Closed Chelsea 3-1 Steaua Bucharest

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Happy to win because of those annoying fans who were on here, but I still hate this tournament. Look at the 8 teams left, which team would be a major accomplishment to beat? The two best teams left in the tournament are Chelsea and Spurs so even if we do well, we're just beating teams we should be beating anyway. I'd rather win it than not, but not if the cost is going to be playing a regular starting XI.

Lazio and Rubin, Benfica shouldnt be underestimated mate. They are not big name clubs, but are doing well in EL.

Rubin defeated Atletico, same team we lost 4:0. But yeah, Atletico, Ajax and Napoli are all out, they are teams I would love us to face. I want Lazio or Spurs in next round, we will play against them sooner or later. And sure it will be nice clash to beat Spurs or to see how good would we play vs Lazio...

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Lazio and Rubin, Benfica shouldnt be underestimated mate. They are not big name clubs, but are doing well in EL.

Rubin defeated Atletico, same team we lost 4:0. But yeah, Atletico, Ajax and Napoli are all out, they are teams I would love us to face. I want Lazio or Spurs in next round, we will play against them sooner or later. And sure it will be nice clash to beat Spurs or to see how good would we play vs Lazio...

Lazio is 6th in Seria A and Rubin Kazan is 6th in Russia. Chelsea and Spurs are both better. Benfica is a decent club for sure, but not a top side. We could lose to anyone but there isn't a team we should lose to but that's the nature of the Europa League. Spurs would be the worst for me because it would make us play a very strong lineup because of our rivalry and we'd all hate to lose to them.

[brtul 2]

So...replace Mata with new AM? Sell Oscar cuz he aint Chelsea material, but keep Marin? Torres to return? Mikel worse than steaua DM? Lol

You are a very weird cfc fan or just another troll trolling around. I mean we realise that Mata and Oscar are not Messi, but they will sure lead this team in future. Oscar is fuckin 21 ffs.

Thank you for opinion, good bye.

And btw Chiriches (or whateva) is not worth more than 10mio. Overrated by his agent to make some money and spreading 'news' about Real, CitY, Chelsea to be interested in him...30mio? LOL.

yeahhh....replace Mata.. i dont see him as good as you ..(my honest opinion) ...oscar should start another sport - lets say we would invent a tanning sport for him

(really..i meant it when i said he's not Chelsea material)..

Marin has real tallent..his the fastest player Chelsea has..great technique..good dribbling..excellent positioning..and you cant compare Mikel with Bourceanu - Steaua player has at least one class over him..and mind your own business..u cant sort cfc fans.. and by the way..im sure that if you sell Mata and Oscar..(or) abramovich could buy a super star like ribery..doesnt matter..we're all here to share opinions right? good bye to you too.

P.S. i dont know Chiriches value cuz im not a scout or an agent..but i know that you'll hear about him in the future

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Lazio is 6th in Seria A and Rubin Kazan is 6th in Russia. Chelsea and Spurs are both better. Benfica is a decent club for sure, but not a top side. We could lose to anyone but there isn't a team we should lose to but that's the nature of the Europa League. Spurs would be the worst for me because it would make us play a very strong lineup because of our rivalry and we'd all hate to lose to them.

Rubin is nothing special...but have you even seen Lazio play? They are better than us right now. Might be six in serie a, but are playing best football in EL, mate.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

yeahhh....replace Mata.. i dont see him as good as you ..(my honest opinion) ...oscar should start another sport - lets say we would invent a tanning sport for him

(really..i meant it when i said he's not Chelsea material)..

Marin has real tallent..his the fastest player Chelsea has..great technique..good dribbling..excellent positioning..and you cant compare Mikel with Bourceanu - Steaua player has at least one class over him..and mind your own business..u cant sort cfc fans.. and by the way..im sure that if you sell Mata and Oscar..(or) abramovich could buy a super star like ribery..doesnt matter..we're all here to share opinions right? good bye to you too.

P.S. i dont know Chiriches value cuz im not a scout or an agent..but i know that you'll hear about him in the future

After reading...Oscar should start another sport...I lost my hope on you...

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Well he was right about Mikel tho ^^^

And thats why Mikel is in Chelsea since 2006 and that guy is in Steaua right? Mikel is worse than many european DMs, but not that bad.

[Stats 7,142]

Lazio is 6th in Seria A and Rubin Kazan is 6th in Russia. Chelsea and Spurs are both better. Benfica is a decent club for sure, but not a top side. We could lose to anyone but there isn't a team we should lose to but that's the nature of the Europa League. Spurs would be the worst for me because it would make us play a very strong lineup because of our rivalry and we'd all hate to lose to them.

Tbh, Rubin beat Atletico in Spain 2-0. Atletico have one of the best defences in the league and for Rubin to beat them shows that they are quite a strong team as we saw Atletico beat us 4-1. We have not been great in this competition either. I think any team can win it tbh. I would not necessarily say that us and Tottenham are the most likely teams to win it. Stated it already but there are hungrier teams than us to win this.

[brtul 2]

After reading...Oscar should start another sport...I lost my hope on you...

Oscar is not for Chelsea - end of discussion

[bluephoenix 1,131]

links to english highlights ?

[bluesman2610 1,417]

man I am glad this tie is over so the boards can get back to normal...

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Oscar is not for Chelsea - end of discussion

Thanks for the explanation man. I really care.

