cosmicway

There was absolutely no defense yesterday. Kepa had to make 3 Banks saves. It's a rare spectacle with Chelsea and it was n't something like the WBA situation of the last year - we were lucky to go one ahead in the first minute of the match ! When it was still 1-0, they made two identical breaks from the right wing in the space of one minute. No cover in our left whatsoever. One ended in miskick by their forward, the other was a Kepa save. When it was 2-2, 3-2 -the last 25 mins- we were just as shaky in the back. Tuchel clearly underestimated the opponent by fielding such a squad - he thought they were something like PAOK. Then it was too late. We were 2-1 down so his substitutions were all attackers. In any case we are going through a wall.

Juventus was many many miles better than it is now, Shakhtar miles better and we were not as strong as we are supposed to be now. I don't know if we can win this champions league (certainly not in our present form) but let's cross our fingers Pep and pool get destroyed.

It was and we play against Lille next. Juve - PSG Chelsea - Lille

Yeah, but should have been 6-3 to Zenit. Tuchel played minus defense for 90 minutes. Banks save from Kepa as well !

It was Tuchel who lost this match !

There are four classy opponents. Bayern-City-L'pool (somewhat)-PSG (somewhat). But also don't underestimate Ajax.

You mean PSG if we finish top. Inter also.

It's the time of the Christmas wall. I can remember umpteen seasons where the same thing happened. Two managers sacked (Mourinho-Lamps). Antonio also ? The Soviet team is not harmless imho and it's going to be a feather in their cap if they beat Chelsea.

Lukaku is good inside the box. If 10 chances fall to Werner may expect 1 goal. If the same chances fall to Pulisic we may expect 4. If they fall to Lukaku we expect 8. By "chances" I mean like the sitter missed by Barkley against Burnley. He just did n't find anything the last twice. Today the match was lost by the defence and surprisingly by Mendy.

Greek antivax champion down with corona. We are talking about George Trangas who even formed his own party to contest the general election in 1923: https://www.tanea.gr/2021/12/01/politics/giorgos-tragkas-thetikos-ston-koronaio-o-dimosiografos/ But it's not only about the vaccines with him. Before the vaccine he had coined up the word "koroido-ios" meaning "suckers-virus" in which the koroido (=sucker) sort of rhymes with corona. If you are forced to take a taxi cab in Athens and it's early in the morning you will suffer during the entire trip as his radio program is the favourite of the cabbies. Now he is in hospital.

West Ham are always dangerous but no great stuff. City beat them rather easily.

But he did n't because he broke his leg. If my memory does n't fail me Stan Bowles was the number 9 those years.

Just before Argentina world cup. England was out but Revie was starting a new effort for 1980. All the newspapers were saying "Langley is surely the new number 9" but then he was injured in a match against Liverpool I think.

Langley was top scorer in 77-78. England had failed to qualify for the Argentina world cup but Don Revie was about to create a new squad for euro 1980 and Langley was expected to be the first choice when a terrible injury happened to him. Three years later he reappeared but could n't really play anymore. I think Saul had a similar story.

Saul has a sad story like that of Tommy Langley I think.

Watford was better than UTD but it was a poor performance from Chelsea. Where was James ?

If 30 minutes go by it has to be postponed.

I had my third dose - nothing happened, as usual. But random things happen. Remember the queen of Greece, Frederica ?

It's horrible but first time I see it.

An AEK club president died in the stands (Michael Arkadis). No interruption.

I 've seen countless people fainting in the stands. They take them to the stadium doctors. Why interrupt the match ?

In the crowd ? Many things happen in the crowd. Why interrupt the match ?

Bayern fluffed likewise against Arminia in Germany. They won 1-0 but counts as a fail pareformance from them. We were unlucky to concede the stupid goal but also Tuchel's lineup was no good for the occasion.

A second United goal would n't have surpised but the Jorginho goal surely did - they had n't left their own half up to that moment. The inclusion of Werner was a big mistake. This game had two or three different images: First half and second half up to the 0-1 was Chelsea playing the ball but unable to finish. Between 0-1 and 1-1 United should have had a second. After the 1-1 desperate efforts, Unite still dangerous on the counter. Our 2-3 real chances fell to Ziyech and Rudiger who aimed at the birds. I was watching Real Madrid just before (2-1 against Sevilla). Real are a team who know how to move the ball in the penalty box. They no longer have the finishers they used to have, except for Benzema who remains a force, but in that department they are very good. We on the other hand rely only on speed and Thiago when he manages to outjump the defenders. Against Leicester it was different. Leicester are slower than barge and even Kante was finding shooting positions.

Give it a break. How ? Today he played for ten minutes. Previously he got injured in the Malmo match. You may have against him when we failed to equalise against City.