Chelsea’s Bayern draw is tough – but could be tougher

[James 5,140]

Chelsea have drawn Bayern Munich in the Champions League last 16, a tough draw by anyone’s standards. But it could also be a lot worse. Finishing second in the group meant we only had tricky teams to face regardless, and if it wasn’t Bayern it would almost certainly have been Juventus or Barcelona. The only […]

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At least we have a couple months to get our mojo back!

[BDTips 34]

If the game were this week we would be eliminated. But it is not.

First premise and perhaps most important of all, the pressure is all on their side.

And no one has any idea what these two clubs will be like at the end of February.

Bayern have a lot of quality, especially in midfield and attack, but they are far from their best years.
Lots of instability and 5th place in the bundesliga ..
It is not known whether they will hire a coach or not, they are like Arsenal in that regard.

Here we also do not know what will happen.
If we recover and get better, which is what I hope, or if we continue like this and if so, Frankie won't be either.

If we get there with the team physically and psychologically strong , more solid defensively and maybe with one or two important players added in January, we might surprise Europe.
Not only in this stage but in the following ones