Malmö v Chelsea: Europa League last 32, first leg – live! | Soccer

48 minGiroud hands the ball back to Jorginho, who plans to open fire at 25 meters but then turns to his right and slides the ball towards Azpilicueta, whose center is clear.

47 min: David Luiz eliminates the first suspicion of danger of the hosts in the second half, although thanks to a suspiciously soft fall under a slight pressure. The referee grants a free kick.

46 min: Here we go again. Neither party made any changes during the interval.

Barkley's goal on the half-hour, following a Malmo error at the back, put Chelsea in a comfortable position. They controlled much of the first period, but Malmo remains a threat because of their organization, athleticism and sensuality. Sarri will be confident, however, that if her team avoids silly mistakes, she will come out and maybe even add more goals.

42 min: Chelsea stabilizes things, circulates the ball with slow precision. All very annoying for Malmo.

40 min: This is awesome from Malmo. They put a lot of pressure on Chelsea, recovering the ball with frenzied pressing, then attacking with a strong strike force.

36 minAfter Kovacic is severely penalized, Malmo flies over a free kick from the left corner. It ensues a chaos in the box of Chelsea! Twice, the Malmo players try to turn the ball towards the goal and twice Chelsea manages to tidy up. But only at the expensive of a corner. Rosenberg misses the ball and is awarded a free header in front of the goal, then Azpilicueta blocks a shot from the edge of the box.

34 min: Malmo does not seem discouraged and the crowd remains at full voice. Christiansen tries to increase the volume even stronger by letting fly nearly 30 meters. A Chelsea player feeling stuck in front of the bar, giving a corner to the hosts.

32 min: Chelsea, Azpilicueta and Pedro's messy play in the back, who rather casually played to a Malmo striker. Fortunately for Chelsea, they were able to scramble and oust the player before he managed a significant 16-meter shot.

Pedro huddled in front of a center on the right. Bengsston tried to cut him by completely missing the ball. Barkley reacted quickly to take control of the ball on the ground, then sort his feet and enter the net at eight yards.

27 minA foul on Emerson in the bottom left gives Chelsea another free kick in a dangerous position. William aims for Giroud at the last post. But the referee whistles a foul even before the ball reaches him, David Luiz having apparently pushed a defender into the box.

25 min: It's better Chelsea! William makes gains down the left and then makes an excellent cross to the back post. Giroud takes it on his chest but is surprised by Bengsston, who intervenes and brings the ball safely. Excellent defense.

24 min: Chelsea spends a few minutes probing but finds no fault in the defensive defense of his country.

22 min: Superb control of Kovacic in the middle of the field, followed by a wide pbad also perfect for Pedro right. But the fleeing Spanish cross cancels all this, the ball sailing harmlessly into the grateful arms of the keeper.

20 min: A quick accumulation of Chelsea, until Kovacic lost possession of the ball at the edge of the Malmo box after a good run to recover a Giroud pbad.

17 min: Malmo is, as announced, well organized, strong and dynamic. They really harbad Chelsea when the Sarri team is in possession of the ball and is quick to launch attacks as soon as they have it.

15 minutes: A hint of wickedness creeps into this competition: many pesky little fouls and various players show signs of frustration.

13 min: A fantastic challenge from Christiansen on Barkley gives Chelsea a free-kick on the left flank. He looks at a swinger David Luiz meets at about seven meters. The defender's efforts go beyond that, and that would not have mattered anyway, because he was offside.

11 min: Barkley jumps on a stray pbad behind Malmo. Then his 20-meter shot is deflected by Nielsen for a corner.

8 min: Kovacic delivers the ball in the middle of the field with a softly lit pbad. Suddenly, Malmo advances. Antonsson heads to the surface, closely followed by Kovacic, before being tempted by David Luiz's challenge at the edge of the box. The waves of the referee play and the decision is good, Antonsson meets David Luiz and not the opposite.

6 minA small elegant Chelsea corner allowed Willian to give Giroud a low pbad, which went away from his marker near the front post and tried to trick the ball to the left eight meters. But there is too much body and his shot lacks power.

