At ESPN we follow the two CONCACAF players who participated in the quarterfinals of the Champions League
Mexican footballer Jesús Corona ended his participation in the 2020/21 edition of the Champions League after porto could not beat his equalizer against Chelsea, who qualified for the semifinals “Orejona” for the first time in the 2013/14 season.
In the second game of the series between Chelsea and Porto played at Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán, the Portuguese team was forced to score at least two goals to equalize the overall score and “Tecatito‘was in the first part the most dangerous man of the Dragons.
Former player of Monterrey was part of eleven holders of Sergio Conceição and the Mexican had an excellent opportunity in the 11th minute to open the scoring after an error on the way out of Edouard Mendywho gave the ball to ‘Tecatito“But his shot was saved by a Blues defender. In the 32nd minute, Corona shone inside the wide area with a magnificent control of the ball, although his shot came out of the goal.
The Mexican had a remarkable participation in the first 45 minutes, but in the second half the ball passed a little on its feet, so in the 74th minute it was replaced and its place was taken by Luis Díaz. “Tecatito” ended the match with two shots, 12 successful passes from 23 attempts, seven duels won and before leaving the field, he received the yellow card.
In turn, the American Christian Pulisic also started with Chelsea and unlike coronal, the “Blues” striker went unnoticed in the first half, but in the second half he became one of the most dangerous players in the team led by Thomas Tuchel. In fact, the North American had in his boots the clearest goal opportunities of his team.
Pulisic started the second half showing more participation and in the first minutes he made an extraordinary game leaving more elements of porto on the way, it had to be stopped Oliveira, who became the first player warned after the American attack.
In the 54th minute, Christian had an excellent opportunity to place the first goal on the team Chelsea on the scoreboard, but its definition was not correct, so the Portuguese team was saved by the English annotation. In the 70th minute Pulisic tried again, but his shot was rejected and in the last stage of the match he had one last chance, but Marchesín avoided the goal.
The American was the main threat Chelsea in the second game against him porto Yes the proof of this is that he was the victim of 11 fouls. Pulisic fired three shots and 34 passes, of which he hit 19.
In this way, Pulisic and Chelsea is waiting for his rival who will come out of Liverpool vs. Real Madrid and porto he will focus on the Primeira Liga and will try to reach Sporting Lisboa, which ranks first in the competition, with a six-point lead.