In the early hours of Friday morning (13th), a Premier League match, just 48 hours after joining Chelsea, Zuofelix quickly debuted but met with tragedy. The Portuguese international was shown a red card in the second half for a rough shoveling act, which not only made the team lose 1-2 to Fulham on the road, but also suffered three consecutive defeats in all competitions, and Zuofeleis is about to face a three-match suspension is a pot of cold water to the fans.
With Staanen and Kirsten Plessis injured and Aubameyang out of the lineup, Marco Polo's loanee Zulfiarius had to move into the starting lineup quickly. Nevertheless, Chelsea's performance remained sluggish. In the 25th minute of the match, Fulham winger Willian launched an attack from the left and hit a shot past Dulio Chalobah to help Fulham take a 1-0 halftime lead.
Only 2 minutes after the resumption of the match, Chelsea equalized with a goal scored by Golibanyi in front of the goal during a melee. Just when Chelsea was about to catch up, Zulfiarius made a mistake in the 58th minute of the match, and in the heat of the moment, he kicked his opponent with a shovel, and was shown a red card by the referee. Chelsea's lack of a striker quickly fell into a disadvantage, and finally in the 73rd minute, Fulham's Carlos Vinicios header broke the goal, locking the score at 1-2, Chelsea suffered a loss.
Chelsea paid 16 million pounds for the loan of Zulfiarius for 4 months. With his three-match suspension for a red card, he will not be seen in action for the next month. Speaking after the game, leader Park Tat said, "It was obviously an aggressive tackle, he didn't mean any harm, but I understand the red card decision. Félix has been playing well and you see the level he's at, so this red card is particularly disappointing for him ...... Chelsea blow after blow, the only solution is to keep working hard."
