On 15 February, one of the Champions League football matches took place. Borussia D Dortmund and Chelsea London met.
«Боруссия Д» — «Челси» — 1:0. Лига чемпионовChampions League
"Borussia D (Dortmund) v Chelsea (London) 1-0 (0-0)
Goal: K Adeyemi (63)
Warnings: James (9), T. Silva (17), (49), E. Can (53), H. Ziyech (72), K. Adeyemi (77), Ozzan (85), Mount (90 +1), Zule (90), Ryerson (90)
Borussia Dortmund hosted Chelsea at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK in a thrilling match. In the first half, there were no goals and both teams played on equal terms. In the second half, the game began with two yellow cards in the first 8 minutes, one received by R. James (Chelsea) and the other by T. Silva (Chelsea). The situation began to escalate as the game went on, with two more incidents of yellow cards in the 49th minute: J. Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund) was sent off, followed a few minutes later by E. Can (Borussia Dortmund). The penalties seemed to revive Borussia Dortmund as they were close to scoring, but in the 63rd minute the Chelsea goalkeeper prevented them from scoring. Borussia Dortmund's pressure paid off ten minutes later when K. Adeyemi found the ball in the net and put the hosts ahead.
Soon after, Borussia Dortmund made two substitutions, the first by S. Haller for A. The first was replaced by S Haller with A. Modeste and the second by M. Wolff with J. Ryerson. Chelsea also made changes: B. Chilwell replaced M. Mount and M. Mudrick came on in place of M. Cucurella. The game seemed to be heading towards the end until K. Adeyemi was sent off in the 77th minute. Borussia Dortmund made two more substitutions. Adeyemi was replaced by J. Bainoe-Gittens. The final few minutes of the game passed in an intense struggle: Borussia Dortmund's S. Ozkan was sent off in the 85th minute. During the half-time the intensity of the game reached its peak, with J Ryerson (Borussia Dortmund), N. Sule (Borussia Dortmund) and M. Mount (Chelsea) picking up three yellow cards inside a minute. As a result, Borussia Dortmund clinched a 1-0 win against Chelsea in a tense encounter.
In the next round, Chelsea v Borussia D and Chelsea v Borussia D are the opponents.
Borussia D v Chelsea match statistics
| Borussia D | Chelsea | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Shots on goal | 7 |
| 14 | Shots | 20 |
| 7 | Blocked kicks | 6 |
| 13 | Violations | 12 |
| 5 | Corner | 9 |
| 0 | Offsides | 3 |
| 48% | Possession of the ball | 52% |
| 6 | Yellow cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 6 | Safeties by goalkeeper | 1 |
| 451 | Total assists | 478 |
| 376 | Accurate passes | 416 |
| 83% | Accuracy of transmissions | 87% |
