Enzo Fernández struggles at Chelsea-Brighton clash ahead of Benfica visit | OneFootball

Chelsea lost 3-1 at home to Brighton in the seventh round of the Premier League. Enzo Fernández scored the goal for the Blues, but ended up witnessing a true collapse of the team in this last match before facing Benfica – which already has a referee assigned.

At Stamford Bridge, as favorites, Chelsea started strong and managed to take the lead in the 24th minute. Former Benfica player Enzo Fernández scored his third goal in the Premier League and put Enzo Maresca’s men ahead at halftime.

In the second half, Trevoh Chalobah was sent off (53’) leaving Chelsea with 10 men on the field. Brighton would go on to score in the 77th minute through Danny Welbeck. When everything seemed to be heading for a draw, the Seagulls completed the comeback with a goal from Maxime De Cuyper (90+2’) and the English striker even had time to score a brace (90+10’).

The Benfica match refers to the second round of the Champions League and will be played against the team led by Enzo Maresca.

The Eagles want to secure three points, although the task will be difficult. In the first round of UEFA’s millionaires’ competition, Benfica suffered a shocking defeat to Qarabag (3-2) at Luz, which led to the dismissal of Bruno Lage.

Check out this great play by Enzo:

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.