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Chelsea lifted the UCL when a good match was selected penalties.
Jupp Heynckes named his expected line-up: Diego Contento came into the facet at left-back, Antoliy Tymoshchuk played at centre-back, with Toni Kroos deep in midfield, permitting Thomas Muller a begin within the attacking role.
Roberto Di Matteo’s line-up featured one surprise name – Ryan Bertrand was given his Champions League debut on the left facet of midfield, that means Florent Malouda was solely on the bench.
The tactical battle didn’t very go Chelsea’s method – however the penalty shoot-out did.
Possession
As expected, Bayern saw additional of the ball, though their 1st [*fr1] domination was terribly slightly but the 60-65% predicted within the preview. during a strange method, Chelsea’s attacks might need been additional dangerous had that figure increased – Bayern weren’t committing huge numbers forward into the ultimate third or piling on the pressure, and so Chelsea didn’t have several areas to interrupt into. Credit ought to attend Bayern for this, though – the full-backs were reserved and Didier Drogba wasn’t an enormous force upon the sport till late on.
Midfield battle
Often, games where one facet sits deep and permits the opposition onto them don’t very have a ‘midfield battle’ – one facet is letting the opposite dictate the play, and focus upon obtaining men behind the ball.
This was slightly completely different, however. Di Matteo’s call to travel with a 4-2-3-1, instead of the 4-3-3 he used against Barcelona (although very, this was 4-4-1-1 and 4-5-1 respectively, considering that Chelsea spent the bulk of the time while not the ball) was crucial. rather than having 3 defensive-minded midfielders, the absence of Raul Meireles meant he solely had two: Frank Lampard and John Obi Mikel. Juan Mata was higher up, during a natural variety 10 position, and solely half-heartedly helped out defensively.
There were 2 reasons that Mata didn’t focus on obtaining goalside of Bayern’s midfielders. First, the fluidity of Kroos and Bastian Schweinsteiger caused him issues – when Mata dropped onto one, that man would keep in position and permit the opposite forward – Mata usually found himself unable to occupy the proper player at the proper time. Second, Di Matteo in all probability told Mata to remain in house, in positions where he might receive the ball and prompt breaks, slightly like Shinji Kagawa did against Bayern last weekend within the German Cup final. Mata found this tough, however, and with Bayern’s full-backs staying quite deep and Chelsea’s wingers unable to interrupt past, Chelsea’s transitions weren’t terribly effective.
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