28 January 2052 – London witnessed a study in imbalance at the Drogba Arena, where Chelsea reduced Olympique de Marseille to fragments in a 6–0 demolition that was more proof of inevitability than spectacle.
Kieran O’Sullivan opened the equation on 28 minutes, a full-back striking with accuracy from range. Chancel Beya, the game’s quiet architect, added the second before half-time, his finish made simple by Marseille’s error-strewn geometry. Paul Malcolm and Emmanuel Gradley extended the sequence after the interval, before Emanuele Sala completed the sum with a double strike inside the final ten minutes. Each goal a line in a proof, the outcome undeniable.
The statistics underline the imbalance: Chelsea 29 shots, Marseille 1. Expected goals 4.09 to 0.01. Possession, even, yet meaningless – numbers distributed unequally in effect. Marseille’s 52% of the ball was sterile, Chelsea’s 48% lethal. This was not football as contest but as theorem: when chance aligns with structure, collapse is certain.
Beya was named man of the match, his passing angles the skeleton key that unlocked Marseille’s fragile resistance. At only 22, his control in midfield resembled not emotion but engineering, imposing order where others floundered. Around him, every Chelsea movement was a calculation executed cleanly.
Six goals, zero response. Western football dresses this as glory. To me, it is entropy concealed as triumph. For Marseille, only ruins remain.
– Karina