Champions League Thread

[Yeboii 1,844]

Just a question. Seriously what difference will it have on Chelsea if the kid plays or not? Yeah I would love them to pay the price in the agreement for it. But let us assume they can't? What impact with him playing have on our game and chances of advancing to the final?

He might pull out one of his wonder saves when we desperately need a goal to go to the final...

[Mohammed Seif 1,451]

He might pull out one of his wonder saves when we desperately need a goal to go to the final...

Sure, he might. But seriously if we can't beat them because of A GOAL KEEPER, we have no chance if we face a team like Bayern who has THE BEST GOAL KEEPER (not to mention the rest of their players). You want to be the best, you beat the best. It is that simple. This is an 11 vs 11 game. I would have more confidence in my team. We just destroyed one of the most expensive teams with talented players. We made the like of Ibra and Cavani look overrated and regular players. We SHOULD be able to score against Courtois or Neuer.

[Roquila 1,335]

Wow, we will be Champions of Europe for the third time in a row..... Chelsea Crisis? Mourinho failed?.....

I actually believe we are going to win it again.

[Azpinator 2,325]

If only it was this easy:

#BringBackKalouda

[Special Juan 28,141]

Course it won't be easy, no team we drew would be, but like I kept saying....away first is huge. They have had a tremendous season in La Liga, DS has got them playing quite a brilliant system by using both pressing and sheer power to overcome even the best teams in the league. But in all this they are facing us, not just us but our mental strength to dig deep and and never give in, lets roll up our sleeves and have this.

Jose will be ready, the lads will be and the fans too.

Courtois or no Courtois, bring on Atletico.

[darrus 422]

actually, its the opposite. their defense is their strength. godin is awesome, filipe luis ist awesome, juanfran is playing great and miranda is also doing a good job. gabi, koke and thiago also do a very good job and we dont need to talk about Courtois. Futhermore their pressing is incredible.

They're looking good in La Liga which is not surprising but in CL they've got found out various times already which is one of the reasons Courtois' playing quality is standing out. They let teams counterattack, they tire quickly if they have to defend constantly (see their last match with Real, the team was almost dead 15 minutes before the end and it cost them points). There were enough matches where Costa and Courtois bailed them out, but even Barcelona managed to constantly get through their defense on Wednesday, and we certainly will be able to do it too.

[communicate 2,703]

They're looking good in La Liga which is not surprising but in CL they've got found out various times already which is one of the reasons Courtois' playing quality is standing out. They let teams counterattack, they tire quickly if they have to defend constantly (see their last match with Real, the team was almost dead 15 minutes before the end and it cost them points). There were enough matches where Costa and Courtois bailed them out, but even Barcelona managed to constantly get through their defense on Wednesday, and we certainly will be able to do it too.

But they should have won against real n barca much sooner. Costa missed easy chances and the same thing against barca, villa missed easy chances.

They are hard nossed team that we don't like playing against, we are much better playing furnish team

[Alan Partridge 1,124]

The lad has to come back to Chelsea at some point, you don't wanna piss off your own player.

He deserves it

[Strike 7,489]

If only it was this easy:

Kalou missed an open-goal as well

[AswinR 96]

for fuck sake stop insulting ourselves!!

chelsea should come out publicly and state whats in the contract and if there is a clause that they are going to waver it for a special circumstances and hope it wont be too much pressure on a young player.!!!

and let mourinho be in that conference just so that he could tell the whole fucking world we are not afraid and we will play our game.....FEARLESS!!

if we are thinking of super cup...ladies and gentlemen this is a whole different chelsea...

seriously does anybody think psg defence was bad?! silva is one of the best and alex held his ground for most of the CL games and we did find inroads into them...

the first step to winning is believing.... so lets believe

[ZOS 580]

A very tough opponent. As I've said earlier today, Athletico is our tactical nemesis. Drawing BM would've been best, but I'm glad we didn't draw RM and getting the second leg at SB is a big boost its going to be hard but I believe we can pool through ... regarding the Courtois situation, Chelsea should demand AM to honor the contract. This is business, we should do everything we can to win the tie.

[AswinR 96]

if anybody i am afraid of it is david villa.... he is imo the best clinical cool headed striker ever....

and ppl talk about their players work rate...we arent that bad either.... willian and schurrle will be more than capable of performing against them....

we can out run them at every filed(ramires,hazard/schurrle,willian,oscar)....big diff btw us and barca....they dont thrive well with physical pressure...we are quite used to it!!

and how many long shot goals have you seen against us...we are that good..and our defense will easily handle the physical offence

and for superstitions...2012 i read loads of them and none favoured us and how did that turn out.....but since we are on the topic-last time real played bayern and we where in the other semi what happened...

[DoubleO 192]

Now that we are actually facing them some of us have to learn how to spell their name.

It is Atletico, not Athletico

[robsblubot 3,595]

Jose said they thought PSG couldn't handle a direct style because they weren't used to playing against sides who play like that.

I wonder whether we are going to attempt the same against atletico.

Of all sides, Atletico *is* the one with least experience in terms of facing different styles in different competitions, but I tend to agree with most here: at this level they are all as tough as they get.

[AswinR 96]

btw who all are suspended for this match?

[Special Juan 28,141]

2012- Bayern were going to give us such a hiding we would cry rape.

2012- Going to the Camp Nou and progressing was an impossible task according to some.

2014- Nobody beats City at The Etihad, they are the best team ever, we couldn't live with Yaya.

Just a few pointers and to make people realise this team can do what some perceive as the impossible.

[AswinR 96]

'The loan was arranged at the start of the season and it is quite simple, Courtois can play against Chelsea, that was never in doubt,' said Gourlay.

'Regarding the UEFA statement, we will evaluate that over the course of the next 24 or 48 hours and we will comply with the rules, and he can play against Chelsea in both games.'

fucking reporters making us look like evil tacticians!!

[Moustradamus 60]

As usual, Uefalona butts in.

Unintended consequences: cash-strapped teams that depend on loans, i.e. Atletico, Everton, might have a harder time getting good players in the future.

[Shane 2,275]

Very good draw. Atletico are a very good side but I fancy us over two legs, especially with the second leg at the Bridge.

[AswinR 96]

2012- Bayern were going to give us such a hiding we would cry rape.

2012- Going to the Camp Nou and progressing was an impossible task according to some.

2014- Nobody beats City at The Etihad, they are the best team ever, we couldn't live with Yaya.

Just a few pointers and to make people realise this team can do what some perceive as the impossible.

exactly and we seem to be pretty good at high pressure games!!!