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19-year-old young player passes and shoots, Garnacho is invisible, Chelsea reverses the League One team 2-1, stopping two consecutive losses

4:52pm, 24 September 2025【Football】

The Premier League giant Chelsea, who won the new Club World Cup this summer, performed in the new season but did not meet expectations. Last week, he lost in strong dialogues and suffered two consecutive losses to Bayern and Manchester United. This week, the Blues continued to face the test of a one-week double-game match. The third round of the British League Cup in the middle and mid-week Champions League away. In this game, Chelsea conceded one goal first, relying on the pass and shot of 19-year-old George and Bonanot's goal, defeated Lincoln City 2-1 away and advanced to the fourth round of the British League Cup!

After Burleigh took over Stamford Bridge Stadium, it opened up a new idea for the operation of the football club, which is to sign long-term contracts with potential players, either to realize their talents in the team or sell them to other teams. Under this team building concept, Chelsea has the strongest lineup depth in the entire European football world, which is enough to cope with the test of multi-line combat.

Because he still had to compete with Brighton in the Premier League on the weekend, and the gap in strength with the English League One team Lincoln City is quite large, Maresca also made a major adjustment to the starting lineup in this game. In the 4231 formation, Jorgensen was allowed to guard the roster, Gusto, Charoba, Weslifofana and Harto formed the back defense, Santos and Enzo partnered with double midfielders, Gittens, Bonanot and Garnacho were in the midfield, and George was the single arrow.

Although his strength is not at the same level as Chelsea, Lincoln City is not afraid of the Blues at home, and he opened his posture to attack Chelsea from the beginning. In the second minute, Montsma shot on the right side of the penalty area and hit the far post and was bounced out, causing Lincoln City to miss the fantastic start. 7 minutes later, the home team made a comeback. Montsma's shot failed to hit the target. Chelsea, who had to withstand the home team's fierce attack, created a chance to shoot for Gittens through a long pass from the midfield in the 20th minute. Unfortunately, the latter did not hold it down, and the ball was above the crossbar and went out of the baseline.

In the 33rd minute, Lincoln City took a corner kick from the right, causing chaos in Chelsea's penalty area. Fortunately, relying on the blockade of the goalkeeper and the defender, the Blues ensured that the goal was not lost. However, before the half-time game, Lincoln City still took the lead in the score. In the 42nd minute, Chelsea's free kick in the backcourt was intercepted, and Street pushed the ball into a far corner to score, helping Lincoln City rewrite the score to 1-0.

However, Lincoln City was not happy for too long. In the 48th minute, George scored a world wave at the front of the penalty area, and Chelsea tied the score to 1-1. Just 2 minutes later, Chelsea overturned the score. Bonanot and George played against the wall to cooperate, and then faced Lincoln City goalkeeper, calmly shot and made a low score, helping Chelsea rewrite the score to 2-1.

Chelsea, whose offensive was not reduced, then made continuous threatening shots. In the 62nd minute, Bonanot's header missed the post, and the low shot in the 77th minute slipped past the goal. In the last moment of the game, Lincoln City had the opportunity to equalize the score. Jorgensen made a mistake in the attack, giving Okoron Kuvo a chance to play an empty goal. Unfortunately, the latter kicked away and helped the Blues complete a clearance.

After this game, Chelsea will get a 2-day rest time. On the weekend, they will sit at Stamford Bridge Stadium to face the visiting Seagulls Brighton. Whether Maresca can lead the team to score three-pointers at home will be waiting and see.