Slam Dunk 1,442 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I wonder who's on the front left, Malouda or Mata?Mata. Malouda in midfield (what SSN are reporting), although I reckon a 4-2-3-1 would suit this lineup a lot better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I presume they will line up like this: CechBossingwa-Ivan-Luiz-ColeMielreles-MikelMataSturridge-Torres-Malouda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiclasCFC 2,582 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Maybe we play a diamond with Mata in the hole and Torres and Sturridge as strikers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleO 192 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Who is the captain? Cech? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Let's hope no-one passes to Malouda then.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
termninja 5,290 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I wonder who's on the front left, Malouda or Mata?Malouda I'm pretty sure. Mata will play as an advanced playmaker behind Torres.---------------Torres------------Malouda----Mata---Sturridge----Meireles---McEachran---Cole-Ivanovic-Luiz-Bosingwa-------------Cech----------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomCFC 357 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Who is the captain? Cech?Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZanSnake 1,211 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Malouda I'm pretty sure. Mata will play as an advanced playmaker behind Torres.---------------Torres------------Malouda----Mata---Sturridge----Meireles---McEachran---Cole-Ivanovic-Luiz-Bosingwa-------------Cech-----------------Didn't know he was starting :thinking: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiclasCFC 2,582 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Malouda I'm pretty sure. Mata will play as an advanced playmaker behind Torres.---------------Torres------------Malouda----Mata---Sturridge----Meireles---McEachran---Cole-Ivanovic-Luiz-Bosingwa-------------Cech-----------------Mikel is playing not McEachran... Sadly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 It's really good to see AVB resting player some key experience players for the manure game. Hopefully SAF won't have this luxury tomorrow.I also hope Josh will come on early in the second-half. CL experience at his age will do wonders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostas 1,468 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Luiz's first game as a left sided central defender, afaik his position at Benfica. Should be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severinb 309 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 just saw on ctv cechBos Iv Luiz ColeMereiles Mikel MaloudaSturridge Torres Mata Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodojojo 510 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Hmmm...I was thinking 4-3-3 but if it's 4-2-3-1, I'm happy with that too. Anyhow, both formations are pretty similar. Happy to David back but just a teensy tiny nervous with him and Brana in the center. They are both good but both have a tendency to lose the plot for a single deadly second. I agree with some here--Brana fancies himself a CB, but he's better on the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
termninja 5,290 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I hope we manage to score 1-2 goals and play our game. If Leverkusen start attacking us it's going to get a bit hairy...Will CTV broadcast the match live? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severinb 309 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I hope we manage to score 1-2 goals and play our game. If Leverkusen start attacking us it's going to get a bit hairy...Will CTV broadcast the match live?Nope they wont Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severinb 309 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 just saw on ctv cechBos Iv Luiz ColeMereiles Mikel MaloudaSturridge Torres Mata Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomCFC 357 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 There is no John Terry or Frank Lampard tonight as Andre Villas-Boas rotates his squad.David Luiz comes into defence for his first football of the season and Florent Malouda will play on the left of midfield.Fernando Torres replaces Nicolas Anelka in attack and Raul Meireles moves forward to the right of midfield to take the position filled at the weekend by Ramires, suspended from today's game. John Mikel Obi returns to the holding role.Michael Ballack starts for Bayer Leverkusen.Chelsea will line-up in the following 4-3-3 formation:1 Petr Cech17 Jose Bosingwa2 Branislav Ivanovic4 David Luiz3 Ashley Cole16 Raul Meireles12 John Mikel Obi15 Florent Malouda23 Daniel Sturridge9 Fernando Torres10 Juan MataSubs: 40 Hilario, 19 Paulo Ferreira, 33 Alex, 20 Josh McEachran, 8 Frank Lampard, 21 Salomon Kalou, 39 Nicolas Anelka.Leverkusen are expected to line up in the following (4-2-3-1): Leno; Castro, Toprak, Reinartz,Kadlec; Bender, Rolfes ©; Schürrle, Ballack, Sam; Kiessling.Subs: Yelldell, Balitsch, Friedrich, Bellarabi, Augusto, Schwaab, Derdiyok.The referee is Lee Probert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest justin_3d Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Official TeamCechBosingwaIvanvoicLuizColeMeirelesMikelMaloudaSturridgeTorresMata This is the line up i ask in the past, with the exception of Malouda!I wonder if Ramires was not ban, would he have started?Well lets see how these line up does.Thanks AVB for giving me something i wanted to see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I hope we manage to score 1-2 goals and play our game. If Leverkusen start attacking us it's going to get a bit hairy...Will CTV broadcast the match live?I'm not sure it'll be an attacking game but one that is won or lost in the middle. Bayer have a very strong midfield despite Barnetta being out. I expect to see few chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostas 1,468 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Get the streams rolling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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