Emergency Hwang Heechan got pushed back again! Bench member... Missing the league game → Team has lost three games in a row
Jan 21, 2025
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Wolverhampton lost 1-3 to Chelsea in the 22nd round of the English Premier League (EPL) in the 2024-2025 season at Stamford Bridge in London on the 21st (Korea time).
The defeat left Wolverhampton 17th in the league with four wins, four draws and 14 losses in 22 games. They have the same points as Ipswich Town, which is ranked 18th in the relegation zone.
Wolverhampton has lost back-to-back games in the league. Following the last Nottingham Forest match and Newcastle United match, this Chelsea match was also lost.
Chelsea's central defender Toshin Adarabioyo scored the first goal of the day.
In the 24th minute of the first half, James' shot was deflected off the defense and came to Adarabioyo and finished calmly.
Wolverhampton followed at the end of the first half.
Matt Doherty pushed the ball into the net when goalkeeper Sanchez failed to handle Matteus Cunha's ball properly in the extra time of the first half.
The first half ended 1-1 like this.
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In the 15th minute of the second half, Marc Cucurella received a header from Deucebury-Hall and scored the net with a calm shot.
Chelsea even scored a netting goal. In the 20th minute of the second half, Chalobah connected the ball posted by Cole Palmer with his head, and Madueke connected it with a shot to open the goal.
Later, Wolverhampton took the shot with Cunha and Larsen struggling, but failed to score. In the end, the match ended in a 3-1 victory for Chelsea.
Hwang Hee-chan, who had been trusted by coach Vitor Pereira, was not put in even though the team was losing. It has become similar to the time when he was on the bench under coach Gary O'Neill. As Pereira took office, he continued to receive opportunities to start and scored consecutive points, which was a good trend, but there are concerns that he may have been out of the coach's sight as he has been sluggish in all recent games.
Earlier, Molineux, a local newspaper in Wolverhampton, pointed out Hwang Hee-chan's recent performance. The media reported that "Hwang Hee-chan recently showed his worst performance in Wolverhampton uniformHe expected Hwang Hee-chan to be excluded from the starting list from the match against Chelsea.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
