On the eve of the first round of the group stage of the Europa League, Chelsea beat PAOK on the road thanks to the only goal scored by Villian.

Following the match, the game of his team commented on the head coach of the "blue" Maurizio Sarri.

"We controlled the course of the meeting all 90 minutes," summarizes Sarri. - We created a lot of chances, but constantly missed them. So I'm happy with the three points scored and the game shown, but not the result. When we have the opportunity to remove all questions about the outcome of the match, it is necessary to do ".

"I want to think that we played very well.

I expected that the main PAOK striker Priyovic will appear at the start, but he apparently did not recover completely from the damage he received a few days ago. We had a good match, completely controlled the game and, I'm sure, would have brought problems to any opponent today, but it's hard for me to completely believe this. I hope that today's result was obtained due to the fact that we played well, and not PAOK played poorly, "- quotes Sarri official site Chelsea.

Note that the match against PAOK missed the leader of Chelsea Eden Azar and defender David Luis.