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Nice report. First of all I think it was a nice way to get fit for our players, its just a preseason and Jose needed a tough one like this to really know the flaws of our players and team as a whole. I don't think he'll ignore the flaws of our team just because its a friendly. We played well in the begining of the 2nd half till ivanovic let isco about 5 mins to pic out a cross to ronaldo. When KDB was moved back into the pivot and MvG was taken off, it became a disaster show lol. But the flaws that we need to work on were too obvious, 1. we looked terrible with possesion. This didn't bother me too much because mata didn't play. He is the god of our possesion play. But what if he doesn't play because of a knock. 2. We were not good enough pressing madrid. We need to put pressure on bigger teams and stop being too respectful, if not for numerous tackles and interceptions from MVG we would have been even more dominated. 3. Hazard was not interested in the first half of the match, I like the spirit he brought in the begining of the 2nd half. But he needs a proper schooling from ramires on how to finish one on ones with the keeper. This is his second one on one miss this preseason. 4. The defence were not good enough, but I blame this on the overall pressing of the ball. Cahill needs to stop backing off players. This is how adebayor scored us last season the same backing off from him, he should watch how MVG and cole tackles the ball from people. 5. Torres has even better runs and link up play than lukaku. I know its just preseason but, which other chances does lukaku have to dispace torres from starting against the first 2 premier league teams. 6. KDB in the pivot was a failed test. Madrid ran over us like a steam roller when he was put there to replace MVG. He should stay higher up the pitch against big teams, we missed his incisive passing because of this. 7. I think peter cech should train on his kicks better, he almost never finds a chelsea player even though we had someone as big as lukaku upfront in there. There were some times he could pass to one of the full backs but once the two CBs are marked, the possesion is lost to madrid. Positives that we could build on 1. Essiens long passing was impressive, I want essien and MVG/ramires to play the pivot. In the pivot, One strong passer and one box to box tackler is needed to keep the balance between possesion and defending. Two of the same kind is not good enough in a way: if there are two B2B, we would be terrible in possession and if there are two slow passers, we would be too open in the defence. 2. MVG is exactly the kind of tackler I hoped to see but his attacking play is actually limited All in all, these are a few things noticed from the last match which we can work on

this is a just a friendly but its also one of the last games for the players to prove they should be in mourinho's starting lineup for the early matches of the season. So if they don't put their all and take it as just another preseason game, then a more serious worker will take his place. So lets not just say its a preseason game and think jose will just forget about the flaws that is needed to be corrected. Its not good to overeact on the loss but lets not totally ignore important tactical points in the match.

First of all I think it was a nice way to get fit for our players, its just a preseason and Jose needed a tough one like this to really know the flaws of our players and team as a whole. I don't think he'll ignore the flaws of our team just because its a friendly. We played well in the begining of the 2nd half till ivanovic let isco about 5 mins to pic out a cross to ronaldo. When KDB was moved back into the pivot and MvG was taken off, it became a disaster show lol. But the flaws that we need to work on were too obvious, 1. we looked terrible with possesion. This didn't bother me too much because mata didn't play. He is the god of our possesion play. But what if he doesn't play because of a knock. 2. We were not good enough pressing madrid. We need to put pressure on bigger teams and stop being too respectful, if not for numerous tackles and interceptions from MVG we would have been even more dominated. 3. Hazard was not interested in the first half of the match, I like the spirit he brought in the begining of the 2nd half. But he needs a proper schooling from ramires on how to finish one on ones with the keeper. This is his second one on one miss this preseason. 4. The defence were not good enough, but I blame this on the overall pressing of the ball. Cahill needs to stop backing off players. This is how adebayor scored us last season the same backing off from him, he should watch how MVG and cole tackles the ball from people. 5. Torres has even better runs and link up play than lukaku. I know its just preseason but, which other chances does lukaku have to dispace torres from starting against the first 2 premier league teams. 6. KDB in the pivot was a failed test. Madrid ran over us like a steam roller when he was put there to replace MVG. He should stay higher up the pitch against big teams, we missed his incisive passing because of this. 7. I think peter cech should train on his kicks better, he almost never finds a chelsea player even though we had someone as big as lukaku upfront in there. There were some times he could pass to one of the full backs but once the two CBs are marked, the possesion is lost to madrid. Positives that we could build on 1. Essiens long passing was impressive, I want essien and MVG/ramires to play the pivot. In the pivot, One strong passer and one box to box tackler is needed to keep the balance between possesion and defending. Two of the same kind is not good enough in a way: if there are two B2B, we would be terrible in possession and if there are two slow passers, we would be too open in the defence. 2. MVG is exactly the kind of tackler I hoped to see but his attacking play is actually limited All in all, these are a few things noticed from the last match which we can work on

Real could have scored 4 more goals after they took MVG off

Once again MVG out and madrid nearly add 4 more goals

This

Ronaldo shows hazard what it takes to become a top player, scoring your fucking chances

Oscar and hazard were missing..... MVG was bad at first but became the best chelsea player later. We need KDB and mata, pple that can actually make us keep some f**king possesion

Get eto'o for 2 years, buy william for cheap and sell expensive

This is the match want us to win the most this preseason.

Isco has a potential to be like zidane. He has that eye for pass, close ball control, occasional elegance, strength on the ball, shot power, two footed, skills and is still very young. He will shine more than people expect him to, I just know it. If we didn't have so much attacking midfielders, at the begining of last season I wanted us to snatch him for his earlier release clause of 15mil euros..

He really needs to be faster in releasing the ball. He ruined a great counter attack chance in the 81st minute, after the period of pressure from milan by holding on to the ball for too long

We played acmilans best team in the first half and their 2nd team in the 2nd half. So the peformance in the first will carry more weight for me. Mou please place KDB and mata together next.

Drogba makes all our strikers look like babies... That first touch for the second goal was just Wow! please lukaku u gotta practice on your first touc. before the season starts

He has a great first touch, ball control and shot. And he's very calm and composed on the ball. But its just preseason so let's not put much pressure on him

True, at least we won't be hearing from the worst of the lot for a while (Qphahaha)

nice fans there

Very good post defending mikel, think the best for a few pages now. But what you stated above is directly placing the blame on mata for not being mobile enough to cover the space in the midfield? Which is why we had to play long balls since mikel had no one to pass to except the CenterBacks?

Who scored for monaco? Watching didier dominate porto just shows how much difference in class he has compared to our current strikers

He shows signs of that legend on your profile picture

Happy belated birthday, I know your in the army so don't punish me for saying it this late...

oh god, the torres curse

Glad to see you admitting he's a good player, I thought you were being suprisingly harsh on him before...

I hope he has a better season, I still think he is a natural CM and not a DM. He might thrive next to essien if essien stays back as the main DM.

I'm not comparing mata's vision to oscar. Mata is a master in that area. What I'm saying is that if you play football, you will understand that putting your energy doing defensive work can make your attacking capabilities reduce. And now in football even attackers are required to put in some defensive work, manzuckic replacing gomez because of this was a perfect example. Brazil won't be able to defeat spain if BOTH the striker and AM decide to forget defensive duties and relax when their not in possesion. I remember a lot of people complaining how mancity bullied us through th middle and it was looking like a 3 vs 2 midfield. Well most times against bigger teams with good midfield,( juve, mancity) a very hard working person in the center might prevent us from conceding more goals.