Tonight's UEFA Europa League Round of 16 first leg match will see reigning champions Chelsea facing Lille at home. Although Che's arrowhead Lucas Lukaku is not very reliable, he has recovered from his recent injuries and stabilized his defense, and has always been a solid player in the UEFA knockout stages. Lille will not dare to take any chances when they meet the strongest side, so they would rather go for the median goal of 2.5 goals. (Live on Now643 Wednesday at 4am)
Chelsea, who finished second in Group H of the UEFA Europa League, was riddled with injuries, especially a large number of defenders who were out of action, and even had to change its formation to play a 4-man defense that it was not very good at, resulting in frequent losses of points in the league.
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The defense will be in good shape. Despite the fact that the family still has Liz Zhanshi and Zhi Weiwei injured, fortunately, the two major backbone Tia Gao Shi Hua, Anderson Ki Stinson has already been well, which will help stabilize the defense. Chezzy's last 10 matches in all competitions recorded 6 wins, 3 draws and only 1 defeat, and only conceded 5 goals, including a narrow 1-0 win over Crystal Palace, during which 9 matches totaled 2 goals or less, and more and more stable to regain the confidence of the players.
Lille underdog kicks cautiously
Lille finished first in Group G of the UEFA Europa League, but they let go of defender René Rénédoux and midfielder Jésus in the winter window, and the center of the game, Lennarto Sintes, is in doubt. Lille has only 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses in their last 7 matches in all competitions, so they will have to be careful not to lose too many matches in the first round of the tournament and visit a tough team. Chelsea's manager Ducao is well aware of the fact that a single mistake in the knockout stage of the Cup can lead to a thousand deaths. In addition, the performance of the arrowhead Lukaku has been inconsistent, and in the last league match, he even had 0 shots on goal and only 7 shots on goal, which is not trustworthy, so he will do a good job of defending in the match first.
After Tuco took over, Chelsea only conceded two goals in seven knockout matches in the last UEFA Europa League and scored two goals or less in all of them, which shows that their road to the championship is based on solid defense.
