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I do think José doesn't like di Matteo much... but he has a chance to match his accomplishment now that he's back at the club, that's what makes it so hard for me to believe he's annoyed by Roberto winning what he didn't with Chelsea... He took some jabs on RdM and FSW, but I've never seen a bad word about King Carlo....

you mean the moscow final (which I don't even want to remember, I don't remember being as hateful, pissed off and simply devastated by a sports match like that), I actually mean in the SF against Liverpool in 2005...

It's the same as wanting to drop Oscar to play CM... Just because a player executes well his secondary job it doesn't mean he could be deployed in a position where that specific job would be his main duty. You take away their surplus and risk then not being good enough to perform said duty full time... lose-lose situation imo

Mourinho has two UCL titles and we were clearly robbed in our of our runs under him. I don't see any reason why he could be annoyed. He seems not like him much. It's very simple to me. I can't say one manager in the world Mourinho would be out by out of jealousy...

Cesc is perfect for Chelsea the same way Chelsea is perfect for Cesc. We offer him a system, quality players and manager to have his game flowing. He offers us everything we missed in terms of creativity, vision, passing, tempo dictating, etc... match made in heaven.

did I disappoint?

Fàbregas spoke to Cadena Cope live radio show and he fired against Ramos (official twitter account: https://twitter.com/partidodelas12) "I told him we've been playing together since U-21 NT, there's no need for him to send messages through the media. I told him he can call me and say those things to my face. There's no situation though. Everything has been clarified and we did what we had to do: talk (to each other). I felt like he alluded to me and I told SERGIO what I thought about it." "It pisses me off when people question my commitment (to the NT), of course it does. I've played a lot of matches and many times I've been capped and have not played. I've played 94 matches for Spain in the last nine years and I've always been there with an ear-to-ear smile stamped on my face" Other excerpts: "We had a great match and we're all very happy. Nothing happened to Diego Costa. He couldn't score (today), but he's been scoring. Everything is just fine. I've been playing the kind of football I like, in my favorite position, I feel free. Maybe I'm playing the best I've played all my career, I receive the ball a lot and my confidence is growing." edit: this guy has a lot of balls, I love this about a man. Sergio said the bullshit he wanted and Cesc called him and called him that. LOVE IT.

I'm not sure the OG counts as an assist (though I suppose someone else came up with the stats?) But in all seriousness, what hasn't he done today? That's why I voted for him as MOTM

or just choose better, even if he takes a tad long. He had a great match, no question about it, but it still showed at least 50% of the time his decision making in the third final is terrible, but you're right, he's also indecisive about what to do and that many times messes up with the decision. Hopefully he'll get there, I really like Willian, despite all the frustration that comes with him. He has immense flair and ball control though.

(I could have done without a close up to Rami's mustache. lol)

what I realized is that lately he's been passing faster. Not at all instances, but in the attack many times he passed in the first touch or quickly after it. That's vital for the pace of Premier League and it helps us to keep the fluidity going and make us more dangerous. I'm loving all the progress he's been making in such a little span of time. It seems like he's progressing steadily in all areas of his game this season.

It seems like he and Costa have a secret agreement, DD will score on UCL for old times' sake and Costa will make the league his. I have no complaints so far. I thought he disrupted the passing/play a bit today, but he's 36, he went without playing a couple of weeks (except a few minutes against WBA), and he still ended up with a goal and an assist. Pretty impressive King

Fabrepass was absolutely on fire today. He had such a big smile on his face throughout the whole match. I really believe him when he says he's been having the most fun he ever had in football. The way this team has been mouth watering the last couple of matches. We're fluid, dangerous, deadly, involving, unstoppable and most of that goes through his feet. He had a couple of through balls today that were absolutely stunning and his corners are so good that even the opponents feel tempted to score from them. I don't remember a signing as good as this one in terms of fitting a team such as he had. Hazard, Costa and others are definitely amazing signings, but Cesc just fits so perfectly, it's so bloody perfect!

no, he isn't annoyed all the time at all some of his best faces there

We were brilliant once again. The way we've been passing the ball for fun just adds to our confidence and as we don't face a big team in the nearly future, I think by the time we do we'll be so on fire that I don't believe anyone can stop us if we keep it up. WBA wasn't that great and Schalke was shameful at some points today, but the way we completely involve the opponents, just make our passing flow, with no tiki taka - as we're very objective most time, being very, very dangerous at all times. Wait until we work on our finishing - it will come - and it'll be crazy. we're one of the best sides in Europe today, behind maybe only Real Madrid - if so. We have a good feeling entering December's marathon and I'm positive it'll be a good one for us. The boys played very well, everyone (maybe except Azpili when he tried to block or send the ball away, he was sort of shaky) had a great match and I think we're becoming a force to be reckoned with. Not only it adds to our confidence, but it creates an aura that make teams very cautious about facing us. Come on, Chels!!!!!!

some must tell Hazard how to curl the ball in 1x1 against the goalie. He would have scored at least a goal in each of the last matches if he did it

happy bday, Kev

Not annoyed

wow, Rami really tried to fly there, but the pass exchange before was just mouth watering. and Mou listened to me... as usual, André and Ramires in, Cesc and Oscar off. Good to know we're still in good terms, Mou.

We're Chelsea!!!!!

Oscar wasn't offside at all, blind referee

the attack before the sub, he made the signal with his hands, just after taking action

Costa asked to be subbed off. Hope everything is fine with him and it's only precaution