Calido Coulibaly, 31, Thiago Silva, 37, Cesar Azpilicueta,
The Chelsea centenarian had a great role at the PL premiere against Everton and held out strong.
A penalty kick from Jorginho sealed the final score at 1-0.
Chelsea opened the PL season by facing Frank Lampard’s Everton at Goodison Park.
Then the away side played superbly, with the newly acquired Koulibaly at the helm. The trio, who together scored 100 years, held out strong as the London club focused on their opponent.
‘One hundred percent Chelsea’s best player’
However, the home team created many good situations, but the back line showed sophistication and ruled out many hot situations in a good interaction. Not least when Anthony Gordon almost ran free in a counterattack. Then veteran defender Thiago Silva was in the right place and managed to break the last pass.
In the last minutes of the first half, it was the home team that created the chances and once again shared the back line. In extra time, Koulibaly stepped forward and sent Chilwell into the penalty area. He was withdrawn and the referee indicated a penalty. There, the penalty kick specialist Jorginho did not make any mistakes and made the result easy 1-0, which will also be the final result after the goalless second half.
Chelsea backs giant, newly acquired Koulibaly, has been praised for his efforts.
– He did a good job and found his way with good passes. He showed his compliance and his body. He contributed both in defense and offense,” says Jonas Olsson at Viaplay Studio.
– He was one hundred percent, the best player in Chelsea.