Analysis

Havertz’s brilliant display against Turkey showed how Lampard can use the winger

Chelsea had been busy this summer as they completed seven first-team signings facilitated by their wealthy owner, Roman Abramovich. Hakim Ziyech, Timo Werner, Ben Chilwell, Thiago Silva, Kai Havertz, and Edouard Mendy are the new-faces available to Chelsea coach, Frank Lampard for the current season. Young French defender, Malang Sarr has only been loaned out and kept for the future as he moved to Stamford Bridge on a free transfer just like Thiago Silva.

This season has witnessed almost everyone apart from the former Ajax star, Hakim Ziyech. His debut got delayed due to an unfortunate knee injury that occurred in a pre-season friendly clash against Brighton and Hove Albion in August.

Havertz is the club’s record signing, having joined the Blues on a long-term deal this summer, and that is proved well enough by him in this season. The midfielder struggled to make an impact in Chelsea’s defeat to Liverpool on the Stamford Bridge yesterday and Lampard was of the opinion that Havertz still needed some time to adapt to the Premier League.

His three goals and assists against Barnsley in the Carabao Cup match have made it obvious of his position in the team and his worth.

With his competent and luminous performance for Germany against Turkey on Wednesday night in their international friendly match, he at least made it clear to Lampard, that he is here to stay.

The 21-year-old started as one of the two backing roles behind Lucas Waldschmidt, yet he showed his level of inventiveness. He was usually spotted at the heart of Germany’s attacks, and his supporters noted his numbers, consisting of two assists against Turkey, as well.

On social media, he has become the hero with massive responses send directly by fans to Lampard as to how he could unleash Havertz in the following Premier League and Champions League.

Chelsea star Kai Havertz, on the verge of half-time in Germany’s friendly against Turkey this evening, managed to play in a lovely through ball. That ball helped in setting up Joachim Low’s side resulting in taking Germany the lead prior to the break.

The Chelsea star had squandered a bit of time in forging his influence on the game again. He then teed up Julian Draxler for Germany’s first.
A clever pass from the midfield resulted in Havertz to pick up the ball on the right-wing.

The ace hovered in before recreating a spike pass into Julian Draxler. Emre Can flash a prospect by playing the ball into Luca Waldschmidt, with the ball then dribbling into Florian Neuhaus’ passage.

A challenge was visible while prodding the ball inside the back of the net with the help of a fine finish by the Paris Saint-German ace. The second assist of Kai Havertz occurred to show his grasp onto his craft and the 57th minute against Turkey proved his excellence.

Havertz was offered the ball by the central midfielder and the 21-year-old used his turn by playing the ace and his sharp skill and mind gave away a pass before Neuhaus tucked the ball into the net.

Germany took a lead twice in the match as Turkey levelled the scoreline on both the occasions. The difference was quite seen as both teams didn’t have several regular players. Germany’s coach Joachim Löw fielded what was basically the second squad for the friendly fixture against Turkey and many German, especially in the defence, had a sloppy game.

An inspired Turkish side gave their everything to equalize the scoreline every single time the Germans took a lead. Their zeal ended the game with the scoreline of 3-3 as Germany conceded in the 93rd minute of the match to everyone’s surprise.

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