Closed Chelsea v Sparta Prague

[Jase 43,479]

Chelsea vs Sparta Prague
PRE-MATCH DISCUSSION AND LIVE CHAT



Europa League Last 32 Second Leg
21st February, Thursday 2013
Stamford Bridge
20:05 Kick Off (UK time)

[Laylabelle 9,359]

We score first all good..they score first..bugger advantage gone...hopefully its less like watching paint dry!

[different level 1,056]

They are a goal down and will be pushing to score, so our wingers will have lots of spaces for cut ins and go on to punish them. An easy one.

[FabHazard 655]

my lineup:cech,azpi,cahill,iva,bertrand,mikel,ramires,hazard,oscar,moses,torres.Give lampard and mata rest

[Jype 6,398]

Torres

Marin - Oscar - Moses

Mikel - Ramires

Bertrand - Cahill - Ivanovic - Azpilicueta

Cech

Rest Mata, Hazard, Lampard, Cole, Luiz and Terry for Man City. With the away goal we really should go through without much problems, even with a slightly weakened team.

[OneMoSalah 8,778]

Nice and easy 3-0 win, with all 3 goals coming after the 85th minute obviously.

[bushman 2,043]

Of course scored by Azpi too.

[Billy. 2,742]

2-0 me thinks

[Yeboii 1,844]

I can nearly guarrantee that Oscar will score if he is on

[cripji 16]

Oscer seems to b gud in cup competitions.Thats a plus for us.

[communicate 2,703]

Not even sure I bother to watch this game, the 1st leg was so boring

[BlueLion. 21,491]

I'm expecting a routine 2-0 win. They'll be pushed forward looking to score as they are already behind the leg. Will leave space for the likes of Moses and Oscar to exploit, as they did yesterday.

Hope to see some players rested again. Turnbull, Bertrand, Mikel (for game-time ahead of City), Moses and Ferreira should all feature.

[BowtiesAreCool 16]

Turnbull(shit)

Ferreira - Ivanovic - Cahill - Bertrand

Ramires - Mikel

Moses - Oscar - Marin

Torres

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Oscar = boss in europe

Should rest mata in this game, he has to get a rest sooner or later, surely before the mancity game would be good.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Just don't concede. A clean sheet is vital to not complicate things and go through with the least possible effort. Mikel is a must start for this one. I expect something like:

Cech

Azpi-Luiz-JT-Bertrand

Rami-Mikel

Hazard-Oscar-Marin

Torres

[Rupert 130]

The truth is that there are too many games coming too quickly. A manager has to prioritize. But what is more important beating Man City or progressing to the next round of the EC? They are equally important. Laudrup featured a weakened Swansea side against a poor LFC yesterday to save them for the Cup Final and he got thrashed 5-0. If I were Rafa I would err on the side of winning - play a strong side for both matches and hope the players rise to the occasion. I would not play Turnbull. I might play Ramirez and Moses and Mikel.

[Milan 17,854]

Sparta midfielder Lukáš Vácha after the first leg:

How did the Chelsea stars behave off the pitch, in the tunnel or by the dressing rooms?

For example, I played against Mata for the second time, we met before while playing for the U-21 national teams. He recognized me, came to me and shook my hand. However, Mata, Hazard or even Lampard were doing something interesting during the game. When they are getting closer to the opponent from behind, they start doing a very quick sound - tss tss. I have no idea why. Maybe to disturb the opponent player, to get him nervous, I really don't know. In fact, Theo Gebre Selassie had told me that in the Spanish national team, every single player does that.

[Mustafa 885]

Have a feeling that Torres will start and score and then Rafa, being the knob that he is... will play him in the Man City game....