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Chelsea Rout Heidenheim in Tense Europa Conference League Encounter
Chelsea secured a convincing 2-0 victory over 1. FC Heidenheim at the Voith-Arena in Heidenheim an der Brenz in a match that saw several yellow cards and a late red card. The game, part of the UEFA Europa Conference League group stage, was officiated by Serdar Gozubuyuk from the Netherlands.
Despite Heidenheim’s spirited performance, with 15 shots (10 on target), Chelsea dominated possession (67%) and ultimately proved more clinical. Christopher Nkunku opened the scoring in the 51st minute, assisted by Jadon Sancho, and Mykhailo Mudryk added a second in the 86th minute, also assisted by Sancho.
Chelsea received four yellow cards (Badiashile, Casadei, Jorgensen, and Veiga) and a red card for Casadei late in the game, while Heidenheim received two yellows (Traore and Schoppner). The match, although ending in a comfortable win for Chelsea, was a fiercely contested affair, as evidenced by the statistics: Chelsea had 17 shots (9 on target) and 5 corners, compared to Heidenheim’s 15 shots (10 on target) and 3 corners.
Substitutions 1. fc heidenheim: at minute 57 J. Schoppner came in and N. Dorsch went out., at minute 57 S. Conteh came in and M. Honsak went out., at minute 68 A. Beck came in and O. H. Traore went out., at minute 68 M. Breunig came in and L. Maloney went out., at minute 78 B. Gimber came in and M. Kaufmann went out.
Substitutions chelsea: at minute 62 Joao Felix came in and M. Guiu went out., at minute 76 C. Chukwuemeka came in and C. Nkunku went out., at minute 90 T. George came in and J. Sancho went out., at minute 90 S. Rak-Sakyi came in and K. Dewsbury-Hall went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
1. FC Heidenheim
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Chelsea
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