Emerson Palmieri sealed Chelsea’s progression to the Champions League quarter-finals with his only kick of the game against Atletico Madrid – but it proved to be a very costly kick for one Sky Sports Super 6 punter.
With last night’s second-leg clash between Chelsea and La Liga leaders Atletico entering the final few minutes, Thomas Tuchel, taking the mick, decided to bring two left-backs onto the field, Ben Chilwell and Emerson Palmieri.
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While it was quite clearly a ploy to prevent Atletico from building any momentum and a chunk of injury time, it actually proved to be a tactical masterstroke, with Emerson scoring a fine goal to ensure Chelsea would be in Friday’s draw.
Ordinarily, a 94th minute goal of significance by an English side in the Champions League would warrant a bit of a celebration from the Sky Sports News studio, but it was a head in hands moment for Tim Sherwood, who was following the contest.
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That had nothing to do with Sherwood’s past affiliation with Tottenham, either, rather just moments before the goal they were discussing how a Sky Sports Super 6 punter needed all scores to remain the same in order to win £250K.
After Emerson found the bottom corner of Jan Oblak’s goal, you have to imagine the person who missed out on such a great deal of cash reacted something like this himself, only amplified…
Oh no… 😮
One @Super6 player was seconds away from winning £250,000 tonight… until Emerson scored a 94th minute goal for Chelseapic.twitter.com/YuRfimhJI6
— Sky Sports (@SkySports) March 17, 2021