A Mislav Orsic chip spoilt Chelsea's first game in Group E as the Blues failed to come back from an early Zagreb goal.The first chance of the game fell to the away side in the ninth minute when a great burst of pace from saw the German international whip in a cro s narrowly mi sing out on finding .Dinamo Zagreb's danger man gave the home side an early lead in the 13th minute after running in behind the Chelsea defence beating for pace,
Maurice Cheeks Jersey then lifting the ball over and into the back of the net.Orsic almost doubled his goals for the night after capitalising on a loose ball but the Croatian's shot went high and wide.Chelsea then found themselves under pre sure with the Croatian side
Gerald Henderson Jersey starting to control the game and create the best chances as the game went on.The last chance of the half would fall to Thomas Tuchel's side as the Blues saw heavy po se sion in the opposition's final third, swinging in numerous cro ses into the box but unable to convert any chance.The second half started with a half-time substitution when came on to replace with Chelsea looking to push for an equaliser.Minutes after the restart
Moses Malone Jersey Havertz again showed cla s out on the wing. again swinging the ball in to try to find Aubameyang but the Gabonese forward failed to convert.Aubameyang thought he scored after received the ball out wide and put it on a plate for the new signing but the offside flag was raised ruling Chilwell offside.Scroll to Continue i tried his luck from long range but if it wasn't for an amazing fingertip save from Kepa pushing the ball onto the post, Dinamo Zagreb would have been 2-0 up.Tuchel decided to make more changes in the 58th minute, bringing on and and taking off and Aubameyang.The first yellow card of the night was awarded to when the Senegalese defender went through the back of Orsic giving the Croatian team a freekick on the halfway line. was Tuchel's fourth change of
Darryl Dawkins Jersey the night replacing Chilwell, making his Champions League debut.Tuchel was not done there, in the 74th minute the German bo s took off and brought on . At the same time, Orsic and came off for Zagreb being replaced by and Dario .Chelsea remained frustrated when Robert blocks a Broja header that looked certain to cause danger.A moment of madne s in the 85th minute when hits the post, forces the Croatian keeper to make a save and then Ziyech receives the ball in an offside position.Despite Chelsea's late and poor efforts to try to find an equaliser, Dinamo Zagreb managed to hold off the late attacks and grab the first three points of the Champions League.
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