He was obliged to wait for the Video Assistant Referee Marco Fritz to decide that the last touch had been an intentional one from Atletico’s Mario Hermoso before Giroud – in an offside position – struck. Goal . “We cannot get too comfortable. He too goes in the book and, like Mount, misses the second leg. Then came Giroud. Chelsea make two more subs: Pulisic and Hvertz replace Werner and Giroud. El Cholo takes on Der Professor, still hankering after the club's maiden European Cup/Champions League following two runners-up runs under his management. Even so this felt like a night when Simeone’s trademark negativity just seemed to swallow the team whole. Free-kick. Mount picks out Werner with a cute inside-out pass to Werner who has peeled off to the left. Atletico match Chelsea in overhitting the 'release' pass over the defence. Chelsea counter-attack. Olivier Giroud doit encore et toujours prouver à Chelsea. Against a side that play six in defence when they are out of possession, which is how they prefer it, Tuchel’s players controlled the ball and then relied upon a moment of inspiration to win the game. Lemar has to trip him and Pulisic milks it for all he's worth. Football Après son but exceptionnel à l'aller, Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) joue gros contre l'Atlético . Suarez nips Rudiger who is livid  but the referee doesn't notice it. The Olivier Giroud bicycle kick vs Atlético Madrid proved to be the match winner for Chelsea in the first leg of the Champions League Round of 16. It’s a big factor for the group when he starts or comes from the bench. Now Atletico switch to histrionic mood, demanding fouls for any tackle. Not so much a low block from Atletico as underwater. Triple Atletico substitution: Dembele, Torreira and Lodi replace Correa, Joao Felix and AN Other - the TV director neglects to tell us. Not many English sides have found a way to beat the gloriously cynical approach of Diego Simeone at the club he has turned into a European force, and there were moments when Chelsea looked as if they too might run out of steam. This is the level he needs to be. Follow your club now for first access to all our news, views and analysis. Superb finish and the ball was hooked over his head for the assist by Hermoso. Jorginho pings the diagonal but once again overhits it and it whistles past CHO's lunge and out for a goalkick. «Touche de génie», «sur la Lune», «l’extraterrestre», nul doute que le but d’Olivier Giroud aura fait le tour de la presse sportive européenne. 08:26 24/02/2021 . These games will push us to our limits and then we will think about solutions for the second game against Atletico.”. Atletico’s Argentine manager has been limited by injuries to the likes of winger Yannick Carrasco, and defender Jose Maria Gimenez as well as the non-availability of the suspended England international Kieran Trippier. Atletico corner after a misunderstanding between Mendy and Azpilicueta. And then Atletico snap into the high press, particularly when Chistensen tries to play out and Suarez gives him and Mendy the hurry-up. Ach! While their gilded veteran-gifted rookie forward partnership of Luis Suárez and Joao Felix has thrived in domestic competition, Suárez has added neither a goal nor an assist to his tallies by the end of his time at Barcelona which stood at 30 and 26, including qualifiers with Liverpool and Ajax, respectively. But Jorginho, preferred to Kante who is on the bench, overcooks the pass. Mount sees a sliver of a chance to set Giroud free down the inside-right channel but, altogetyer now, overcooks his pass and Oblak gratefully gathers. In their history! Lemar links with Joao Felix and the Portuguese sensation fires over a dangerous, bending, dipping cross that Marcos Alonso watchfully defends. So while they're holding their own, they're not really threatening Atletico. Atletico snap into the high press and win possession on the left. Thirst work this head coaching. Léo Tourbe, Mis à jour le 24/02/2021 à 14h22 – Man City vs Tottenham, Carabao Cup final 2021: What time is kick-off, what TV channel is it on and what is our prediction? Atletico break at pace and Suraez links with Joao Felix and Correa to work a shooting opportunity in the box from an angle but they can't beat Mendy with Suarez's final near-post flick. Simeone is also booked for arguing for a harsher penalty for Jorginho. Chelsea are camped up by Atletico's left corner flag, earn a throw-in and Alonso is penalised for a foul throw giving Atletico one more minute to attack. Unfortunate phrasing from Glenn