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Chelsea wins wild octagonal final in penalty shooting

Thomas Tuchel had to do without his striker Lukaku and Werner, both missed. Ralph Hasenhüttl wanted to build a small series with his team, the Saints had been unbeaten after a weak start of the season. Southampton holds 90 minutes The blues came well into the game and underlined their ambitions on the progress through good possibilities of Saul (7.) and Hvertz (17th) early. Southampton also played strongly, but could not develop any compelling scoring opportunities. Shortly before the break, the hosts cracked the strong defensive of the Saints: Hanctz sank a corner by header to 1: 0 pause guide on the net (44.). The response of the guests did not last long after the break: Adams dusted a shot of Tella in the 47th minute and equalized the score. Then it came to large opportunities on both sides, but no team could use their own ways. The Saints pushed again to the victory goal just before the end, Kepa had to parry twice in the 93rd minute and kept the draw. Since there is no extens...