Closed Schalke v Chelsea

[Keikoismad 162]

Ready and excited for a great game of football!

Prediction: 1-3 for us, with goals from Hazard and Oscar.

Go Blueeees :blue scalf:

[xPetrCechx 13,565]

Schalke: Hildebrand, Höwedes, Uchida, Matip, Meyer, Boateng, Draxler, Clemens, Jones, Aogo, Neustädter.

SUBS: Fährmann, Hoogland, Felipe Santana, Kolasinac, Fuchs, Goretzka, Szalai.

[Danelka 209]

whoa, Keller didn't select Szalai? Good for us?

Nah, he's not that good, definitely not on Boateng's level.

[edetarod 2,155]

don't worry guys, Bertrand will play in the final

[Thendo 1,088]

Hopefully Schurrle plays on the left, he has been much better on there, altough they probably change around alot.

[hjperdeath 2,226]

Absolute master-class starting Azpilicueta. Could never have seen that coming.

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

I hope the attack and Ramires are in tune, there will be a lot of extra covering to be done...

[Barbara 15,149]

Nah, he's not that good, definitely not on Boateng's level.

except one is a striker the other is a AM? He should have played both imo, but then again, that's only me...

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

Chelsea FC ‏@chelseafc20m

Tonight's subs: Schwarzer, David Luiz, Bertrand, Mikel, Willian, Mata, Eto'o. #CFC

Damn De Bruyne cant get a sniff of the bench.

[aerlgenx 49]

loving waking up early in the morning just to watch ChelseaFC game..2-0 would be lovely =)

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

Absolute master-class starting Azpilicueta. Could never have seen that coming.

I wanted Jose to try it after the way he played on the left for us, but that must be a blow for Ryan though, who didn't do too bad a job covering Cole.

[Jype 6,398]

Boateng up front for them?

[bushman 2,043]

Absolute master-class starting Azpilicueta. Could never have seen that coming.

Any analyses since you aspire to be a coach ?

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

Damn De Bruyne cant get a sniff of the bench.

2 attacking mid places on the bench, Willian and Mata are an absolute mountain for him to climb.

[Hazardous Oscar 8]

would love it if Mata comes on to score the winning goal in a highly contested goal-fest......3-4 anyone?

[Pizy 18,538]

De bruyne

[Danelka 209]

except one is a striker the other is a AM? He should have played both imo, but then again, that's only me...

Boateng already played some games as a striker, so it's not like he's playing his first game ever there. Szalai can't really create anything for himself, and Boateng got some good dribbling skills, so it might be better to play him in a game like this, where they probably won't have many chances.

[hjperdeath 2,226]

I wanted Jose to try it after the way he played on the left for us, but that must be a blow for Ryan though, who didn't do too bad a job covering Cole.

True. Hopefully he's talked it out with Ryan, don't see him surprising the team by putting Azpi in there without explaining the reasons.

Any analyses since you aspire to be a coach ?

Did the scouting report. Two reasons that spring to mind would probably be -

a. To neutralize Schalke's wing-backs. Not sure why Bertrand can't do that, but Azpilicueta definitely has a special role to perform.

b. Or we are playing a 3-5-2 and Jose's fucking with us.