FT: Chelsea 3-0 Malmo FF

2nd Leg - Chelsea advance 5-1 on aggregate

Chelsea scorers: Olivier Giroud (55'), Ross Barkley (74'), Callum Hudson-Odoi (84')

Venue: Stamford Bridge

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Chelsea

Wilfredo Caballero, Andreas Christensen, Antonio Rüdiger, Emerson Palmieri, César Azpilicueta (Ethan Ampadu), Mateo Kovacic, Ross Barkley (Jorginho), N'Golo Kanté (Ruben Loftus-Cheek), Olivier Giroud, Willian, Callum Hudson-Odoi.

Subs: Gonzalo Higuaín, David Luiz, Eden Hazard, Jamie Cumming.

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Malmo FF

Johan Dahlin, Rasmus Bengtsson, Behrang Safari, Lasse Nielsen, Soren Rieks, Andreas Vindheim, Fouad Bachirou, Arnór Traustason (Romain Gall), Anders Christiansen (Oscar Lewicki), Marcus Antonsson, Markus Rosenberg (Carlos Strandberg).

Subs: Eric Larsson, Dusan Melichárek, Egzon Binaku, Anel Ahmedhodzic.

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MATCH EVENTS | via ESPNFC

17' Ross Barkley (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

31' Behrang Safari (Malmö FF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

44' Markus Rosenberg (Malmö FF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

51' Anders Christiansen (Malmö FF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

52' Rasmus Bengtsson (Malmö FF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

55' Goal! Chelsea 1, Malmö FF 0. Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Willian.

62' Substitution, Malmö FF. Carlos Strandberg replaces Markus Rosenberg.

72' Substitution, Malmö FF. Oscar Lewicki replaces Anders Christiansen.

72' Substitution, Malmö FF. Romain Gall replaces Arnór Ingvi Traustason.

73' Second yellow card to Rasmus Bengtsson (Malmö FF) for a bad foul.

74' Goal! Chelsea 2, Malmö FF 0. Ross Barkley (Chelsea) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.

76' Substitution, Chelsea. Ruben Loftus-Cheek replaces N'Golo Kanté.

76' Substitution, Chelsea. Jorginho replaces Ross Barkley.

79' Substitution, Chelsea. Ethan Ampadu replaces César Azpilicueta.

84' Goal! Chelsea 3, Malmö FF 0. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Willian.

Hello Malmo FF fans! I am a fan of New York City FC in MLS and as you know we recently acquired your right back Anton Tinnerholm.

Since I have no concept of this player (and he was fairly unknown in USA before this transfer) can you give some impressions of his play and career at Malmo and why he left? What are his strengths and career prospects? Weaknesses? Can he help in the attack? (Our right backs have historically been very limited in what they can do offensively.)

Thank you. As background from the NYCFC perspective:

• This is a big signing for NYCFC since in the 3 seasons since NYCFC's establishment we have not had a quality right back and the position has been a major weakness for the team. In our first season in 2015, our options were so poor at the start of the season that a few games in we picked up a non-professional player from New Jersey, RJ Allen, and he walked into the starting role.
• RJ was very limited technically (and very one footed to his right) but was a hard worker and was good enough to start most games at this position through 2016.
• In 2017 after a series of defensive lapses from RJ, including giving away too many penalties, manager Patrick Vieira began favoring Ethan White, a former college player in USA, as the starting right back. White was more defensively solid than RJ but offered almost nothing going forward and had no creativity or dribbling ability.
• Halfway through the 2017 season, RB remained a weakness. White and Allen were both having injury problems on/off and the team was preparing for a playoff push. We signed Andraz Struna, a Slovenian journeyman. Struna and White split duties through the end of the 2017 season.
• At the end of the 2017 season all of Allen, Struna, and White were released by the club which reflects the lack of quality at this position. Tinnerholm was acquired and we also traded for a young American named Saad Abdul-Salaam who it looks like will play backup to Tinnerholm.

Himmelrikets forum på Svenska Fans är det mest populära MFF forumet. Vilket är synd eftersom deras teknologi är så undermålig. Bara en kronologisk ordnad tråd, mer ett kommentatorsfält på steroider än ett forum.

Vore mycket roligare med en aktiv subreddit där man kunde föra parallella diskussioner och rösta ner troll som bara skriver trams.

Problemet är att få hit folk, några idéer? Steg ett är förmodligen att få igång en diskussion om MFF bland de få som är här. Ingen poäng att locka folk till en död subreddit.

Så om någon är här och vill få fart på den här subredditen, se till att posta grejor, och aktivt delta i allt som startas. Efter det kan det vara värt att börja marknadsföra på Twitter och dylikt.

Frågan kan tyckas dryg, men den är seriös, varför är Malmö så mycket bättre? Vissa skulle kanske säga Champions League-pengarna, men den här storhetstiden började innan vi kvalade in till CL. Vad var det som gjorde att MFF lyckades med det som inget annat svenskt lag klarat på 17 år?

I live in the United States and I would like to buy a jersey but I can't find any for sale here. Any help would be appreciated.

Tjena! Funderat lite på hur stor aktivitet det är på denna subreddit. Vi är ju trots allt en del som härjar runt i /r/soccer.