Key occasions
Thanks for following together with us this night – or morning, should you’re on Chelsea’s aspect of the Atlantic. We’ve seen a couple of good video games on this match, and this was actually considered one of them.
Palmer is requested about Estêvão becoming a member of Chelsea: “You may see he’s a prime participant, so we’re excited.”
Palmer was really seen smiling throughout this dialog. Sorry I don’t have photographic proof.
Robert Pace writes: “FIFA used to have a wonderfully positive rule on yellow card suspensions at these tournaments, the place yellow playing cards had been wiped after the group section. However then Michael Ballack deservedly missed the 2002 World Cup last for a 2nd yellow within the knockouts, so that they ruined the rule and as an alternative wiped yellow playing cards after the quarterfinals. Now 2 yellow playing cards within the house of 5 matches, and a participant misses a semi-final. The ultimate will not be the one necessary match within the match. It actually shouldn’t be handled in another way, on the expense of ridiculously suspending all these gamers in earlier matches.”
Sound argument, although I believe Delap and Rios ought to miss the subsequent match simply by means of the sheer idiocy of their actions.
You might name Chelsea a bit fortunate on the second aim, with a deflection and an uncharacteristic misplay by goalkeeper Weverton. However this result’s not more than Chelsea deserve. Estêvão had his moments, to make certain, however Chelsea outshot Palmeiras 19-7, with a 6-2 edge in pictures on course. Palmer was wonderful by means of a lot of the sport, and Chelsea solely obtained higher when Madueke entered the fray.
Estêvão takes the Participant of the Match award regardless of being on the dropping aspect, and it’s completely a good alternative. A number of Chelsea gamers work their manner over to him, they usually’re all smiles. They know they’re getting an incredible new teammate.
Full time: Palmeiras 1-2 Chelsea
Good alternative of music in Philadelphia – the Insanity instrumental One Step Past. Chelsea will certainly take yet another step and can face a second consecutive Brazilian aspect, Fluminense, within the semi-finals.
90 min +4: SAVE OFF THE POST. Horrible giveaway from Palmeiras, and Palmer gratefully heads into the attacking half. It finally ends up with Madueke, who drills a shot that Weverton does very nicely to redirect off the publish.
And one other Chelsea shot with one other nice save by Weverton. No aim for Chelsea, however they’re making that clock tick.
90 min +3: Palmer is hopping mad, actually, after being whistled for fouling Veiga.
90 min +2: Madueke has been giving the Palmeiras protection suits. He attracts a free kick close to the middle circle.
90 min +1: We’ll have 4 minutes of added time. Add one other 30-60 seconds as a result of Chelsea are making a sub. Anbrey Santos, the last-minute addition to the beginning XI, will head out after a robust exhibiting within the Chelsea midfield. Dario Essugo is in.
ESPN’s scores web page is giving the personal aim to Giay somewhat than Weverton, which does certainly make extra sense.
87 min: Sanchez slaps away a tough Mauricio shot like a volleyball participant spiking the ball. It wouldn’t have mattered – the whistle had simply gone for a foul.
86 min: I consider that is the final sub window for Palmeiras. Rios, who will miss the semi-final that his group is now unlikely to make, makes manner for Raphael Veiga.
Then it’s yellow to Colwill, and he’ll additionally miss the semi-final.
Pedro Neto is out, with Kieran Dewsbury-Corridor coming in.
85 min: Chelsea are off to the races once more, and Fuchs has to make an important restoration run.
However they overplay their hand, and Paulinho cuts again towards Colwill to get house for a shot that trickles previous the far publish.
Goooooalll! Palmeiras 1-2 Chelsea (personal aim 83)
Chelsea take a brief nook. Gusto tries to whip in a cross, and it takes a slight deflection off Giay and goes by means of the grasp of the Palmeiras keeper.
The official ruling now could be an personal aim by Weverton.
82 min: Palmer has the ball in an acre of house and opts to drop the ball again to Fernandez, who drills a shot from the middle of the arc that’s deflected for a nook.
80 min: One other stable play from Anbrey Santos for Chelsea, a slide sort out that pops the ball free from an attacker. Palmeiras win again possession and cross, nevertheless it goes straight to Sanchez.
79 min: Palmer takes the free kick and drills it straight into Moreno’s face. Individuals within the USA name that “taking one for the group.”
77 min: Cucurella does nicely to dispossess Estêvão earlier than the Palmeiras goal-scorer can do something with the ball.
Chelsea go on the assault, and Madueke earns a free kick on the prime of the penalty arc, slotting the ball by means of Micael’s legs and getting knocked down by the defender.
And it’s a yellow for Richard Rios, doubtless for dissent. He’ll miss the subsequent match. That’s not sensible.
Talking of dissent, Peter Oh wrote once more to say he believes, primarily based on lip-reading, that Delap dropped a selected four-letter phrase in his dialog with the referee. He simply might’ve earned a second yellow.
75 min: Extra subs for Palmeiras – Anibal Moreno for Martinez, and Jose Lopez for Vitor Roque.
73 min: Madueke goes one-on-one with Fuchs and eventually will get some house for a cross, and Fuchs has to stretch out a leg to knock it out for a nook.
Off that nook, the ball lands at Cucurella’s ft, and he kicks what will surely be three factors when this stadium resumes NFL internet hosting duties.
70 min: Colwill races again to interrupt up a harmful cross, conceding a nook however squashing a terrific Palmeiras alternative.
69 min: Palmer performs again to Sanchez, and the Chelsea keeper dawdles too lengthy with the ball and is sort of dispossessed. That’ll make Chelsea supporters’ coronary heart charge shoot upward.
68 min: João Pedro explodes like a Fourth of July firework right into a harmful spot, however his contact is heavy and drifts over the road earlier than he can faucet it again towards a teammate.
