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Atletico Madrid vs. Chelsea - Football Match Report - February 23, 2021 - ESPN

An outrageous overhead goal from Olivier Giroud handed Chelsea a 1-0 victory over Atletico Madrid in their Champions League round of 16 first leg in Bucharest on Tuesday night.

The result gives Thomas Tuchel's side the advantage of an away goal going into the second leg on March 17 as they seek a spot in the UCL quarterfinals.

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Chelsea had a good chance to open the scoring against the La Liga leaders just before 15 minutes, but Mason Mount's whipped in cross skipped past the goalmouth just out of the reach of Timo Werner.