As the ultimate whistle blew on Chelsea’s 8–2 combination defeat, Wesley Fofana and Ousmane Dembélé shared a quiet second on the pitch.
Whereas Fofana’s evening was one in every of defensive frustration—having been dropped from the beginning lineup for the second leg—Dembélé offered a momentary distraction with a joke concerning the week’s greatest sports activities headline. “Solely within the AFCON,” Dembélé was heard saying with amusing, referring to Morocco being topped champions in a boardroom.
It was a quick reminder that whereas the Champions League is outlined by ruthless effectivity, the “insanity” of the AFCON stays unmatched in its unpredictability.
