That's an exaggeration. Simeone and Atletico are wonderful, but they've lost Costa, Courtois, Filipe Luis, Turan, Miranda since the 13-14 season. Not forgetting Diego and Villa.
I would take Ozil and Varane. Imagine this: Cech Azpilicueta Ivanovic Varane Cole David Luiz/Mikel Oscar Hazard (fluid) Ozil (fluid) Mata Lukaku/New Signing
Cech Ivanovic Cahill Terry Bertrand David Luiz Lampard Hazard Oscar Mata Torres BTW, if we are advancing comfortably, I'd like to see Ferreira come on. It's unlikely we'll see him play again for Chelsea unless we wrap up 4th with a game to spare. He has been nothing but professional.
Suarez is the most wasteful striker in the PL I think. Something like 10 chances to score a goal. Something outrageous. Read it recently on ESPN I think.
All in! Terry suspended for this one, so this is our best line-up. Cech Ivanovic Cahill David Luiz Cole Mikel Lampard Hazard Oscar Mata Torres Bench: Turnbull, Azpilicueta, Bertrand/Meireles, Essien, Ramires, Moses, Sturridge
....................Cech Ivanovic...Luiz...Terry...Cole ..............Mikel....Essien Sturridge....Oscar....Hazard ..................Torres I wouldn't say no to an experimental side. Toss in Romeu, Cahill, and Malouda.
Experiment, while resting some players. Drogba Torres :eyebrows: ----------------------Cech Ivanovic-Hutchinson-Terry-Bertrand -----------------Essien-Romeu Ramires-----------------------------Malouda -----------------Drogba-Torres Sturridge at half. Lukaku after 60.
This is a huge game. Cech Bosingwa-Cahill-Terry-Cole Essien-Mikel-Meireles Kalou-Torres-Mata Still a strong lineup, but we can rest Ramires, Lampard, and Drogba. I want those three fresh for Tuesday. I don't know if we should start Mata on Tuesday, don't think he'd play a big role. EDIT: Dang I forgot Drogba kills Arsenal. Drogba to come on in second half.
I've always wondered why Catalonian players play for Spain and don't just refuse and only play for Catalonia. Valdes, Puyol, Pique, Busquets, Xavi, and Fabregas all seemed pretty happy when they won the World Cup with Spain. I think Barcelona fans just play up their Catalonian roots for the mystique. Apparently, Spanish is dominant over Catalan in Barcelona. If some of London spoke a slightly different language then we might become pretentious and start using phrases in that language for our signatures. Mur than a club and Long Lif Chelc. Prediction: Chelsea 3-1 Barcelona I liked the Benfica fan. He was trying to troll by saying that Benfica got an easy draw. Nobody gave two shits about him and he was ignored. So he tried again lol.