From Wigan Palacios and Zaki were the best players. Both tested
Cech and apppeared to be going forward when they had the chance
to do so.
In the 2nd half, Brude introduced the right winger De Ridder
in place of Koumas but he had little impact. The left midfielder
Valencia also didn't do well in the game and so, Zaki had
to leave his position in the heart of attack and move to the
left wing in order to get the ball as marking from John Terry
and Carvalho was very tight in the middle.
After moving to the left wing, Zaki got the ball more, but
that cancelled the danger of the Egyptian who no longer became
a target man and instead, he played more as a supporter to
Heskey at front. This tactic wasn't effective as Wigan lost
their sharpness by losing Zaki in effective areas.
Despite playing on the left, Zaki was able to cause headache
to Chelsea defenders with his pace and good control under
pressure. He also forced Carvalho to bring him down and the
Portuguese defender received a yellow card for the foul.
In the last minutes of the game, Bruce took Melchiott out
and brought on Camara to asist in attack. Just a couple of
minutes before the final whistle, Zaki squared the ball to
Kapo who replaced Palacios and the French man almost scored
from a low shot but Cech was able to deny him and the score
remained 0-1 till the final whistle.
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