UEFA Champions League Match Summary: Racing Genk vs Chelsea
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Racing-c40298 Genk played host to Chelsea at the Cristal Arena in hopes of trying to get something out of their game against the Premier League giants.
Going into the game, almost everyone was certain about the fact that Chelsea would be able to go all the way and pick up the three points, which would nearly ensure their participation in the knock out stages of the tournament.
The match kicked off with Chelsea taking the game to the home side, as they dominated the early proceedings of the game.
In the 24th minute, it was this early pressure that helped the team score the opening goal of the game. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-Torres-c13707 went on to play a brilliant pass to Ramires, who raced forward and knocked the ball into the back of the net, under the keeper.
In the 38th minute, Chelsea were awarded a penalty, which http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Luiz-c10542 stepped up to take. However, the keeper went on to dive just in time to stop the defender from converting the spot kick.
Soon after the penalty miss from Chelsea, Genk went on to get a strong footing in the game. The team went on to constantly bombard the Blues defence and looked to be really lethal while going forward.
It was a long wait, but in the 59th minute, the home side went on to score an equalizing goal, which caught nearly everyone off guard.
Vossen was the player to find the back of the net for Genk, which happened to be the first goal scored by the team in the tournament.
As the match headed to a close, Genk dominated the game, but couldn’t find another goal, as Chelsea held onto the game and saw it out with the final score reading one all.
As a result, both the teams picked up one point from the game, which resulted in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 failing to secure a spot in the knock out stage of the tournament.
The line ups for the game were as follows:
Genk: Koteles, Vanden Borre, Hyland, Nadson, Ngcongca, Tozser, Buffel, Camus, De Bruyne, Vossen, Nwanganga
Subs: Sandomierski, Barda, Dugary, Sarr, Durwael, Limbombe, Ofori-Appiah
Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Luiz, Ivanovic, Cole, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ramires-c30523, Romeu, Meireles, Malouda, Torres, Anelka
Subs: Turnbull, Lampard, Mata, McEachran, Kalou, Sturridge, Terry
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