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[Atlas Lion 1,223]

Love the amount of depth we have

[Barbara 15,149]

Does José think Willian is u-22 or he changed his mind about Kevin starting? as far as I can say there are only 3 under 22 players and he had said twice yesterday there would be four. I guess he's replaced Kevin for Will ever since.

[couris 232]

Jose is ruining Mata

[Milan 17,854]

I'm very happy to see Willian and Eto'o, just like Van Ginkel. But I was also hoping to see Mata, Azpilicueta, Bertrand and De Bruyne! With this team we have to destroy them and gain confidence.

[LegenTerry 265]

WTF is Mourinho doing with Juan Mata???
There will be boring football again.

[krnme 35]

So we're gonna see the wizard of os in action for the first time... Exciting times ahead =)

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

Ivanovic seriously needs to rest.Azpi is a reliable backup and deserves some game time.

[edetarod 2,155]

lies, lies everywhere

[Golo 0]

Surprised to see Luiz in the line up after his mistake against Everton. I think Hazard could have sat this one out. Given De Bruyne or Mata a chance. Both full backs could also do with a rest.

[Jase 43,479]

Final call.

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[Sheva. 5,373]

Happy to see Eto'o start. We need to have a main striker, and let him build up some form.

[Stingray 9,441]

Happy to see Eto'o start. We need to have a main striker, and let him build up some form.

True. We will need him very badly during the season. He needs to find his rhythm asap.

[Jusek 2,031]

Willian, Eto'o and Van Ginkel starting, hell yeah!

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

Jose is ruining Mata

Or is Mata not showing enough to get included in these type of matches?

Only one who could feel hard done by this selection today is De Bruyne IMO.

[sutro 1,026]

True. We will need him very badly during the season. He needs to find his rhythm asap.

Oooooh welcome back mate!

[Ankit 3,176]

Was not really expecting any whole sale changes to the squad. He said in his press conference that a win at the start of a CL group stage goes a long way, hence such a strong line up with just Van Ginkel and Willian the new faces who will be playing for the first time with the rest of the squad.

[AllorNothing 1]

5-0

that's all we need .

Eto'o 3 and Hazard 2

[Stingray 9,441]

Oooooh welcome back mate!

thanks mate!