Hoddle who says if it's 0-0 here and Atletico score first at Stamford Bridge, it's leg-over time. En plus de donner la victoire à Chelsea face à l’Atlético ce mardi en huitièmes de finale aller de la Ligue des champions, Olivier Giroud l’a fait d’une manière spectaculaire. But Atletico do not commit enough men forward when Mount halts their probing with a trip on Lemar. Chelsea, by contrast, are unbeaten under Thomas Tuchel and won all three away games in Group E back in the day of 'Frank Lampard's Chelsea', They will be without last year's finalist Thiago Silva in Romania but are in better fettle than Atléti who cannot call on the suspended Kieran Trippier and the injured José Giménez, Sime Vrsaljko, Héctor Herrera and Yannick Carrasco. But given the state of Atlético's injuries and absences,Chelsea  have an opportunity that is too good to waste. Mount takes it short to Hudson-Odoi who squares it to Jorginho and he tries to slide the ball down the left vertical line of the box to pick out Mount's stealthy run from the corner flag. It came from Giroud. He smashed it balletically with his left foot. Publié le 24/02/2021 à 12h00. Efficacité. No replay is being shown while they determine whether the ball was hooked back to Giroud by an Atletico player. Great defending from Hudso-Odoi, Christensen advances through midfield, watches Atletico retreat and decides to have a crack from 30 yards and sends a shot into orbit. Alonso whips over a cross that Savic, diligently on sentry duty alongside his immaculately positioned centre-back partners, heads away. - Panoramic, Par PROBABLE FIN DE CARRIÈRE POUR HUGET, GRAVEMENT BLESSÉ. Incisive ball, though, cut a path through Chelsea's hitherto solid defence down its left. Jorginho is booked for a similar foul on Joao Felix after Chelsea lose the ball cheaply from the free-kick. “He is totally fit, his body is in shape and mentally I have really the feeling that he enjoys every day being a professional soccer player at this level. Le formidable retourné d'Olivier Giroud contre l'Atletico de Madrid en Ligue des Champions. Obvious foul. Good play by Kovacic  10m in front of the D, shifting the ball out to the right and they work it back across via a one-two with Giroud to Werner who goes over on the left of the box. Leeds United vs Manchester United, Premier League: What time is kick-off, what TV channel is it on and what is our prediction? Terrific performance and victory from Chelsea won by a spectacular Giroud goal. Quel bijou de la part de l'attaquant de Chelsea Olivier Giroud (34 ans, 5 apparitions et 6 buts en LdC cette saison) ! Atletico are beginning to look the more fluent side on the counter and earn a corner after Llorente slides pass down the outside right that Rudiger has to take out of play. Booking for Lemar. Great result for them and well deserved. Atletico make a fourth sub: Vitolo comes on for Hermoso. They defended even when there was not much to defend. Olivier Giroud a inscrit le seul but du match entre l'Atlético Madrid et Chelsea d'un magnifique retouné acrobatique à la 68e minute de jeu. Now we play Man U, Liverpool, Everton, Leeds and this is good,” Tuchel said. Llorente bounds down the right and slips a pass in to Suarez who shields the deflected pass out for a corner. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism. But there's not enough room for him to get on to the ball unless the pass is immaculately timed and this one isn't, rolling out of play before he can reach it. 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For Tuchel there was a big call in leaving N’Golo Kante out the starting XI for such a significant game but it worked and then on came the World Cup winner for the critical period once the goal had tempted Atletico out. Hermoso made a mistake hooking it back towards his goal and Giroud flung himself at it, a clean left foot connection and then a long Var review to confirm its legitimacy. But did it come off a defender? It was his original header won in the middle of the pitch that set Chelsea on the attack that ended in the goal. DOUZE GRANDS D'EUROPE OFFICIALISENT LA CRÉATION D'UNE S ... SUPER LIGUE: LES 48 HEURES QUI ONT (FAILLI) CHANGER LE FOOTBALL. Excellent again from Alonso to get behind both Correa and Alonso to whip over an outswinger but Felipe cuts it out before it can reach the diving Giroud. Tuchel's work is plain to see. Kante pounces on a poor touch from Torreira and sends Pulisic on his way. Alonso opts for the latter but scuds it straight down Oblak's gullet. L'avant-centre des Bleus a fait tomber