Closed Chelsea 2-2 Juventus

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Chelsea vs Juventus

POST-MATCH DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Champions League Group Stage Matchday 1

Wednesday 19th September 2012

1945 BST Kick Off

[Melanicus 5,208]

Mikel played like shit.

[Slam Dunk 1,442]

That's 2 points dropped rather than a point gained in my opinion.

[couris 232]

Torres too isolated. Midfield big problem

[Billy. 2,739]

Fair result for me.

Torres needs to do one now we sign players to play on the wing to help him and he is always chasing the ball down the flanks or when we do get it wide he is too deep and theres nobody to cross it to had enough of him now start playing Sturridge!!!

[rangersfc1 2]

Predicted this result. Not surprised. Very even game and think a point is pretty fair on both teams.

[Amblève. 4,995]

There's no such thing as "deserved" and "undeserved". There's just "efficient" and "inefficient".

[HRiver 1,512]

Lampard and Mikel were really poor. Torres was average. Oscar and Hazard were our best players tonight, no doubt. Hazard never stopped running, never stopped working. Oscar is a phenomenon, it's a shame we gave that great 2-0 lead away.

[dalVlatko 8]

Fair result.

Hope Romeu and sturridge get a start when he's healthy. Mikel was awful and another mediocre performance by Torres.

[xPetrCechx 13,546]

Our manager is a coward.

Torres is SHIT!

[SempreJuve 62]

It was a fair result in the end I thought, we both had our chances. I commend our boys for not dropping their heads, we continued to push and did well. Oscar take a bow, the first was a little lucky but the second was a ripper.

[Clevemayer 764]

awfull 2nd half of the 2nd halftime for mikel, this was like seeing two faces of him, owned midfield in the first, and in the first 20 min in the secon half just blocked and intercepted so much... but this pass HASN'T to happen, awfull from him today...

lamps had a similar situation but we could stop them with good defending there... same bad pass

[BlueLion. 21,491]

I can forgive Mikel for that mistake, but I can't forgive Torres for that performance. Truly abysmal. I have officially given up on him now. I'm done with him; done with his sulking and his general I-don't-give-a-fuck attitude. Sturridge and Moses can offer twice as much as he can. He's useless and needs to warm the bench for a very, very long time and think about how he's continually let the club down.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Decent result. Didn't play poorly. Mikel had his worst game in a while. Torres needs to stay more centrally and stop drifting out so wide. Second goal by Oscar was as good as it gets.

[nullabletype 987]

Usual mistakes cost us.

Goals at the link if you want to rewatch them.

http://forum.talkchelsea.net/topic/14353-goals-and-highlights-gif/page__p__509132#entry509132

[Henrique 9,133]

Good match.

But Mikel was shit as usual. 2 big mistakes, 2 goals conceded.

Torres shit as usual, running and falling as usual, trying to keep the ball and then losing it as usual.

Hazard needs to learn how to play as winger.

I dont know why RDM loves Bertrand. The guy is useless playing in the mid. He let Quagliarella to score the 3rd.

[DYC. 7,542]

Felt we were the better side in the first half, Juventus the far better side in the second half. A draw was fair.

We were much better on the ball than I expected us to be. We remain (very) vulnerable off the ball though. I've read people here say we have a strong defence.. I fail to see it. It's not just our defence though, it's our defensive play as collective. We really need to work on that.

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

Gutted, especially since it was from a shocker from Mikel that caused it. We still have the problem of the opponents being able to go through large periods of total domination and our midfield can't cope with the pressure. It has got to be sorted out.