JAKARTA - Chelsea won convincingly with a 2-0 win over Porto in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals played at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium in Seville, Spain, Wednesday local time (Thursday WIB).
Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell scored important goals for Chelsea who next week will act as hosts in the second leg which returns to be played at Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan on Tuesday, April 13.
The absence of juventus hero Sergio Oliveira seemed to affect porto's forward line sharpness in this match, which failed to score a single goal despite being more aggressive in releasing tries on goal.
UEFA's official statistics show Porto made 12 shot attempts, twice as many as Chelsea had throughout the match.
In the 23rd minute, for example, Otavio unleashed a shot that was still straight to be blocked by goalkeeper Edouard Mendy and Zaidu Sanuzi who grabbed the ball vomiting instead of kicking it too high from the target.
After coming out of the pressure, Chelsea opened the scoring in the 32nd minute through Mount's cross from Chancel Mbemba to greet Jorginho's pass with a first-touch shot that goalkeeper Agustin Marchesin could not anticipate.
Mount scored his first Champions League goal as well as establishing himself as Chelsea's youngest goalscorer in the knockout stages of the competition.
Chelsea's lead lasted until half-time and six minutes into the second half Moussa Marega had a chance to create a counter-attacking goal for Porto after passing Antonio Rudiger's cross, but his shot was blocked by Mendy.
In the 71st minute, Marega fell inside the Chelsea penalty box driven by Cesar Azpilicueta, but referee Slavko Vincic stated the incident was not enough to result in a penalty.
Chelsea slowly but surely began to take control of the game but did not rush to launch attacks until in the 84th minute Christian Pulisic almost scored his team's second goal if only his shot did not hit the post.
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— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) 7 April 2021
A minute later, Chelsea finally doubled their lead with Corona's error that lost possession and Chilwell stole it before crossing Marchesin's cross and scoring on a goal that had already sealed a 2-0 win for Thomas Tuchel's side.
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