Chelsea win a 2019 UEFA Europa League
Chelsea overran London rivals Arsenal in Baku, distinguished 4 times in a second half of a final to palm Maurizio Sarri his initial prize as a coach.
Arsenal edged a infirm stages with Granit Xhaka’s expostulate from stretch writing a tip of a bar, before former Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Čech, personification a final diversion of his shining career, denied Emerson Palmieri and Olivier Giroud before a interval.
The foe indispensable a hint and Giroud supposing it, darting in front of Laurent Koscielny to accommodate Emerson’s pinpoint smoothness with a diving header. It was a French striker’s 11th of a debate and hermetic his position undisguised during a tip of a contest scoring charts.
Eden Hazard had been a marginal figure to that indicate yet a Belgian schemer done his symbol on a hour, slicing behind a low cranky that Pedro Rodríguez swept opposite Čech to give Sarri’s group respirating space.
Two fast became 3 when Hazard coolly dispatched a chastisement after Ainsley Maitland-Niles had barged over Giroud and, yet surrogate Alex Iwobi’s overwhelming expostulate gave a Gunners passing hope, Hazard iced a cake from Giroud’s dispassionate chip.
Hazard lays spook of 2013 to rest
Chelsea constructed a display full of all their final knowledge and know-how – with a splash of ‘Sarriball’ to boot. Jorginho, N’Golo Kanté and a impressively sedulous Mateo Kovačić tranquil a midfield from a half-hour mark, laying a height for Giroud, Pedro and, of course, Hazard, to wobble their magic. The Belgian, who missed a 2013 UEFA Europa League final by injury, was enthusiastic and unstoppable 6 years on. He has his impulse and Chelsea have theirs.
Dan Thacker, Chelsea reporter
Blues win a midfield battle
Arsenal were indeed a brighter side for most of a initial half in Baku, with Lucas Torreira commanding himself in a querulous opening. Slowly yet surely, though, Chelsea gained a stranglehold, squeezing tighter and pulling aloft (Čech never had a giveaway pass) until, 4 mins after a restart, a Gunners were breached. And there was no respite, no resting on laurels. The tough press simply got harder. Iwobi’s thunderbolt aside, Arsenal had no answer.
John Atkin, Arsenal reporter
Man of a compare presented by Hankook Tire Europe: Eden Hazard
“Hazard was dangerous via a game,” explained Thomas Schaaf, lead technical observer. “He was formidable for Arsenal to understanding with when a turn was during his feet, he non-stop space and related good with his associate enemy and was concerned in all goals.”
Key stats
2: This is a fourth time in 5 years that a actor has scored twice in a final: Carlos Bacca (2015), Coke (2016) and Antoine Griezmann (2018) before Giroud tonight.
4: Giroud done it 4 true finals in that a Frenchman has found a net: Kevin Gameiro (2016), Paul Pogba (2017) and Griezmann (2018) a others.
11: Giroud’s idea done him a undisguised tip scorer in a foe this deteriorate with 11.
13: Chelsea are a 13th bar to win mixed UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League titles.
60: Sarri is a UEFA Europa League’s oldest winning manager during 60 years and 139 days.
140: Čech retires after creation 140 appearances in UEFA bar competition, gripping 59 purify sheets.
What’s next?
Ross Barkley (England) and Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) conduct off to Portugal for a four-team UEFA Nations League Finals that flog off subsequent Wednesday, while several players are on avocation during a European Qualifiers.
Chelsea will take on Tottenham or Liverpool in a UEFA Super Cup in Istanbul on Wednesday 14 August, usually after a opening turn of Premier League fixtures. The 2019/20 UEFA Europa League deteriorate kicks off in usually 29 days’ time, on 27 June.
More immediately, UEFA’s Technical Observers name their 18-man patrol of a UEFA Europa League deteriorate on Thursday, with their collect of a competition’s 10 best goals to follow shortly after.
Article source: https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000995/match=2025487/postmatch/report/index.html?rss=2604835+Chelsea+win+the+2019+UEFA+Europa+League