Closed Benfica 0-1 Chelsea

[pachman40 357]

Tactical breakdown on last night's game by PortuGOAL.

http://www.portugoal...tical-breakdown

Good find, I agree with most everything in that article. Also, their match report reflects a lot of what I was already thinking.

[Peace. 4,352]

Yes, like they did 4 years ago...

oh, wait, they lost!

Four years ago I was four years younger.

[bluephoenix 1,131]

Haha.... The Funny and greatly Ironic part about this is that he will probably be on the bench for the next game.

He has to start from square one every game and try and build momentum .... and he probably knows he is sitting on the bench against Aston Villa.

Wierd Conundrum our club is under ATM.

yes ... because we can't frustrate Drogba on the bench. He is crucial and proves to be the game changer when we need him in dire situations, Torres still doesn't have my confidence there. Almost all the players are performing and giving their best under RDM and its nice to watch

[Jase 43,479]

I know Benfica weren't exactly in their tip-top form last night but why is it that every time without fail before games like this, everyone will say "it's gonna be tough", "they're not easy to play against" and things like that and after we beat them, it's all "oh, they were poor", "it was against an average team XXXX" or "they were rubbish"!

How about giving the team more credit of actually containing the opposition well rather than talking so much about how bad the opposition were!

[Sheva. 5,373]

Exactly. Benfica might have not been at their best, but i'll attribute most of that to our defence playing very well, and the whole team in general making it difficult for them.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Carefreechronicles break down of the goal:

http://www.carefreechronicles.com/2012/03/breaking-down-kalou-goal-against.html

I thought I'd share this since he is no longer posting here.

[communicate 2,703]

Good find, I agree with most everything in that article. Also, their match report reflects a lot of what I was already thinking.

I thought benfica played ok, decent offensively but super leaky at the back.

Just wondering how in the heck can you can get a draw against MU ? Your defense was so leaky especially on the left (your left back cannot cope with ramires, how can you cope with Valencia ?)

[GodZola 630]

- A very welcome and unexpected result as I couldn't see us winning there with Drogba & co starting let alone the team RDM selected so hats off to him - I bow to his superior knowledge & eat some humble pie. RDM did admit it was a risk & fortune favours the brave so fair play to him for showing some balls.

- I've given Mikel a hard time on here but have always said that I will give him credit when its due, thought he had his best game for us last night for sometime so voted for him, I hope he can follow it up now & show some consistency. Recently its been Torres or Luiz as our best players both were good again, Luiz in particular, who i thought was immense - seems like another player that needed time to settle & now we are reaping the rewards.

- Great result but still a lot to do - just remember Liverpool away a few seasons back 3 - 1 up after the first leg before finally going through after a see-saw game that was really nerve racking, a little calm for now as I expect a tougher encounter at home - that away goal was so crucial though.

[CareFreeChronic 238]

Carefreechronicles break down of the goal:

http://www.carefreec...al-against.html

I thought I'd share this since he is no longer posting here.

Thanks for sharing.

[Madmax 9,219]

^ That avatar depresses me. Sigh.

[Igi26 346]

Anyone with torrent link for game?

[bluephoenix 1,131]

Salomon Kalou started for the first time this season in the Champions League and rewarded Roberto Di Matteo's faith with the goal, while Paulo Ferreira was handed his first action since New Year's Eve.

Source:Chelseafc official site

what is wrong with ChelseFC people ... his hand ball against Valencia caused all sorts of problem in this forum.

*sigh* ChelseaFC should do a better job with the articles they post !

Edit:apologies !

[Jase 43,479]

Source:Chelseafc official site

what is wrong with ChelseFC people ... his hand ball against Valencia caused all sorts of problem in this forum.

*sigh* ChelseaFC should do a better job with the articles they post !

He came on as a sub against Valencia.

[TomCFC 357]

Yeah, he didn't start that. So before you criticise fact-checking...

[bluephoenix 1,131]

Yeah, he didn't start that. So before you criticise fact-checking...

my bad apologies to every one and to Chelseafc !!! my bad forgot that he was a sub in that match