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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 24020943" data-attributes="member: 158020">Vidi 2 Chelsea 2: Giroud spares  Sarri's side in lacklustre draw   <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/12/13/19/7395310-6493355-image-a-49_1544729705554.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   Olivier Giroud came off the bench to salvage an under-strength Chelsea a  laboured 2-2 draw at Vidi in the Europa League on Thursday.With the Blues  already confirmed as Group L winners, Maurizio Sarri made 10 changes to the side  that beat Manchester City last weekend and was almost made to endure an  embarrassing defeat.    The visitors made life difficult for themselves as an Ethan Ampadu own goal  quickly erased Willian's 30th-minute opener, before Loic Nego fired the  unheralded Hungarians into the lead 11 minutes after the restart.   But the loss of Alvaro Morata to a first-half knee problem proved an  unlikely blessing in disguise for Chelsea as Giroud stroked in their second  free-kick late in the match to ensure the Premier League side enter the knockout  rounds unbeaten.Vidi's deep defence made for a pedestrian start and it took  Willian's moment of class to breathe life into the contest.   The Brazilian guided a fine free-kick beyond the cumbersome Adam Kovacsik,  although the lead lasted less than two minutes as Ampadu awkwardly headed a  corner into his own net at the other end.   Chelsea's luck continued to run against them when Morata, a largely  peripheral figure, went down clutching his left knee in innocuous circumstances  before the break and needed replacing.The dangerous Nego left nothing to chance  about the goal that put Vidi ahead, lashing home on the volley after Georgi  Milanov spotted his run to the far post.   Giroud failed to capitalise on either of two good opportunities that  initially came his way, but the France striker made amends in the 75th minute,  mirroring Willian's earlier set-piece wizardry to seal a share of the  points.</blockquote>

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