Chelsea whip Sevilla 4-0 in Spain, Giroud on fire
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- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 08:55 | 03 December 2020
- Modified Date: 08:55 | 03 December 2020
English football club Chelsea hammered Spain's Sevilla 4-0 in a UEFA Champions League match Wednesday as French forward Olivier Giroud scored four goals.
The 34-year-old Frenchman was unstoppable as he kept scoring against Sevilla at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium in Seville.
He put the ball into Sevilla's net in the 8th, 54th, 74th and 83rd minutes, with the fourth goal scored from a penalty kick.
As a result, Chelsea secured first place in Group E with 13 points.
Sevilla has racked up 10 points in five matches. Both clubs are into the last 16.
Russia's Krasnodar is in third place with 4 points while France's Rennes is at the bottom with one point.
According to the format, only the best two clubs in each group will go to the Champions League's next round, the last 16.
Third-place teams in each group will qualify for the second-tier UEFA Europa League campaign.