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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 8 (setup 1, season 33)
Chelsea
v.
Blackpool
Formation:
4-4-2
Overall form:
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Martin DÚBRAVKA71Samir HANDANOVIC
Formation:
4-1-2-3
League position:
8
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Stephan LICHTSTEINER72Daniel CARVAJAL Ramos
Faouzi GHOULAM37ALEX SANDRO Lobo Silva
Wayne ROONEY747NGolo KANTÉ
Raúl ALBIOL Tortajada5JARDEL Nivaldo Vieira
Víctor RUÍZ Torre767James David RODRÍGUEZ Rubio
Andrea CONTI7Cristiano RONALDO dos Santos Aveiro
Diego PEROTTI786Javier Martínez Aguinaga, JAVI MARTÍNEZ
Simone ZAZA9Luis Alberto SUÁREZ Díaz
José Paulo Bezerra Maciel Júnior, PAULINHO6107Marek HAMSÍK
ALLAN Marques Loureiro116Marco PAROLO
Jim Greenwood ManagerLee Avramovic
Elias COBBAUT12Benedikt HÖWEDES
Marcel HALSTENBERG13Bartlomiej DRAGOWSKI
BRUNO André Cavaco JORDÃO14RÚBEN Diogo da Silva NEVES
Federico Matías ZARACHO15Gonzalo Gerardo HIGUAÍN
ALEIX García Serrano16Andrés INIESTA Luján

Chelsea 2 Blackpool 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 55,416, Stadium: Stamford Bridge, Referee: Mike DEAN 5½)
10 Rooney, 47 ZazaScorers9 Suárez
Substitutions66 Suárez <=> Higuaín, 71 Hamsík <=> Iniesta
Sendings off
Bookings1 Suárez, 45+3 Javi Martínez
2Corners10
13Fouls9
5Offsides0
4Shots on3
8Shots off4
12Total shots7
2Shots saved2
39%Possession61%
Man of the match: Andrea CONTI
1The referee yellow cards SUÁREZ.
5HAMSÍK made space on the left and touched the ball to ALEX SANDRO who touched the ball over.
6ZAZA hoofed the ball wide from just outside the area.
9GOAL!! A strike from SUÁREZ which the 'keeper was able to block seemed to have crossed the line and the referee awarded the goal. (1-0 Blackpool)
10GOAL!! A short backpass by JAVI MARTÍNEZ enabled ROONEY to nip in and tuck the ball past HANDANOVIC. (1-1)
14A shot from ROONEY held little difficulty for HANDANOVIC.
20ROONEY fluffed a simple chance.
21A fine ball from ZAZA on the right fell to ROONEY who sliced his shot over the bar.
31A corner bobbled toward ALEX SANDRO who headed the ball just beyond the far post.
33RONALDO dribbled past PAULINHO and stabbed a weak shot over.
34ROONEY floated the ball to ALBIOL who touched it just beyond the near post.
36ROONEY rattled a simple chance past the lefthand post.
38PEROTTI beat KANTÉ and blasted the ball to ROONEY who hit his effort wide.
45+3JAVI MARTÍNEZ booked by the ref for a bad tackle.
 
47GOAL!! A tackle from SUÁREZ gave Chelsea a free-kick twenty-five yards out which ZAZA thundered past HANDANOVIC. (2-1 Chelsea)
55A shot from ROONEY seemed a certain goal but the Blackpool 'keeper managed to force the ball clear.
60ALEX SANDRO whacked a right foot shot over the bar from twenty yards out.
71ROONEY shot over.
78A twenty-five yard shot from ALEX SANDRO caused the Chelsea 'keeper no problem.
84DÚBRAVKA saved a lovely strike from HIGUAÍN.
87The hapless HANDANOVIC was a mere bystander as a backpass from KANTÉ fell just wide.