Watching chelse to go to the last 16 is a very interesting for sure. It seems like when chelsea coach got sacked replaced with a new one will always become a new method that boosts the performance from players in the club. Havertz has been bringing chelsea to the last 16 which is good to see that. Will chelsea win this trophy in this season? it seems impossible for chelsea but im sure that this has a chance even if it will be facing some big clubs like bayern and real madrid.
Some golden chance almost be converted as goal but these can still be blocked by salzburg's goal keeper. It seems like that if ac milan will be winning the next match and point will be the same as chelsea but chelsea winning in h2h.
Todd Boehly has once again proved critics wrong that the replacement of Thomas Tuchel with Graham Potter is not a blunder. We saw a rejuvenated Chelsea side in the first half when they totally controlled the game. The first half would have produced more than one goal if not for the superb performance of B Salzburg goalkeeper Philipp Kohn. In the second half B Salzburg improved and got an equalizer but thanks to Kai Havertz for that wonderful strike that gave Chelsea the victory. With this win, Chelsea has finally sealed their place in the next round and hopefully, some of their key injured players would recover before the next kicks off. B Salzburg has lost their 40-match unbeaten home run, but they can still qualify if they can beat AC Milan in their final match.
Real Madrid and Man City must be qualified for the next round, that's why they didn't play very seriously today. A draw result against Dortmund is not bad for Man City, but I'm a bit surprised that Real Madrid got a loss against Leipzig. However, I can understand why Real Madrid cannot play very offensively in this match, they have no Benzema and the formation looks defensively. Well, whatever the result of the matches today, Real Madrid and Man City have been qualified for the next round with the current points. In the final group match, Real Madrid will play against Celtic. I'm sure the 100% will win the match since Celtic is the weakest team in the group. While Man City, even if they get a loss in the next match, they are still qualified for the next round.
Leipzig was tactically better in that match, thanks to the coaching prowess of Marco Rose. The team ensured that they gave Real Madrid little space and they used the counter-attack successfully. Using the strength and spread of Christopher Nkunku and Timo Werner, Leipzig was able to outsmart Madrid's floppy defense. Leipzig still needs to win their next match to seal a spot for the next round of the competition.