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Yep. for Silva and Tuchel both. Marquinhos would do nicely this year 😇

Still recovering from the drinks last night but what more can you ask for as a fan? 2012 and now 2021 with such a likeable squad - so many academy boys, some legends like Azpi, Silva, an obsessive and charismatic coach like Tuchel. Brilliant!

WOOOOOOOOOOOO EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS!

Tammy and Tino Anjorin miss out. Not on the bench. Willy is there - interesting.

No Rodri or Fernandinho

Upgrade on Florenzi at Paris

Been a while since a game got me nervous - Timo chant is a great idea!

Sarri questioned this squad's mentality and then Lampard did too. Its a huge credit to Tuchel that in the last few months - there has been very little talk about mentality (other than after the FA Cup final) because his team has players willing to run themselves to the ground everywhere on the field - Mason, Kante, Rudiger, James, Chilwell, Werner. The quality, especially in attack, is frustratingly bad but I have quiet confidence that the team will turn up hungry to press City all over the pitch tomorrow just like the Madrid and Leicester games. It doesn't guarantee a win but it is suited to knockout football and even if City are slight favorites, this is so different from 2012. Chelsea is going into the final with a decent chance of winning.

I think Mount is an automatic starter because his worst performance is usually 5-6/10 since he runs himself to the ground.

Really fun interview. His favorite player as a kid was a big sweeper

Matt Law on the London is Blue podcast - Lukaku is the most realistic striker option, Declan Rice is ahead of Tchouameni and Kamara in the DM list.

The common fan would not be able to pay that + I cant imagine many wanting to go out of UK to Portugal for just the final and come back immediately. UEFA should have found a solution in the UK itself but 🤷‍♂️

Wow - Very surprising. Makes a massive difference to the pressure in a shootout - which makes the 2012 shootout win even more commendable

Bastoni is left footed too - I think he's the pick of the defenders, is superb in possession but I can see the club going for a physical beast type defender - Lacroix, Botman, now that Konate is off the market. Marquinhos would be amazing but just don't see him moving.

The stats don't favour Mendy but he's the best keeper by a mile at the club, in his prime, big reach and if he's worked on his pen saving - his coach was talking about how he has been at it - especially the Aguero one was all about standing still and diving late - I'd still say Mendy for the shootout.

To be fair - English channels are biased towards English clubs. I still remember the commentator saying 'Get in there' when Ivanovic scored the winner against Napoli.

Mendy clearly the man even for the shootout. Bigger reach - calmer head - Aguero the other day for example

Matt Critchley reporting it will be Blue v Blue. God I hope this is true - otherwise its the Palace 3rd kit

After Moscow 08 and the 09 semifinal - every game is cake.

Good news on injuries. Tuchel says N'golo will train on Wednesday, he's hopeful Mendy will train on Wednesday too - "made huge improvement on managing the pain"

https://twitter.com/hazardeden10/status/207194788620017664?s=20

Any word on Mendy ? Hope it was precautionary removing him at HT

Any explanation for Apzi at wing-back lately? Loss of pace and directness down the flank - not sure what TT is playing at here. Reece is perfectly good in that role

The shape itself is a bit pragmatic. It has 5 central players as part of a defensive wall off-the ball and with full backs dropping deep too. I think we will see Tuchel switching to a 4-2-4 type attacking formation. I will be surprised if this isn't the case.

Convinced he will do a decent job until the end of next season and we can manage his gametime by splitting it with Christensen and getting him ready to take over full time when Silva eventually leaves.