Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Spectacular game and penalty kicks brought the victory for Chelsea over Barca

The teams of Chelsea and Barcelona made spectacular collusion in another match of the tournament adviced by football picks International Champions Cup. Both teams faced against each other on the "Fed Ex Stadium" in Landouvar, USA,as at the regular time exchanged two goals and did not determine a winner. Eden Hazard in the 10th and Gary Cahill in the 85th were accurate for Chelsea and Luis Suarez and Sandro scored for Barca. Londoners triumphed in the penalties shots with 4:2.

The players of Chelsea created better situations in the beginning. In the 9th minute Oscar had a wonderful chance to shoot close, but Ter Stegen saved. A minute later, Eden Hazard created a great goal, passing through three players of Barca with a shot into the corner left no chance to the goalkeeper - 1:0. On the 26-minute Oscar hit the crossbar.

In the middle of the first half Thibaut Courtois showed great reflex after hits from Luis Suarez and Sandro Ramirez in the 31st and 32nd minute. Immediately afterwards, Chelsea responded with a beautiful counterattack and Diego Costa came up face to face with Ter Stegen, but made an incredible miss.

In the 36th minute again Suarez upset Courtois with a dangerous shot, but the guard once again demonstrated unique reflex. Three minutes later Ivan Rakitic was the most circumspect after a scuffle in the box, but even closely managed to miss to score.

In the second half Barcelona was clearly the better team on the field and quickly came to a complete turnaround in the result. After 52 minutes Luis Suarez took advantage of a mistake of Azpilicueta, passing two defenders and flipped the ball in the door. Kurt Zouma tries to clear before she went behind the goal line, but the judge determines that there is a hit and pointed the center. Then in the 66th minute Sandro Rodriguez received a through ball in the box, and created a wonderful shot into the far corner.

Barca had several scoring opportunities, but missed all of them. In the 85th minute, Chelsea waited for his chance and came back to tie. In a shot into the penalty area, the ball was poorly cleared by a defender and then the goalkeeper allowed Gary Cahill to touch the ball with his head for 2:2.

So, the winner had to be decided on penalties. The players of Barca made two misses, as Halilovic hit the crossbar and Gerard Pique`s shot was saved by Courtois. However, the players of Chelsea were sinless and after accurate shots of Falcao, Moses, Ramirez and Remy, the British Champions won the match with 4:2 in the penalties.


Chelsea - Barcelona 2:2 (4: 2 in penalties)
1:0 Hazard (10)
1: 1 Suarez (52)
1:2 Sandro (66)
2:2 Cahill (85)

In penalties:
0:1 Iniesta
1:1 Falcao
- Halilovic missed
2:1 Moses
- Pique missed
3:1 Ramirez
3:2 Sandro
4:2 Remy

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