Los ingleses, con rotaciones
tras su pase asegurado a octavos como primeros de grupo, empezaron perdiendo
para empatar poco después con un gol de penalti de Jorginho
El Chelsea y el Krasnodar
empataron este martes a uno en un encuentro sin nada en juego para los locales,
que sacaron un once lleno de suplentes y que salvaron el honor de no perder en
su primer partido europeo con público.
Con todo el trabajo hecho,
Frank Lampard rotó a la mayoría del equipo y jugaron muchos de los menos
habituales. La portería la ocupó un Kepa Arrizabalaga, que no jugaba desde el
pasado 17 de octubre, también estuvo Billy Gilmour, en su primera titularidad
tras sufrir una grave lesión la temporada pasada, Kai Havertz, que se ha estado
recuperando en las últimas semanas de la Covid-19, Y Faustino Anjorin, una de
las mayores promesas de la cantera de los 'Blues'.
El equipo notó el cambio y el
Krasnodar, que finalmente disputará la Europa League, pudo dominar durante
buena parte de la primera mitad. En sus botas estuvieron las ocasiones más
claras y no fue de extrañar que se adelantara en el marcador tras una gran
combinación por banda y un remate raso de Remy Cabella.
Respondió rápido el Chelsea,
que estaba a un ritmo muy inferior, y que tuvo la fortuna de que el Krasnodar
se pasó de revoluciones en defensa y derribó a Tammy Abraham, cobrando el
árbitro penalti y transformándolo Jorginho con la pausa que le caracteriza.
Esto redujo el nivel de los
rusos, que empezaron a estar más a merced de los londinenses, que se acercaron
tímidamente a una victoria que tenía más de honor, por haber 2.000 aficionados
en las gradas, que otra cosa.
Rozó el gol Abraham y también
estuvo a punto de estrenar su cuenta goleadora Anjorin. Con la intención de
intentar llevarse los tres puntos a última hora, Lampard metió a N'golo Kanté,
Timo Werner y Olivier Giroud, autor de cuatro tantos en su último partido de
Champions, y el alemán casi convierte el 2-1 en un disparo cruzado.
Pero el marcador no se movió y
el Chelsea cerró invicto su participación en esta fase de grupos, como primero,
con 14 puntos, uno más que el Sevilla, y a la espera de conocer quién será su
rival en los octavos de final. El Krasnodar, por su parte, finaliza el Grupo E
tercero, con cinco puntos y marchará a la Europa League.
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