The only blemish was leaving. As soon as João Felix arrived, Chelsea started shooting more.
Chelsea lost 1-2 to Fulham in the 7th round of the English Premier League (EPL) in the 2022-23 season held at Craven Cottage in London, England at 5 am (Korean time) on the 13th. As a result, Fulham climbed to 6th place with 9 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses (31 points), while Chelsea maintained 10th place with 7 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses (25 points), recording their 3rd league game without a win.
On this day, Chelsea’s starting list was named ‘freshman’ Felix. Chelsea immediately started Felix, who was hired on loan from Atletico Madrid on the 11th (Korean time). Felix, who joined Chelsea, expressed his expectations by saying, “Chelsea is one of the best teams in the world and I hope to help the team achieve its goals.” participated
Felix showed light movements. Manager Graham Porter used a 4-3-1-2 formation with Kai Havertz and Felix at the front, with Mason Mount supporting them. From the beginning of the first half, Felix worked with Havertz and created several threatening scenes.
Felix has only been on the team for two days, but it’s like he’s been there for a long time. In the 2nd minute of the first half, Felix broke through the defense from the right and crossed, and Havertz attempted a shot but was blocked by the Fulham defense. Felix’s performance continued. In the 10th minute of the first half, a chaotic situation occurred in the Chelsea free kick situation, and Felix, who caught the ball that flowed out, hit a right-footed shot, but missed to the left.
However, Chelsea conceded the opening goal. In the 25th minute of the first half, Fulham’s cross hit Trevor Chalova’s head and flowed to Willian, and Willian’s shot hit Chalova and refracted. Felix continued shooting. Felix showed the most active attack in Chelsea, shooting a total of 4 shots in the first half alone. 온라인바카라
As the second half began, Chelsea’s hopes continued with an equalizer from Kalidou Koulibaly. However, it collapsed with Felix’s departure. Felix, who played the best role in the first half, raised his foot to Kenny Tete and made a sliding tackle in the 13th minute of the second half, and was ordered to leave. Afterwards, Chelsea were outnumbered and conceded another goal to Carlos Vinicius. In the end, the match ended with Fulham winning 2-1.
It was a debut marked by a sending off, but as soon as Felix arrived at Chelsea, the team fired more shots than usual. According to Nizar Kinsella, a reporter for the British media’Evening Standard’, Chelsea’s average number of shots per game this season was 10.9, but in the game against Fulham that day, Felix started, it exceeded this average only in the first half. Match total Chelsea had 20 shots against Fulham. This is an increase of about 2 times. Even though they lost, it was a game where they could see a ray of hope for Chelsea.