l'Atlético de Madrid d'un ciseau retourné magnifique, validé après trois minutes d'attente. Atlético-Chelsea. He slips it out to Lemar whose cross is headed back to the left of the penalty area where Joao Felix is first to it and launches a bicycle kick over the bar. You can read Jason Burt's weekly column here. I love the overhead kick. Chelsea are snapping into tackles and the wide centre-backs anticipate passes and pick them off. pic.twitter.com/T5FqtEkdiX. By @barneyronayhttps://t.co/FXCh39VqX2. He had not started a game since the Premier League win over Sheffield United on February 7 but was the right man for this one. Mount takes it short to Hudson-Odoi who flashes over a menacing cross that Felipe diverts away with a towering header. He’s always positive. 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This first-leg Champions League round of 16 away win against Atletico Madrid, played in Bucharest, means that in the return on March 17 in London, Chelsea will feel they have a very good chance indeed to make the final eight of the competition. Mount will miss the second leg - that card means a suspension. Find out more, The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. The referee signals that he doesn't consider it a penalty and a few seconds later VAR backs him up. Une évocation interstellaire partagée de l’autre côté des Alpes, en Italie, où le Corriere dello Sport titre «Giroud, l’extraterrestre», et ce en bon français ! [While the VAR review went ahead] Mason [Mount] told me he never touched the ball.”, Mount was another outstanding performer, although a booking after 55 seconds means that he misses the return leg through suspension. Graceful Olivier Giroud outfoxes cynical Atletico with unforgettable acrobatic touch of class Save Olivier Giroud spectacularly gives Chelsea the lead Credit: Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC via Getty Images Un geste somptueux qui a beaucoup plu aux journaux européens. "He's created more chances in the Chelsea team than anybody else. Olivier Giroud vient d'inscrire un magnifique but face à l'Atlético de Madrid, en 8e de finale aller de la Ligue des Champions. Six minutes to be added on as stoppage time. Without Thiago Silva they defended well, and ended the game with 59 per cent of the possession and around twice the number of completed passes. He hooks it hastily across to his keeper whose first touch is heavy but he manages to recover and stab it away before he's closed down and manages to avoid conceding a penalty, too. There have been more prolific target-men over the years, and more combative exponents of the art, but none who have combined the prosaic parts of the job with the kind of unforgettable goals scored by that dashing Frenchman, Olivier Giroud. Atletico squeeze the opposition and even when players find some space in the box, they get enough players between him and the passer that they exploit any imprecision by forcing him to play the most difficult of balls. Chelsea Mendy; Azpilicueta, Christensen, Rudiger; Hudson-Odoi, Jorginho, Kovacic, Alonso; Mount, Werner; Giroud. His match-winning strike on this night, a glorious left-footed overhead kick against one of the most formidable defences in Europe, gave Chelsea and their new manager Thomas Tuchel, a standout victory for the new regime. Atletico swep it forward to Joao Felix who skates through the centre-circle, having bypassed the Chelsea midfield and Mount has to race back to trip him. C'est son sixième but en Ligue des champions cette saison. Olivier Giroud scored a stunning overhead kick to give Chelsea a 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid in their Champions League last 16 first leg against the La Liga leaders. “If you see him on a daily basis you cannot be surprised,” Tuchel said of Giroud. Twin agonisingly late defeats by of all teams Real Madrid in Champions League finals in the 2014 and 2016 finals have stung acutely and continue to spark a fire in Simeone, who said: “Every time we play that competition and hear the anthem, the music brings pain. This is what Atleti do. We cannot get lazy. The leaders of Spain’s Liga are not out yet but they are most certainly a hard team to watch. Dans le texte, les quotidiens espagnols se sont été assez peu étendus pour qualifier le geste de Giroud, préférant faire la part belle aux images de son but. Excellent, aggressive defending by Azpilicueta and Rudiger. #LaPortada Hay que darle la vuelta ️https://t.co/eICdI8xdPD. Il ne s'arrêtera donc jamais. Chelsea are doing OK, though, both wing-backs are