BlueLyon 9,359 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Experience, and the mental strength, this is more important than anything. Think of Chelsea, in past 5 years, we have had a very poor team in Premier League, but always doing very very well in Europe. This is because many players have played Champions League semi final, final, so many times, it is just everyday thing now for them. They are not worried. Look at Real Madrid, much better team than Chelsea past 5 years, never getting to the final.This is why we are beating Napoli and PSG after losing heavily first leg, they do not have experience or confidence enough to finish off Chelsea. Atlético is the same, because 2nd leg is in London, it will be very easy for Chelsea to win, even if the Madrid match is a loss. They are still scared, this is their biggest match in many many years. Last time Chelsea are scared of Champions League match is 2004, when Monaco are defeating Chelsea.Exacty. Being in semis this year isnt just important for this season, but also very important for playrs mentality. They will gain experience and even if we lose this time, Hazard, Oscar, Willian and co will know how it is to play there, it will be much easier in next years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namika 922 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2014/04/13/primera/1397406020_380114.htmlAtlético president Enrique Cerezo repeats: "Courtois will only play when we reach an agreement with Chelsea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,598 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 NOOOOOOO!You want Bayern>? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo11bluecl 207 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Diego Costa missed his 4th pen of the season, if he comes here and want to take it from Hazard that would be funny. Also wouldn't mind 2 0-0 draw and we win on pen either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDY 1,290 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Diego Costa missed his 4th pen of the season, if he comes here and want to take it from Hazard that would be funny. Also wouldn't mind 2 0-0 draw and we win on pen either We Hate Scouse and mediator 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDY 1,290 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 A goal and a horrible looking injury to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohammed Seif 1,451 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 A goal and a horrible looking injury toLooked very nasty man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namika 922 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Diego Costa injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jype 6,398 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Meeting Atletico without Courtois and Costa would give us a huge advantage. Everything's already been said about the Courtois situation and I think that the contract clause should be respected but hope Costa will be fit, never nice to see players missing such big games with an injury. duo11bluecl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 That looked awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sovieticus 743 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Diego Costa missed his 4th pen of the season, if he comes here and want to take it from Hazard that would be funny. Also wouldn't mind 2 0-0 draw and we win on pen eitherBut still managed to score a goal.Are we going to buy a striker after an injury once again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo11bluecl 207 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Diego Costa out for 3 months maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namika 922 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 That's an awful injury, wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediator 2,026 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 (edited) Broken leg surely Edited April 13, 2014 by CHOULO19 Added spoiler tag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,598 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Broken leg surely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Meeting Atletico without Courtois and Costa would give us a huge advantage. Everything's already been said about the Courtois situation and I think that the contract clause should be respected but hope Costa will be fit, never nice to see players missing such big games with an injury.As long as we win the CL, I would not mind Courtois ruled out by our board, Costa and Godin injured and some of our Spain laonees breaking Cristiano's leg before the final, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,598 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 As long as we win the CL, I would not mind Courtois ruled out by our board, Costa and Godin injured and some of our Spain laonees breaking Cristiano's leg before the final, who?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionsden 4,689 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 LOL. Look at PSG, Napoli two years ago. Do not have experience of playing games with high stakes. Came to Chelsea with 3-1 lead and capitulated. Cinderella stories happen ofcourse. Experience is not a certainty but at the top level in last 10 years you see the same clubs coming to the end of Champions League stages - Barca ManU Chelsea to name threeIs this because of experience or because, crucially, those teams have had a combination of world class/great managers, great squad and some luck?.Would Barca have dominated the competition the way they did if they didn't have Guardiola, Messi,Xavi and Iniesta all at the peak of their powers? replace them with highly experienced average players and manager and they wouldn't have won anything (without unprecedented ridiculous amount of luck anyway).And if experience is so important then how come teams like Porto, Benfica, Arsenal et al often fail to achieve anything meaningful (like getting past the 2nd round or reaching the semis and final) in the competition despite their vast experience coming from consistently qualifying for and participating in the competition year in year out? duo11bluecl and AswinR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 I love the belief by most of our fans, but I have to say, some are getting a bit over confident. Someone on my TL has already booked his flight to Lisbon Blue-in-me-Veins, AswinR and Ainsley Harriott 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,598 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 I love the belief by most of our fans, but I have to say, some are getting a bit over confident. Someone on my TL has already booked his flight to Lisbon TL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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