Chelsea also attach great importance to Barnsley when the two teams meet in the third round of the Carabao Cup. Coach Lampard also uses a squad that includes all the players in the first team, even a very experienced squad. So it is not surprising that the Blues won against Barnsley, but it was also quite surprising when Lampard’s students scored six goals.
Abraham opened the scoring for the home team in the 19th minute, Havertz doubled the lead in the 28th minute. Barnsley was a big disappointment in the first half, as he controlled the ball much less than the home team (32% of the time - 68 % of Chelsea’s time), but Barnsley had 10 shots on it, almost double that of Chelsea (6). The ball hit the goal 6 times, but did not pass Caballero’s hands.
The second half saw a total dominance of Chelsea and the effect they brought was also twice as much as the first half. In the 49th minute, Barkley increased the score to 3-0 and just six minutes later Havertz had a double of his own to give Chelsea a 4-0 lead. 10 minutes more, 65 minutes, the German midfielder got his first hat-trick in the Chelsea shirt. The score 6-0 was the striker entered the field as a substitute in the 83rd minute.
The big victory at the Carabao Cup debut will help Chelsea relieve the pressure after they lose to Liverpool. In addition, the players of this team, who played poorly in recent matches such as Havertz, Abraham, have relieved the pressure when there was a brilliant sublimation match.
Havertz and Abraham had a brilliant match
Thiago Silva made his debut for Chelsea when coach Lampard was named in the starting line-up, and Ben Chilwell was on the bench. Chelsea entered the game very quickly at home, in the first minute, Hudson-Odoi was given the chance to face the opponent, but he was blocked in the finish.
Chelsea’s defensive organization is still not good, causing Caballero to work hard. 14 minutes, the Argentine goalkeeper flew to push the ball over the bar after Schmidt’s long shot. By the 19th minute, Abraham stole the ball in defender Barnsley’s foot at the beginning of the penalty area, he easily defeated goalkeeper Collins to open the score.
Havertz passed the ball smoothly to Mount to face goalkeeper Collins in the 24th minute, but the Chelsea winger ended up on the edge of the net. Five minutes later, Abraham dropped the ball wisely to Havertz to receive the ball in the penalty area, the German player finished the corner to increase the score to 2-0.
Thiago Silva had his first game for Chelsea
In the last minutes of the first half, Barnsley strongly rose, making Caballero goalkeeper work very hard, but he did not concede. After the break, the Chelsea players entered the second half better than the first.
In the 49th minute, Havertz successfully tucked the ball to help Barkley get the ball on the opponent’s field, the central midfielder of Chelsea finished from the beginning of the penalty area to increase the score to 3-0.
Barnsley’s defense has not finished "dreaming", in the 55th minute they lost the ball near the penalty area. Mount won the ball for Abraham, the No. 9 of Chelsea hit Havertz’s heels, the German player who finished defeating Collins increased the score to 4-0.
Abraham is also closely connected with Havertz, a player who is classified as a defensive kick in this match
Abraham and Havertz show great synergy in attack. In the 65th minute, Chelsea’s striker went back into the wall to allow Havertz to rise to receive the ball. The German took the ball past goalkeeper Collins and easily scored 5-0.
Five goals lost made Barnsley play even more sporadically. The visitors received the sixth goal in the 83rd minute, with no one accompanying Giroud to let the French striker rush into a low header in the center of the penalty area. Giroud’s header to the right corner sealed a 6-0 victory for Chelsea.
Team competition (score)
Chelsea: Caballero 8, Azpilicueta 7, Tomori 6, Silva 6 (Zouma 6, 61 ’), Emerson 6, Barkley 7, Kovacic 7, Mount 6, Havertz 9 (Chilwell 6, 67’), Abraham 8 (Giroud 7, 72 ’), Hudson-Odoi 6.
Barnsley: Collins 5, Ludewig 5, Sollbauer 5, Halme 5, J Williams 5, Styles 7, Ritzmaier 5 (Oduor 6, 57 ’), Mowatt 4, Woodrow 6 (Thomas 6, 46’), Frieser 5, Schmidt 6 ( Chaplin 6, 57 ’).