playing well, Mount is as impressive as usual and it is Jorginho's passing, if anything, that is letting them down. Mardi soir à Bucarest, Chelsea a battu l'Atlético Madrid 1-0 en 8es de finale aller de la Ligue des champions. On Mount, Tuchel said later that the young Englishman had a big impact on the team. He’s a guy who is serious with a good mix of joy in training. I just tried to focus on hitting the ball well. "Mason Mount can do it all for the Blues according to Joe Cole! Hudson-Odoi makes the perfect run, exploiting Rip Van Lemar's evening nap, to bomb clear down the inside right. Took 2min 52sec to award the goal. Chelsea have a corner on the right but there's some delay for the referee to sort out some argy-bargy in the box. Hudson-Odoi makes the run down the right between Hermoso, operating as the left centre-back in a trio, and Lemar. Mount continues into the box with a near-post run, Giroud splits to the far post but Werner's cross hits the first defender. ... La superbe reprise acrobatique d’Olivier Giroud face à Crystal Palace 00:58. They stifle you and make the opposition force the play in very tight spaces. Un bijou qui a été validé après quelques minutes de flottement et l'intervention de la VAR. Dernière mise à jour 24/02/2021 . It was almost as if Atletico were inviting him to give them a goalkick, sitting back and saying, 'Go on, then.'. After defeat at home – their real home – to Levante in the league on Saturday, Simeone’s side are in a sticky patch. La Liga leaders Atlético Madrid take on Chelsea, fifth in the Premier League, in tonight's Round of 16 first leg at the Arena Nationala in Bucharest, standing in for Atleti's new Xanadudome because of Spain's Covid-variant- driven ban on entry for UK visitors. Yellow card within a minute. record de détente pour Olivier Giroud 24/02/2021 Lors de son un retourné acrobatique victorieux contre l’Atlético Madrid hier soir (0-1), l’attaquant français est monté à 1,97 mètres du sol. En plus de donner la victoire à Chelsea face à l’Atlético ce mardi en huitièmes de finale aller de la Ligue des champions, Olivier Giroud l’a fait d’une manière spectaculaire. 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Atletico break and send numbers forward in support but once again final ball disease strikes again. He just loves scoring worldies, doesn't he! Suarez makes the run down the inside-forward channel but the scooped pass has too much boot leather on it and skips away from him and into touch after it lands. ✨ pic.twitter.com/lRIgIVXdP8. Barney Ronay, du Guadrian, commence son compte-rendu par un modeste «est-il temps, dans des moments comme ceux-ci, d’accepter que Giroud soit tout simplement un exceptionnel avant-centre ?». Un but somptueux d’Olivier Giroud a permis à Chelsea de s’imposer devant l’Atlético de Madrid (0-1) mardi à Bucarest, en 8e de finale aller. «Giroud, l’extraterrestre», la presse européenne s’enflamme pour le Français, Giroud sur son magnifique retourné : «C'est le genre de geste que j'affectionne». Christensen holds off Suarez as the great Uruguay centre-forward tries to wriggle an opening to the right of the box, by hook or by crook. the ball breaks in Werner's favour and he is out of the blocks so Llorente hauls him down rugby-style. Olivier Giroud poursuit son excellent parcours en Ligue des champions avec un cinquième but en six rencontres, soit un but toutes les 38 minutes. Die Meister Die Besten Les grandes équipes The champions! Mal embarqués dans un 0-0 traquenard à l'Atlético Madrid, les Blues sont parvenus à marquer ce … «Un Simeone frileux» écrit El Pais alors que Marca urge les Colchoneros à «renverser la situation» au retour. Chelsea corner on the left after Correa snuffs out an attacking thrust down that flank. Olivier Giroud inscrit le seul but du match d'un superbe geste acrobatique. Chelsea have the ball 30 yards from the Atletico goal but they find a bank of six and one of three between them and goal and they are eventually squeezed out of place by the Simeone smother-defence. Mount’s skill had opened Atletico earlier but this was their best move, coming down the left before it looked as if the Spanish side would clear the ball. Bayern are flying against Lazio in the other game, 3-0 up at half time. That’s our motivation.”. Atlético Madrid vs Chelsea . He has scored twice against Chelsea in the past, though not in this competition, both of them coming as Premier equalisers home and away in 2012-13, the latter shortly after he had gnawed at Bransilav Ivanovic. Chelsea, Olivier Giroud savoure son but génial.