Closed Chelsea 3-1 Steaua Bucharest

[Rambo 1,729]

Really makes you wonder why Torres can't play at his former level more often. He showed today he still has it in him. He must have the world's worst mental block of any professional athlete.

He needs a kick to the face every now and then to get motivated.

[MAF 162]

Really makes you wonder why Torres can't play at his former level more often. He showed today he still has it in him. He must have the world's worst mental block of any professional athlete.

THE LORD GIVETH CONFIDENCE

THE LORD TAKETH IT AWAY

[zolayes 14,489]

I have one question : Chelsea played this game at Stamford Bridge ? Because all I heard was ROMANIA and STEAUA ! ( you really should be ashamed )

Besides that, you deserved to qualify, Hazard was brilliant. Good luck !

If we are drawn against the Spuds you will here the Lions Roar especially if its at the Lane

[juko 19]

why real madrid or barça doesn't take Torres. i don't understand. really

[zolayes 14,489]

Btw..where is steaua's owner now ??

with that guy megabassa

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

Btw..where is steaua's owner now ??

2-1 to steaua LOL!

[GodZola 630]

Torres would of been crucified on here if Steaua had scored after missing that pen but credit were & when its due, he had a good game tonight.

Performance wasn't the best but done enough, one thing to note though - Cech sort out your kicking!

Not embarrassed about the fans at all, many don't hold this cup with any regard & how many games have they had to fork out for this season on top of travel - bloody expensive hobby! Hopefully Spurs next, less travel & would be a tad enjoyable to knock em out.

[DJames 729]

Imagine my surprise when I opened my app to see that Torres scored. I'm super angry now that I missed this match....stupid school!

Torres kept us in Europa....imagine that!!!

Thank you Nando!!

[Hutcho 8,443]

We won... We should have won with the team we played... Torres had his best game in quite a while which says something when it includes a mistake for the first goal we conceded and a missed pen, but still I'm comparison to the usual he did well... Hazard bossed it though along with cole who were both very good. Along with Cech who made a key save early on.

Job done... Hopefully we don't get some Russian team in the next round or anything which means we get a long journey.

[Laylabelle 9,535]

Thing is our fans arent made of money and games like this probably bottom of the pile.I went to this one cause being cheapish compared to £60 odd for the league games etc.And like the bloke next to me was saying,Rafa doesnt exactly help either! Away fans always seem to be louder at our place and other then the Shed the other areas pretty empty.That and there were quite a few Romian in with the Chelsea fans just obviously keeping quiet

Funny game though,dodgy in parts and then kinda okish the rest.And we know never to let Torres to take pens!Nice to see him score though.

Their number 77 whatever his name was..thought he was knocked out!Then mins later fine and dandy..

The 'welcome to our Czech Republic' vistors was a bit of a wooops awakward moment though!

[didierforever 7,349]

good performance. but still cant figure out if qualifying was good or bad for the club. anyways hazard and mata were brilliant. rambo played like a boss. nando was good for the last third of the game.

anyways hope to get rubin kazan for the next round.

by the way what do u guys think about cole? for me it has been evident that his performances have been continously been dipping. seriously dont see him being much better than bertrand at the moment.

[James 5,322]

I have one question : Chelsea played this game at Stamford Bridge ? Because all I heard was ROMANIA and STEAUA ! ( you really should be ashamed )

Besides that, you deserved to qualify, Hazard was brilliant. Good luck !

Away fans always do make more noise, take Sunday for example we made more noise at Old Trafford.

There was Dinamo Bucharest fans sitting with the Chelsea fans

[Kojo 4,676]

I think that's the first winner Torres has actually ever scored for us which has ended up being the last goal.

He only ever seems to score when our team has already scored another 3 goals.

[Azpinator 2,325]

Hazard is the difference. He is the definition of beautiful football, not Arsenal or fucking Barfa.

[Rupert 130]

Well done Rafa and nice profit on your faith in Torres despite all the boo boys.

Rafa is starting to instill a brain and a backbone into this team of youngsters and old lags. Another year more and he will make them champions if we can persuade him to stay despite the other job offers he has.

[Backstreet09 499]

I didn't watch the whole game , had the inter game on and well it went to the extra time so that shiznit tensport made me missed a bit like 30 minutes or something .

It was a decent performance . Ramires was a bit sloppy and oscar well was he even playing lol ?

Same old performance by Mikel , almost cost us a goal .

Torres was pretty good , He made some decent runs unfortunately no one picked a single of them and he scored a great goal , what a top finish . Could have had his second but well that's luck.

Hazard showed his class yet again , MOTM for me \m/

And Steaua are good , I mean they tried hard . Fair play to them (:

[Rupert 130]

I think that's the first winner Torres has actually ever scored for us which has ended up being the last goal.

He only ever seems to score when our team has already scored another 3 goals.

That's because at LFC he rode on the wave of a supportive crowd. He knew they wouldn't boo him even if he took chances and missed. He also had a manager who understood him, a captain who supported him and played to his strengths, whereas at Chelsea.....crowd.....captain (fill in the dots).

[zenden 13]

Away fans always do make more noise, take Sunday for example we made more noise at Old Trafford.

There was Dinamo Bucharest fans sitting with the Chelsea fans

When we play in our stadium, we NEVER get dominated by the visitors. Never ! Actually, I think you saw the atmosphere that we created in Bucharest.

Dinamo fans ? They are frustrated. Their team offers nothing to them, so they are happy only when Steaua gets beaten in Europa League or Champions League.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Happy with win, but

1.) terrible fans. I mean wtf?!

2.) team inconsistency

3.) Mikel...needs to put more fighting spirit and maybe train long shotting; he could be very good from distance. As I said, could be.

4.) shooting from distance. We need that, and on regular basis. Hazard or Mata can shot from distance, but we need someone who can take long shots every game.

5.) Luiz needs to step up. He needs proper coach who will give him exact role. Either more restricted role for him, or new DM who will stick back when Luiz runs with ball on other half. Mikel cant do that...Capoue maybe.

6.) Rambo was good today, but eventualy he will be sacrificed in starting spot with someone who can dictate from deep. There was no connection between midfield and attack again...

7.) we need hard worker in midfield. Someone who will sprint, tackle, mark whole game, even when others will get tired. Someone who will motivate team and push them on.

8.) Cole and Hazard were brilliant.

9.) Mata and Oscar need to strenghten in summer. At least Mata needs to start playing every game on top like Xavi, other way he will be like Silva. Good for half season only... I hope he can develop run engine, because we need him perform constantly. Same goes for Oscar.

8.) Terry was leader again, should play more...

9.) Torres was better, but I still dont trust him...

10.) lol at Rafa tactics...No goal, no motivation in first half. Fucking steaua played more attractive than us in 1st half.

11.) fans. Should be ashamed for their 'cheering'...i thought we played in London, not Romunia...

Thats it.

[Rambo 1,729]

When we play in our stadium, we NEVER get dominated by the visitors. Never ! Actually, I think you saw the atmosphere that we created in Bucharest.

Dinamo fans ? They are frustrated. Their team offers nothing to them, so they are happy only when Steaua gets beaten in Europa League or Champions League.

I think you're missing the point. Torres scored