DBasia.news – London derby between Chelsea and Arsenal in the 2018-19 Europa League final which took place in Baku, Azerbaijan on Thursday (30/5) early morning Western Indonesian Time won by Chelsea. The Blues won a landslide victory 4-1.
Unai Emery’s Arsenal down with 3-4-1-2 tactics and immediately dropped two mainstay strikers, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette. While Maurizio Sarri’s Chelsea remained loyal with 4-3-3.
The Blues rely on Pedro Rodriguez, Eden Hazard, and Olivier Giroud as the attacking trio up front. Giroud, the Europa League’s top scorer with 10 goals, was chosen as a starter rather than Olivier Giroud. N’Golo Kante, who is reportedly injured, is also a starter.
The 198th meeting of the two teams in all competitions was fierce. Arsenal, during the first 20 minutes, played better than Chelsea and intensely tested the Chelsea defense which was held by duet Andreas Christensen-David Luiz.
In the 18th minute, the drama almost happened when Lacazette was seen pushed down by Kepa Arrizabalaga. However, the referee did not see it as a violation and VAR (Referee Assistant Video) also did not see it as a violation.
But towards the end of the first half, it was precisely Petr Cech, the Arsenal goalkeeper, who got two tests through two strikes on target Emerson and Giroud. Luckily, the Chelsea legend was able to brush it off.
The first half ended in a match titled the London Derby ended in a goalless draw. Arsenal started the match well, but Chelsea also posed a dangerous threat through the effectiveness of their play. The game is running tight.
The match in the second round was more exciting. Only four minutes began, Giroud had added his goal in the Europa League to 11. Receiving an Emerson cross, Giroud headed the ball into the right corner of the goal Arsenal without being able to push Cech over. Chelsea 1-0 ahead.
Chelsea’s momentum continues until the next two additional goals are created. Pedro scored the second goal in the 60th minute when he received an assist from Hazard, then six minutes later, Hazard scored from the spot.
The Belgian wing forward scored a penalty against Cech after Giroud was violated by Ainsley Maitland-Niles in the forbidden box. Chelsea were 3-0 up and Hazard put everything in the last possible game with the club.
Emery included Matteo Guendouzi and Alex Iwobi replacing Nacho Monreal and Lucas Torreira after trailing 0-3. Iwobi seemed to have a big impact through a long-range goal that was created in the 69th minute, reducing Arsenal’s lagging to 1-3.
However, Hazard returned to being a differentiator through his second goal which was created on 72 minutes. Starting from the ball that was seized from the foot of the Arsenal player, Hazard combined with Giroud before scoring Chelsea’s fourth goal. 4-1 Chelsea drift away.
No more goals are created until extra time ends in the second half. Chelsea won 4-1 and won the second Europa League title after last reaching it in 2012-13.