In the early hours of Thursday morning, in a UEFA Europa League Group E match, the new leader Park Da took charge of Chelsea for the first time, however, the team performance failed to make a breakthrough, and the team drew 1-1 with Salzburg at home. Chelsea's two draws and one loss in this year's UEFA Europa League group stage marks the first time since the 1999/20 season that the team has failed to win its first two group stage matches in the UEFA Europa League.
Following the defeat against Dinamo Zagreb in their first group game, Chelsea's former boss Duco was sacked and replaced by Brighton leader Parker. The 47-year-old young coach has no previous experience of coaching in the Eredivisie. For this match, he adopted a 4231 formation, with Aubameyang as the single arrow, supported by Staanen, Xaviers, and Michelmont in the midfield.
In the first half, Chelsea attacked aggressively but with poor results. At halftime, Poda seemed to have made some adjustments, and only three minutes into the second half, Staanen scored a brilliant goal to give Chelsea the lead.
However, Chelsea's backline was still shaky, and in the 75th minute, Salzburg striker Okako broke through the defense to level the score at 1-1. Chelsea is in the last place of the group with only one point, and with Park Darwin losing his debut, the rest of the day will be full of challenges.
In the other match in the same group, AC Milan beat Dinamo Zagreb 3-1 at home to lead the group with four points thanks to a penalty from Chiote and goals from Šalmaikas and Pupi.
