Chelsea made it by to the UEFA Convention League semi-finals on Thursday night time, despite the fact that they misplaced 2-1 at house to Legia Warsaw. The outcome gave them a 4-2 win on mixture after their sturdy 3-0 victory in Poland final week.
Legia took an early lead at Stamford Bridge with a Tenth-minute penalty scored by Czech striker Tomas Pekhart. Chelsea responded within the thirty third minute when Marc Cucurella scored from shut vary to make it 1-1. The Spaniard later had one other aim disallowed by VAR.
Within the second half, French defender Steve Kapuadi scored for Legia within the 53rd minute, which ended up being the successful aim on the night time.
Round 1,000 Legia followers created a loud and vibrant ambiance at Stamford Bridge, lighting flares and chanting shirtless all through the sport.
Regardless of the loss, Chelsea’s 3-0 first-leg benefit was sufficient to ship them into the semi-finals, the place they’ll play Swedish aspect Djurgardens. Djurgardens beat 10-man Speedy Vienna 4-1 after additional time of their second-leg match.
Chelsea supervisor Enzo Maresca shall be involved about his workforce’s poor house efficiency, particularly with their push for a top-five end within the Premier League nonetheless ongoing. However the Blues are nonetheless seen as favourites to win the Convention League, alongside groups like Roma, West Ham and Olympiakos.
Elsewhere, final season’s runners-up Fiorentina performed out a dramatic 2-2 draw with Slovenian aspect Celje. Fiorentina went forward within the first half however fell behind 2-1 earlier than Moise Kean scored the equaliser that gave them a 4-3 mixture win.
Fiorentina will now face Actual Betis within the semi-finals. The Spanish aspect drew 1-1 at house in opposition to Jagiellonia Bialystok, securing a 3-1 mixture victory.
