Edouard Mendy, a wall in the Champions League
The only African of Chelsea, the Senegalese Edouard Mendy had disgusted Porto in Seville last week in the quarter-finals of the Champions League (0-2). This Tuesday, he will try to do the same thing again, still in Seville, where the second act is also played.
In the first leg, four African internationals started the game. Three for Porto with Congolese central defender Chancel Mbemba, Nigerian left-back Sanusi and Malian striker Moussa Marega. Opposite Chelsea, there was only Senegalese goalkeeper Edouard Mendy. The former Rennes kept his cages inviolate by multiplying the displays. It is a wall in the Champions League that he is however discovering this season.
Edouard Mendy, 7 clean-sheets in 8 outings
Mendy has, in fact, taken only one goal since the start of the competition, achieving 7 clean-sheets in 8 outings. The Franco-Guinean of Rennes Sehrou Guirassy therefore remains for the moment the only player to have deceived him during the group stage (1-2). This evening, the African colony of Porto will therefore try to imitate the Breton. Because the Portuguese have no choice. To avoid being eliminated in the quarter-finals, it will be necessary to bring down the Edouard Mendy wall at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán stadium in Seville. An enclosure which however succeeds well in the Blues. They have, in fact, largely dominated (4-0) the master of the places Seville in hens. Before beating Porto (0-2), 7 days ago.
Yacine DIENG
Quarter-final program (GMT)
Tuesday April 13, 2021
Chlsea 7:00 pm Porto (2-0)
PSG 7:00 pm Bayern (3-1)
Wednesday April 14, 2021
Dortmund 7:00 pm Manchester City (1-2)
Liverpool 7:00 pm Real Madrid (1-3)
