Chelsea's opening goal against Barcelona in the Champions League has been shown to be onside despite huge calls for the offside flag to be raised against Marc Cucurella
UEFA confirmed Cubarsi's trailing foot was keeping Cucurella onside
UEFA confirmed Cubarsi's trailing foot was keeping Cucurella onside
UEFA have released a still from the semi-automated offsides to show that Marc Cucurella was onside as he laid on Chelsea's opening goal against .
The Spaniard received a through ball after playing a corner and looked suspiciously offside before playing a ball into the box. It was turned goalwards by Pedro Neto before Jules Kounde got the last touch with the night's first goal going down as an own goal against the Catalan star.
Replays appeared to show Cucurella looking clearly offside, but a different angle has shown him to be just inline with the last defender.
Images doing the rounds on social media left fans stunned as one said: "How is Cucurella not offside here???" Along the same theme another claimed: "Is Cucurella not about 5 yards offside?"
were good value for their lead, which they took into half-time. Barcelona, who were semi-finalists in the last term, struggled to cause problems for the side. Before the break the Spanish side also found themselves down to ten men. Barcelona captain Ronald Araujo given his marching orders are receiving two yellow cards.
Enzo Fernandez saw a first-half header ruled out after he was offside
Enzo Fernandez saw a first-half header ruled out after he was offside
The Blues had already seen two strikes chalked off by the officials. The first due to a handball in the build up before the offside flag was raised against Enzo Fernandez when the game was still goalless.
Chelsea have endured a mixed European campaign thus far, winning both their home games but underwhelming on the road. They were beaten at and had to come from behind to draw with Qarabag last time out.
Barcelona are the most frequent visitors to Stamford Bridge in the Champions League era. They headed to west London with the firepower of Lamine Yamal and Robert Lewandowski, but were well contained in the opening 45 minutes.
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