Closed Chelsea v Shakhtar Donetsk

[dumps 284]

SO PUMPED for this game. Should be a great game of football.

My main hope is that we see Mata come back, and Ivanovic at CB with Azpi at RB. thats the dream.

my first game at the bridge this season with me father so im really looking forward to this!

I don't think it will be easy though. Shakthar are a good team with some impressive stats, but I dont think they are defensively sound, they had huge determination with their home fans behind them which is why we had a tough time, but at the bridge i dont see them being as well organised. we should get a few goals. I think our defense should keep them out and we hsould out score them.

3-1 Chelsea. a fair bit of woodwork will be involved as well i reckon. and a couple of stunning saves.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Crucial. Terry, Luiz and Mata back in.

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

i remeber before this 10 game run started i was hoping we we go like 8-1-1 or 7-1-2 the only thing is one of those losses was unjust so now if we truly do lose a game it would be 2 dropped instead of one. which isnt bad but would then put us in a very bad position if we lose in the UCL or PL.

I trust our home form and expect a fired up side come Wednesday, and although Shakhtar are riding high on their unbeaten run all good things must come to an end (see Juve's loss today vs Inter).

we have JT back and mata who i think we missed today vs Swansea. for some reason Mata and Oscar just didnt click and that i expect will grow in time,, (also goes to show just how important the little Spaniard is in that attacking 3 atm).

also bring on Lamps later on as a replacement for Oscar in CM. is he injured cuz havent seen him as of late?

[Reddish-Blue 2,382]

i remeber before this 10 game run started i was hoping we we go like 8-1-1 or 7-1-2 the only thing is one of those losses was unjust so now if we truly do lose a game it would be 2 dropped instead of one. which isnt bad but would then put us in a very bad position if we lose in the UCL or PL.

I trust our home form and expect a fired up side come Wednesday, and although Shakhtar are riding high on their unbeaten run all good things must come to an end (see Juve's loss today vs Inter).

we have JT back and mata who i think we missed today vs Swansea. for some reason Mata and Oscar just didnt click and that i expect will grow in time,, (also goes to show just how important the little Spaniard is in that attacking 3 atm).

also bring on Lamps later on as a replacement for Oscar in CM. is he injured cuz havent seen him as of late?

From what i recall, Lampsy picked up a calf strain against Shakhtar away..which has made him unavailable for 2 weeks.

I think we can either rush him back or keep him fresh for the next league game against Liverpool.

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

From what i recall, Lampsy picked up a calf strain against Shakhtar away..which has made him unavailable for 2 weeks.

I think we can either rush him back or keep him fresh for the next league game against Liverpool.

oh thats right,, in that case i wouldnt rush him back. just wait till Liverpool.

[Jase 43,479]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2227496/Roberto-Di-Matteo-says-Shakhtar-game-biggest-Chelsea-test-Munich.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

RDM has said this will be our biggest game since that night in Munich.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Hoping for a repeat of valencia at home result last season.

[Buffalo talks Blue 85]

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RDM has said this will be our biggest game since that night in Munich.

Indeed.

[Beepu 1,714]

need to win this one! otherwise theres a good chance that we might not make it to the knockout stages. Valencia 2.0 anyone???

[Zone 290]

Shaktar's top players were all rested during the weekend. Some didn't even make the squad so expect a fresh team on Wednesday.

[jmarlow 458]

I don't want to finish 2nd,we could face barca/madrid/bayern/united...best case scenario is us getting 3 points Wednesday and juventus drawing with shakhtar in Ukraine

yeah finishing top is important but i would laugh so hard if we finish 2nd and get Porto in the last 16 and Man U top their group and end up getting Real Madrid (who i think will come 2nd in their group)

[Kojo 4,676]

A must win game, cannot get outplayed again at any means.

[Hutcho 8,443]

Big game this one.... If we don't win then it is in juventus' hands and we have to go to there and win which will be extremely hard...

Also looking forward to this one as i am going there, and hopefully we can play better than we did the last time we played them.

We are not out of it with a draw or loss, but we would have to win our next 2, unless nordjaelland can do us a favour and beat them.

[Azpinator 2,325]

I don't want to finish 2nd,we could face barca/madrid/bayern/united...best case scenario is us getting 3 points Wednesday and juventus drawing with shakhtar in Ukraine

We can't face another English side in the round of 16.

[Rmpr 8,977]

I am scared for the first time this season...

MUST WIN!

[Jype 6,398]

I agree, but math doesn't. Lose this, win the next two games and we are through.

Depends on Juventus then though..

No it doesn't. If we lose this one but win Juventus and Nordsjaelland, we'd end up with ten points whereas Juve could only achieve a maximum of nine points if they won the other two games.

That being said I don't fancy our chances of getting the three points at Juve, so a win against Shakhtar is a must. Even a draw in Italy would be a good result imo so we can't really afford to go into the game with the away win as our only chance of qualifying. Last year's group stage was tight enough when we had to win Valencia at Stamford Bridge to go through but beating Juventus at their stadium is on a whole new level compared to that.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I think this match will define whether we top the group or finish second. I really don't think Juve will make it to the knock-outs unfortunately. Fatigue is an issue atm, but I trust the players will have the motivation to get past that. If Mata is fit, he will no doubt provide a huge boost for us.

[Ankit 3,176]

If we win this game and Juve beat the other team(can't spell), Table will look like this Shakthar 7 Chelsea 7 Juve 6.

If we win our next game and Shakhtar beat Juve ,Table will be Shakhtar 10 Chelsea 10 Juve 6 . Juventus out of the tournament and the Match against Juve will decide if Chelsea comes 1st or 2nd.