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So much for this dramatic return. Hazard wins the ball off Xhaka near the center circle. He waved toward the goal, then slid a left pbad. Giroud draws his man, then throws him in the center of Hazard, who sweeps the ball down the right. It was great from Chelsea's point of view; not so impressive of Arsenal.

71 min: Kante almost released Giroud with a nice loop pbad from the right. Koscielny stretches to divert the balloon, last ditch. Corner. Before he can take it, Willian comes to Pedro. And then the piece set up has little effect. But again, whatever, because …

Some tennis heads in the box. The ball is broken towards Iwobi, on the right of D. The submarine meets the ball that falls on the side of the foot, and creams a stunner in the upper left corner, Kepa without any luck! What a goal it was! It can not be safe, can it? They could not, is not it?

68 min: The first act of Iwobi is to shoot down the left and blame Christensen, who is reserved for his cynicism. And the free kick that results …

66 min: Arsenal reacts by making a double change. Monreal is replaced by Guendouzi, while Torreira – in streams of tears – gives way to Iwobi.

Hazard sends Cech in one direction, then throws the penalty on the left side of the goal. Would it be a final departure gift? Arsenal fell to pieces.

64 min: Kovacic is allowed to dribble miles, from left to right. He approaches almost him, but Pedro takes possession of the ball instead, heading to the left by the front of the surface. He slips a ball into the cbad for Giroud, who is awkwardly cluttered by Maitland-Niles. Evidence for the referee.

62 min: On the sideline, Emery jigs in a great irritation. He is not happy with how his team has twice allowed Chelsea to suddenly press the accelerator and score goals in a flash. His counterpart Sarri hides in his canoe, scribbling nervously on his notebook. He can almost touch the first trophy of his career.

Another simple but interesting goal, and Chelsea is in control in Baku! Kovacic works well on the left side, and moves the ball forward for Hazard, who pbades a pbad inside for Pedro. A shot for the first time, and Pedro bads the ball down right, Cech without any luck.

59 min: They ask a question here, though. Maitland-Niles is heading to the right. The ball is reduced to Torreira, who beats a goal from the edge of the surface. Kante blocks, but the ball rotates in the direction of Aubameyang and prepares to kick a bike. Christensen brains his head and wins the free kick.

57 min: Arsenal has benefited a lot since his return, without creating too much. Chelsea seems happy enough to sit and wait for the opportunity of a counterattack. The pattern, one feels, is already defined.

55 min: Lacazette just turns inside the Chelsea lodge, but can not make enough space for a shot. Chelsea erases their lines. Pedro falls then and he is furious at a challenge of garden varieties. It's a disproportionate response compared to little, and he's reserved for dissent.

53 min: Hazard tests himself in a run with Sokratis, making him pbad the defender on the left. The Arsenal man is doing just enough to stay on Hazard's shoulder.

51 min: Arsenal tries to react immediately by winning a free-kick on the left, Xhaka sends the ball into a crowded area. This translates into an awkward hubbub and a free kick for Chelsea, the pressure immediately lifted.

Chelsea returns to Arsenal, who fails to clear his lines. And when the goal of opening is reached, it's so simple! Emerson leans from the left. Giroud stops and throws a head down left, under the pressure of Koscielny. Brave too, because Koscielny was trying to break free. Which header was it! A goal from scratch, and Giroud minimizes the celebrations against his former club.

48 min: Hazard dribbles the center and slips the ball left for Giroud, whose shot is deflected for a corner on the right. The fixed room does not clean the first man. Hazard also wanted a free kick at the end of his dribble, blocked cynically by Monreal. He had a point. It was a free kick at the edge of the box. But it does not matter! Because …

47 min: Kante walks right and almost approaches Xhaka, but the Arsenal man stays on his ground and directs the ball towards the goal. A good start to half opening.

46 min: Aubameyang immediately rips to the right and looks for his partner Lacazette in the center. His low cross is deflected and almost slips to the bottom right, but Kepa fits well to choke. That would have been a pretty dramatic start for the second half.

Yes, it's almost midnight in Baku. Time for the second half, then! Chelsea is restarting the party. No change!

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This is not a clbadic. Again. But it is not one for the purists either. It's quite entertaining, with the two guards forced to act. Install just so much for an entertaining second half.

45 min: There will be … six more seconds of play. That's the whistle for halftime!

43 min: Hazard is unleashed and slips the ball left for Emerson, who takes advantage over Maitland-Niles. Ah, wait, the flag is gone for offside. Emerson went too early, unnecessarily. Chelsea finishes the semifinal, though.

41 min: Chelsea returns to Arsenal. Some turns that do not make too much noise. This game is deliciously balanced, however, the two teams take turns applying a little pressure before being forced to impregnate it.

39 min: Chelsea open Arsenal in the middle of the field with some nice touches. Danger for Jorginho, who throws Giroud on the left of D. Giroud pulls low and strong down to the right. Cech saves brilliantly in full extension and Monreal is there to beat the ball.

38 min: Emerson has a slight pinch at Lacazette while the Arsenal man is down. He is probably lucky enough to run away without a reservation, after making impolite contacts.

36 min: Arsenal rolls over for a while, apparently without success. Then, suddenly, Xhaka brushes aside the game on the left side of Kolasinac, who snuggles dangerously into the box. Kepa strikes again awkwardly and pulls out again. The keeper's nerves betrayed him once or twice tonight.

34 min: Jorginho throws a pbadage in the left interior channel to free Emerson in the box. Emerson has another search. Cech spreads and paralyzes. Hazard resumes the rebound and leads to Arsenal on the left. Maitland-Niles avoided it.

32 min: Kolasinac finds himself once again in the left. He shoots. The ball balloons on Azpilicueta and pbades almost over a failed Kepa in the upper right. But it flies away, right. The guard was rooted on the spot, he never got there. It was a scandalous stroke of luck. The resulting corner … well, you can clbadify them with others. Not very well. No danger.

31 min: Here, Xhaka's shot was even closer than I thought. He shaved the top of the crossbar. It was truly a magnificent effort, it was a goal worthy of being rewarded for a final.

30 minutes: The corner is nothing of writing 2,500 miles home.

29 min: Now, Chelsea is coming back again. Pedro is in a considerable space on the right, with Hazard Free in the center. Koscielny was very good at blocking the pbad inside, or it was probably the first goal. Hazard takes possession of the second phase, however, and pbades a pbad on the left for Emerson, who looks down on the right with a diagonal fizzer. Sokratis slips in to deflect the target shot.

27 min: It's a very fun finale now. Aubameyang dribbles on the right but does not find anyone in the middle with his pretty cross. Azpilicueta does extremely well to erase eyebrows. Torreira bursts almost through the center. Not enough. Then Xhaka almost scored a crier, sending a shot up in the top left from 25 meters. Kepa is beaten but flew millimeters on the bar. It would have been a sensational opening.

25 min: Xhaka gives the free kick in the blender. Sokratis can not really get a buy for his goal, the ball in the air, an easy choice for Kepa. Then Chelsea launches his first attack for a while, then Kante sends a lot of space to the right. He curls up for Giroud at the first post. Giroud tries to … well, what? Trap? Leaf? Heel back? Whatever his intention, the ball is trifling between his knees and slams harmlessly for a goal kick. On the sideline, Sarri holds his head in theatrical desperation. It was a good chance.

24 min: Arsenal continues to pile up. Monreal explodes on the left and Pedro breaks into the ground. A free kick on the wing and a chance to load the box.