66 min: The opposite sub, João Pedro, dribbles throughout the highest of the penalty space and drags a mishit shot extensive.
Now Palmeiras will use some subs – Allan and Facundo Torres depart, changed by Paulinho and Mauricio.
65 min: It’s Madeuke once more on the left flank, driving into the penalty space and making an attempt a by means of ball that Weverton gathers. Impressed substitution for Chelsea.
63 min: Madueke is proving to be fairly the handful for the Palmeiras protection.
However Palmeiras break once more, and Allan shoots simply extensive of the far publish.
61 min: Somebody requested about Andrey Santos? He simply single-handedly broke up a Palmeiras counterattack, so I’d say that’s fairly optimistic.
Madueke earns one other nook. Possession stays with Chelsea, and Colwill knocks a cross of a defender for yet one more nook.
60 min: Palmer tries to dribble, which is troublesome when the ball is below the inclined physique of Richard Rios. That’ll be a free kick for Palmeiras.
58 min: The cameras give some like to the joyful Palmeiras supporters, of whom there are an incredible many. That is virtually a house match for the Brazilian aspect.
55 min: Chelsea determine it’s time for some substitutions, and it’s no shock that Delap, who has spent extra time complaining and fouling than doing something constructive, is out. So is Nkunku, who has completed little however put a shot a mile away from the goal.
Now in – Noni Madueke and the brand new signing, João Pedro.
Madueke instantly earns a nook kick.
Goooooalll!!!! Palmeiras 1-1 Chelsea (Estêvão 53)
Wow!
To say that may be an acute angle could be an understatement. Estêvão turned on Colwill and wound up three yards from the aim line however about three yards outdoors the 6-yard field. No downside. He merely drills it into the underside of the bar, and it lands properly within the aim.
50 min: Cucurella ought to depend himself very fortunate that he hasn’t grow to be the subsequent identify in Faghani’s ebook. He plows by means of Allan, knocking the Palmeiras attacker out of his boot. Actually.
And now Chris Colwill is within the referee’s face – or over it, contemplating Colwill’s top benefit – as a result of he has been requested to kindly cease shoving individuals as Palmeiras take a set piece.
I’d have given about 20 yellows for dissent by now.
49 min: Clumsy foul from Cucurella, and Palmeiras have a free kick close to the sideline. Sanchez snags it out of the air with little fuss.
Rod Boyle writes in regard to the shorts: “Is it no more doubtless that there’s a rule about matching shorts?”
As in having to put on a shorts that aren’t the identical coloration because the opponents’? That might rule out Chelsea sporting white shorts, positive.
They nonetheless look gray-ish to me, however I’ve seen some photographs during which they’ve a inexperienced tint. That is turning right into a “what coloration is that this costume?” factor.
46 min: Free kick for Palmeiras, and Fuchs pops free for an open header, however he did so by leaning his entire physique into an offside place, so the purpose is moot.
Fifa’s stat web page says Chelsea have scored one aim (clearly). Contained in the penalty space: no targets. Outdoors the penalty space: no targets. Cole Palmer apparently has departed into one other dimension.
Delap returns to the sphere and resumes his argument with the referee. Embarrassing, frankly. Except he additionally has been despatched to a different dimension and a replicant was the one who dedicated the foul.
Kickoff …
Mailbag time …
An unidentified individual asks: “Discuss earlier than the sport was that Caicedo’s absence may very well be an issue for Chelsea, then James was withdrawn. How’s Santos doing? Thanks.”
He hasn’t completed something notably noteworthy, however Chelsea have completed nicely in possession, and Palmeiras haven’t discovered any house in the midst of the sphere, so no information is sweet information. He’s able the place he’d be observed if he did poorly, and that’s not taking place.
Usman Moorad: “Are you able to please assist me perceive why Chelsea’s shorts are inexperienced? I swear their away Jersey on their web site has white shirts.”
They appear gray-ish to me. However I determine golf equipment that spend as a lot as Chelsea will ultimately have a shirt and shorts in each conceivable coloration to allow them to rack up the gross sales.
Justin Kavanagh once more: “There are fireworks happening in every single place throughout the town of Philadelphia proper now, and there are a good few bombs bursting in air contained in the Linc too! Among the tackling is positively explosive and the fuse has been lit right here for an explosive climax to this one. Ought to the ref be exerting extra management?”
I believe this electronic mail got here in earlier than no less than one of many yellow playing cards. I’ve solely seen one or two incidents that will have merited a whistle. On the entire, I believe he’s doing nicely. He had some conversations early within the recreation, however some gamers apparently didn’t hear.
Halftime: Palmeiras 0-1 Chelsea
The half ends with Delap barking at Faghani. Possibly we must always peek into Chelsea’s choices on the bench.
45 min +2: The referee, by the way, is Alireza Faghani, who’s from Iran however has moved to Australia.
He provides a yellow to Delap, which suggests he would miss the semi-final. He argues, however perhaps he shouldn’t slam into opposing gamers when the ball is nowhere close to. Appalling judgment on the Chelsea man’s half, and never for the primary time on this contest.
45 min: Giay and Cucurella battle for the ball, and Giay responds with the lightest of touches to Cucurella’s chest. The Chelsea defender drops like a bowling pin. The referee will not be impressed.
44 min: OK, we’ll take away the ten from Palmer after a petulant foul at midfield. That’s eight fouls for every group, most of them somewhat foolish and pointless.
42 min: CHANCE for Palmeiras as a well-placed cross finds the onrushing Vanderlan, whose header slams into the grass and up into Sanchez’s palms. The Brazilian aspect are creeping again into this contest.
41 min: Yellow to Chelsea defender Gusto, who’s late in a problem and catches Micael’s leg. No argument there.
