Chelsea to play Bayern Munich in the Final

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

Nothing to worry about.Just remember that we overcame a 3-1 deficit and beat Barcelona to come this far.

[termninja 5,290]

Badstuber, Alaba and Luiz Gustavo will be out. Great thing about Holger because he is their best defender and Gustavo was also amazing against Real.

Stupid UEFA really...it's just not fair for a team to play the CL FINAL at home....

[Predator 114]

Badstuber, Alaba and Luiz Gustavo will be out. Great thing about Holger because he is their best defender and Gustavo was also amazing against Real.

Stupid UEFA really...it's just not fair for a team to play the CL FINAL at home....

Seven players in total suspended from both sides, Bayern lack depth in center backs, and this might mean Lahm may go back to being a LB, bringing Rafinha, and probably use Pranjic to take Gustavo's place, while Tymoshchuk plays as a center back. And I cant imagine the changes Chelsea have to make, what kind of a final is that? Might as well make it a pre-season friendly.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

We have history with Bayern Munich (previous match)? I dont remember.

2005 quarter finals, Lamps scored a beauty at SB where we won 4-2. Can't find the video but take my word for it, it was one sweet volley.

[termninja 5,290]

Really happy to see Chelsea and Bayern in the final. People have bored the fuck out of the world with Barca and Real, their clasicos, Messi and Ronaldo, Pep and Mou......

Seven players in total suspended from both sides, Bayern lack depth in center backs, and this might mean Lahm may go back to being a LB, bringing Rafinha, and probably use Pranjic to take Gustavo's place, while Tymoshchuk plays as a center back. And I cant imagine the changes Chelsea have to make, what kind of a final is that? Might as well make it a pre-season friendly.

Yeah man, completely stupid. Frickin' yellow cards...oh well, it's down to UEFA's and the World's loss, the match won't be as good as it could've been.

[Predator 114]

Yeah man, completely stupid. Frickin' yellow cards...oh well, it's down to UEFA's and the World's loss, the match won't be as good as it could've been.

Hopefully UEFA get a reform next season. Change some rules, add some technology into the game (goal line technology, replays, etc) and stop being so bloody biased

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Seven players in total suspended from both sides, Bayern lack depth in center backs, and this might mean Lahm may go back to being a LB, bringing Rafinha, and probably use Pranjic to take Gustavo's place, while Tymoshchuk plays as a center back. And I cant imagine the changes Chelsea have to make, what kind of a final is that? Might as well make it a pre-season friendly.

Actually Chelsea have more adequate solutions for the suspensions at the back than Bayern. We will probably play Bosingwa RB, Luiz and Cahil as CBs, and Cole in the LB, unless someone gets injured. But yes, it is one of the UEFA's stupider rules.

[zak12 3]

Bayern is so random, i know we can win or lose to them by 3-0.

[Predator 114]

Actually Chelsea have more adequate solutions for the suspensions at the back than Bayern. We will probably play Bosingwa RB, Luiz and Cahil as CBs, and Cole in the LB, unless someone gets injured. But yes, it is one of the UEFA's stupider rules.

Ah must be because Chelsea have more depth in their subs, something Bayern lacks due to stubbornness of our board

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Found the Lmapard goal

[Jase 43,479]

More on what Mourinho said last night.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/apr/26/jose-mourinho-chelsea-heroes-final

"John [Terry] is missing but Chelsea are there [in the final] and that is the most important thing," he said. "I just hope it is a good final and of course I want the Blues to win, even though I have a lot of respect for the reds. I have a blue rib, still. Inter and Chelsea mean a lot to me."

"I think Chelsea's boys were heroes [against Barcelona], absolute heroes. Some people think they are the masters of the game and they will criticise Chelsea in the same way that they criticised Inter two years ago, but they know nothing. Nothing.

"They know nothing about character and personality. They know nothing about the effort or what it is to resist physically, emotionally and technically, with 10 men. They know nothing about organisation. They know nothing. That's why my heroes at Chelsea are in my mind and why Chelsea deserve to be in the final. One of the great things about football is that it is unpredictable. Chelsea have fantastic fans and so do Bayern Munich so I hope they enjoy the final. And I hope Chelsea win."

And from Jupp Heynckes.

"It was a surprise Chelsea were in the final but in the last few weeks Chelsea have made a very good impression. They are a team of wonderful professionals and if they reached the final it is because they deserved to. I thought Barcelona suffered from immense fatigue; they were exhausted. Chelsea did it that way because they knew that they could not play offensively against Barcelona and we have to congratulate them. It was a tactical masterpiece."

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Bayern are not 'Average' my friend. They have weapons of mass destruction in their team (Robben, Ribery, Gomez) and have Schweinsteiger as well who has experience and can be the glue to their Midfield. They are a very good side. Although, like everyone has said, their Defence is their big weakness. I would rather play them than Jose and the well oiled, CR7 lead Madrid

Yeah definitely a poor choice of words, but I honestly think if you take Robben and Ribery out of their team they would struggle.

I would definitely prefer playing against Bayern rather than Real, though, so I'm happy with the result. It will be a tough game still.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Welcome to the forum.

useful tip - Don't piss of BlueLion, Steve or Jim. they are the slumlords of this forum

also, looking forward to chelsea bayern. first time since those free-scoring matches of 2005

Strike you are learning fast

[Predator 114]

Yeah definitely a poor choice of words, but I honestly think if you take Robben and Ribery out of their team they would struggle.

I would definitely prefer playing against Bayern rather than Real, though, so I'm happy with the result. It will be a tough game still.

Robben was out for the better part of the first half of the season, what did Bayern get? A clean sheet run, an undefeated streak, world class performances

Bayern do not need Robben nor Ribery to show world class performances

[Predator 114]

We have a good record against Madrid and we have a good record against Ronaldo. But seriously Real Madrid will hammer Bayern today so although we all want Bayern, it is Real Madrid who we will get. 100% sure about that.

hehehehehehe

[vergil_sparda 26]

Found the Lmapard goal

Sheer CLass!!

[YouNameIt 1,511]

Not necessarily. We could go like this:

Essien-Mikel-Malouda

Lampard-Mata

Drogba

It's up to you to decide if Kalou is better than Essien and Malouda.

Malouda? Are you fucking NUTS? Let Sturridge start and play 1-2 games before the final. IF he does well, he should start in the final because we need someone with speed and technique.

Cech

Bosingwa - Cahill - Luiz - Cole

Mikel - Lampard

Sturridge - Mata - Kalou

Drogba

[capriccioso 2,545]

Malouda's not half bad as a midfielder these days. Utter rubbish on the wing though.