first half, Marc Guiu, 18, scored the opening objective within the 14th minute. Simply minutes later, an personal objective by Astana’s Aleksandr Marochkin made it 2-0 for Chelsea. Renato Veiga then added a 3rd objective with a header within the thirty ninth minute. Regardless of Chelsea’s sturdy play, Astana pulled one again when Marin Tomasov scored a fantastic objective simply earlier than halftime.
Within the second half, each Tyrique George and Pedro got here near scoring, however Astana’s goalkeeper, Mukhammedzhan Seisen, stored them out with some sturdy saves.
Chelsea completed the match 3-1 and can look to keep up their good document of their closing recreation earlier than transferring on to the knockout levels of the match.