[Ankit 3,176]

To the Steaua Bucharest owner, Gigi Bucali who said no team can score more than 3 goals past his team. Well,

[semiller1313 23]

While I thought that Hazard played remarkably well, I have to go with Mata as MOTM since he was involved in all 3 Chelsea goals.

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

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.

Well to be fair his goals have kept us in 2 competitions this year, without those and we'd be fighting for nothing right now.

[robdog 2,084]

What was Rafa thinking? Not making a single sub until the 90th minute.

did you really expect anything different? I am just happy that he played our best 11 & ditched the silly rotation tonight.

[semiller1313 23]

As a romanian Steaua and Chelsea fan..i must say:

Congrats guys..i hope Chelsea will won Europa League..we played our chance..im a lil' nostradamus..as i said we're gonna beat Chelsea in the first leg with 1-0 and we'll be beaten by at least 2 goals at Stamford Bridge..

Im a Chelsea fan when it doesnt involve Steaua ..but i can tell you my honest opinion: ..rafa must surely go (this season is over..but i still hope we're gonna catch the third spot in the PL and with God's help maybe the FA Cup)..obi its weaker than Steaua's Bourceanu (who costs about 1/10 of his value)..i can see that Mata its seen as a world class player..but i see him mediocre..Chelsea should find a veritable AM playmaker..I really like Eden though(hes a real tallent..our messi).. you guys should also give a brake to Marko Marin..hes a bright youngster who can be a leading star in 2 years..i dislike that jewish guy..i dont even want to write his name...hes washed out..Ashley Cole was excellent as usual..Azpilicueta is in my opinion a great DR (much better than Ivanovic)..Luiz rullzzzz..I wont mention Terry because his my favorite..Frank is getting old but it should still be on the first 11..oscar will sure leave the team because he's not Chelsea material..keep faith in Torres - he needs a more motivational manager to lead this superb team..

In other order..I haven't appreciated the fact that our players had a hotel alarm in the middle of the night..but..the fact that Steaua lost to Chelsea have nothing to do about it..

Anyway..i saw some bad remarks about my country and my team.. so i want to point some of them

1) third country team (semi-professional team) - Steaua have won Champions League trophy in '86 (and has one CL final in '89), an European Super Cup also in '86, an Europa League semi final in 2006 (lost against Middlesborough), and it is the most successful team from my country with 23 championships won (this year we'll celebrate the 24th because we're 12 points ahead) - in my opinion Steaua would be a middle table team in your league without problem

2) who the f.. is Chiriches? - hes a youngster (23 yo) with great attitude and excellent skills (a great DC) - you will sure hear about him in the future as the media says that Man City wants to pay 15 mil pounds for him (our Steaua owner doesnt want to sell him though without 30 mil euros)

3) fu.. Romania..fu.. all romanians - i mean why? why should i hear such a thing? we always were a country that had nothing to do with no one ..we just defended our territory..we're really proud that we defeated the Turkish empire from invading our country(and europe as well)..we're really proud that we invaded USSR in '41 to regain our moldavian land that was taken from us..i dont know..we have such a great history (im not comparing Romania to England..but think about it ..a 24 million people country ..invaded Russia)..you guys have heard about Dracula right?

4) Hagi - i seen some bad remarks about him also..he was our best ever player..you should watch his moments on ytube

5) Dan Petrescu was just a mediocre player in Chelsea's history - im gonna quote what Petrescu said for romanian media before the second leg "Chelsea team will show our Steaua team theyr real value..and im sure that they wont have a problem against us..romanians will see the real Chelsea face in this game (he was also a former Steaua player) [..]..i was very glad when my daughter (who's name is Chelsea) has recieved tickets for the Stamford Bridge game..i would be very glad to manage Chelsea in the near future (as he is a successful russian premier league manager now)"

Cheers ..and fu..United

Mata is mediocre, Marin will be a top player, hate the jewish guy, give Torres another shot, and Oscar is garbage. You seem to have really good insight into the Chelsea team. Perhaps you should put yourself forward as a candidate for the manager job?

[butchercoat 60]

I think that 'Nando after getting kicked in the face grew a pair of cajones and started to give shit about playing football. I know he missed the pen but give him a plus for not hiding and leaving it to someone else, even Frank misses the odd one.

[Clevemayer 764]

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.

1) I couldn't watch, was it that bad? we should get an campain started for thie bridge in 2009 we where the third loudest place in england, louder then Old Trafford (it was scientifically proven, they did measure the loudness on the pitch during a game) and yeah I'm aware that we have only 42005 seats...

3) finally another one seeing it and I'm getting annoyed that no coach aside from Butch has ever advised him to do so (look at his shots against inter, Stoke arsenal etc. under Carlo)

5) he should get some propper advice never seen such a good defender with such a small sense for the tactical part of the game... it's a shame...

7) fully agree

[Mundaka 243]

Mata/Cole had a great game but Hazard MOTM for me because although he didn't make that much difference goal/assist wise, his running with/without the ball and keeping 3/4 steaua players buzy pretty much the whole game, his availability, link up play did make the difference i feel.

[Drogzola 283]

I will give the Streaua fans one thing, they a fucking noisy bunch. The whistling was getting on my tits but the overall atmosphere was something we can learn from. Also if we could mix the determination their players have with ours technical abilities I think we would be formidable. It was a good game and I enjoyed it overall.

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.

Ramires?