5 minEmerson and Willian combine well on the left before throwing a pbad forward for Barkley, who trots to reach the sideline. He recovers the ball in the hope of regaining Giroud, but a defender from Malmo the attack and clears.

1 minuteMalmo wins a corner almost immediately after a shot from Rieks' left is deflected by Azpilicueta. They take the ball to Safari, which runs along William and goes to the far post. Jorginho makes a big block at the expense of another corner.

Before the kickoff, there are applause well observed in tribute to Emiliano Sala.

Here are the teams. The stadium is filled to a maximum capacity of 24,000 people with people making a commendable noise and poses red firecrackers. As for the teams, Chelsea is wearing a yellow kit, while Malmo is wearing an outfit that looks like the Manchester City home kit. These are their usual colors, but, for the sake of argumentation, let's say they treat Chelsea.

Regarding the defeat of the city: "We have of course discussed with the staff and the players. But this discussion must remain between the staff and the players.

He asked if the Europa League was now the priority of the season: "We must also fight in the Premier League because our goal is the top four. We are very close. The Europa League is a very difficult competition but we will try. It's a tough match against a very solid team. "

Regarding the selection of today's team, he said: "We think we have to play four or five very important games to be able to change. Today, I prefer to have very good players on the bench in the last 20 to 25 minutes. "

A London club has already lost today, Arsenal bowing 1-0 to Bate Borisov. Elsewhere, Sevilla, Internazionale and Benfica have all won impressive victories away.

Chelsea's traveling supporters hoping to overcome their dislike of their Manchester team's performance may have chosen to visit some of Malmo's attractions before the kickoff. The museum of disgusting food, for example, where visitors are "invited to re-evaluate their perception of what is acceptable or not." Among the exhibits are Italy 's infused cheese flies, an ammonia – scented Icelandic shark and perhaps Ngolo Kante on the right wing.

Sarri made five changes to the training that sparked Sunday humiliation in Manchester, but Callum Hudson-Odoi still has no place.

Malmo: Dahlin; Safari, Rieks, Bashirou, Traustason, Christiansen, Bengtsson, Nielsen, Vindheim, Antonsson, Rosenberg

Subs: Melicharek, Larsson, Binaku. Lewwicki, Strandberg, Ahmedhozic, Gall

Chelsea: Kepa; Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Christensen, Emerson; Kovacic, Jorginho, Barkley; Pedro, Giroud, Willian

Subs: Cabellero, Rüdiger, Kanté, Higuain, Risk, Hudson-Odi, Zappacosta

Arbitrator: A Kulbakov (Bul)

On the technical side, this first leg is for Chelsea to be well prepared for the home leg of next week and, they hope, to pbad smoothly in the last 16 games of the Europa League. But more generally, the mission of Maurizio Sarri's team is to show unity, finesse and dignity in the wake of the bad 6-0 Sunday by Manchester City. This defeat was simply the most damnable of the heats in which they were also sidelined 4-0 at Bournemouth and 2-0 at Arsenal. Can they end their terrible form of absence today? Or at least score his first goal on the outside of the year? If they can not, expect more calls for Sarri to be replaced by someone more flexible and / or more able to motivate this strange team. On the other hand, a catchy win could convince a few more people that Sarri knows how to get all these tasks together and should receive more support.

Malmo started this season in the Champions League before being eliminated in the preliminary round by Vidi, eliminated later and found against Chelsea in the group stage of this competition, where they were boring (losing 1-0 to win 2-2 at home, only game Chelsea did not win this season). After falling in the Europa League, Malmo had a decent European campaign, finishing second in his group behind Genk but ahead of Besiktas and Sarpsborg. It is a well-organized and well-organized unit led by Uwe Rösler, who has lost none of his last eight European home games. Their best player would be 36-year-old Markus Rosenberg (zero goal in 28 games for West Brom half a decade ago). Of course, it would be wrong to underestimate the hosts yadda yadda blah blah blah. Nothing less than a win at Chelsea here would be embarrbading for the Premier League crew.