Chelsea Transfer Targets: Garnacho & Pedro Neto

And forehand crossed and lucky Pedro Neto, who entered the field 16 minutes earlier, left to the rescue of Chelsea in ’83 in the quarterfinals of the League Cup against Cardiff, when penalties already seemed like the fate of an intense duel, in which Alejandro Garnacho scored the other two goals for the London team.

The world champion He played with fire at certain times. It was neither as superior as expected (in fact, in the first half it was not even) nor as conclusive. Alejandro Garnacho’s 0-1 at the service of Facundo Buonanotte was not enough either, because Cardiff tied with a great goal a quarter of an hour from the end.

Changed the entire eleven For the League Cup by Enzo Maresca, Chelsea had to compete, work, run and defend, against the spirited Cardiff, two categories below, their stadium full, their players enthusiastic, vertical and ambitious, even with two clear chances already in the first half against Filip Jorgensen, Robert Sánchez’s replacement on Tuesday night in Cardiff. In one he excelled. He demonstrated his reflexes.

There was no exhaustive control by Chelsea throughout the first half, but rather an open match, which demonstrated alternatives and confirmed the uncertainty in which even the ‘big teams’ operate when it is a single game, in the rival field and between rotations. This is the League Cup. A mess, usually.

In fact, Chelsea only had one chance in the first halfwith a low cross shot from Marc Guiu, which received a solid response, also down, with the local goalkeeper’s left foot, amidst the general relief of his fans.

But it was the only thing Chelsea really attacked in the first half. That’s why, Maresca turned to Garnacho and Joao Pedro already at half-timeto give an essential boost to the London team, which until then had not demonstrated its apparent superiority over Cardiff.

Until the hour of the duel, when the ball from their rival activated Chelsea’s 0-1 lead. The Cardiff defense handed the ball to Buonanotte, who launched the counterattack with great speed and judgment, connected with Grenachewhich the goal ended. But it wasn’t enough.

Since then, with Pedro Neto and Joao Pedro on the field, they had a sequence of chances that took their quick qualification for granted, including the proximity of the second goal, but it was just the opposite, with the great goal with a Phenomenal header from Turnbull to level everything again when there was barely a quarter of an hour left.

A right hand from Neto, which decisively touched an opponent, put things back in place. Already In the final moments, Garnacho confirmed it with 1-3. Maybe excessive. Chelsea, the favorite, is already in the semifinals, where a rival awaits.