UCL Draw Thread

[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 7,217]

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 3,502]

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 27,424]

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!!!

[ZOS 580]

I think will be through to the final ... expecting a goal less draw in the first leg and a win at the bridge

[Moustradamus 60]

At the end of the day, Courtois is a Chelsea player, and Atletico is the one that should be concerned. Not the other way around.

Not worried one bit about this draw:

1) Mourinho NEVER lost a game v Atletico.

2) 2nd game is at the Stamford Bridge fortress.

3) Mourinho already has a plan how to beat all 3 teams.

We're going to Lisbon. It's. Written. In. The. Stars.

[iseah100 5,612]

there's always the chance of Atletico being honorable and honoring the bloody contract they agreed to and deciding themselves in a show of fair play, not play Courtois. I doubt it, but it'd be the right thing to do.

Best draw we could have wished for.

Courtious must not play. Atletico should honor the agreement. They are not innocent, they knew what they were doing when they signed Courtious for another loan season. If they fail to honor us , we should destroy them at The Bridge.

At the end of the day, Courtois is a Chelsea player, and Atletico is the one that should be concerned. Not the other way around.

Not worried one bit about this draw:

1) Mourinho NEVER lost a game v Atletico.

2) 2nd game is at the Stamford Bridge fortress.

3) Mourinho already has a plan how to beat all 3 teams.

We're going to Lisbon. It's. Written. In. The. Stars.

Courtois deserves to play, to hell with a clause. We can beat them with or without him. I want him to play if

LETS GOOOOO CHELSEA!!!!

[Alan Partridge 1,124]

I dream of a CL final between Chelsea and Real

Torres to have a blinder against a team he dislikes, like he did for Liverpool a few years back

I'd rather play Atletico over 2 games than either of the others

[ZOS 580]

If Courtios won't play, it is NOT because Chelsea didn't want him to but because Atletico didn't think its worth the price