petre.ispirescu 4,928 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Monster performance by Cahill and some great tactics by Mourinho against one of the best teams in Europe.A win at the Bridge and we're going to Lisbon Love this nights when all the haters fighting for a TOP4 spot or, worst, a Europa League spot are bragging about Chelsea's style Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 good performance, good result. i had said that i would have taken a 0-0 draw over a defeat and i stand by it. next leg, we will get hazard and etoo back and it will be a completely different story and gameplan, i think. i am pretty confident that we will go thru. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediator 2,026 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 It would be interesting to see how Mourinho will build the team for the next week. Mikel and Lampard out, and probably Terry.Iva is back, so i can see something like this :Azpi - Ivan - Cahill - Cole ------ Rambo -- Luiz ------Willian - Oscar - Hazard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roquila 1,335 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 No Cech for the possible final will be a big blow.What is Azpilicueta doing? I bet my house that he will be the first one for drug test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,315 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Flights to Lisbon from London Fri 24th May just gone up from £202 to £374..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StasisAEL 29 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 hopefully i wont have to watch a game with so much defending work...it reminded me of the second leg game between us and barcelona back in 2012. just cause it was luiz birthday doesnt mean he should hit every dangerous foul we get...he had super frankie in but luiz did both...thats ridiculous..luckily we didnt concede a goal and swartzer as our defence were quite impressive. just that part though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,056 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Flights to Lisbon from London Fri 24th May just gone up from £202 to £374.....I guess a few people think Chelsea will be on their way there then. Let's hope that is the case come next Weds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,916 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Ashley Cole. Fucking beast without even having a run of games to get ready.Ash should retain his place against Liverpool with Ivanovic at CB and Luiz in midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pWneR 230 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Who do you think will get an armband if Terry isn't fit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman60 1,343 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I dont like this result AT ALL. Yes we played well defensively and stopped Atletico, but 0-0 means we pretty much have to win.As far as the tactics go...I dont understand why Torres started this game. Considering how we played, and the tactic, he is the worst of our strikers for that kind of game. Defending deep, not countering and just hoofing the ball means one thing. DEMBA BA. Also Ramires as RW.. 4-3-3 with mikel luiz lampard is enough by far. Should have started schurrle or oscar.0-0 against the Spanish champions elect. Only the third team this season to keep them scoreless at home. And just in case you didn't know, we have to win to go through. Thats how you progress. But who said we had to win it tonight? We were superb tonight. Torres played because he works his socks off in matches like these. he done what was required of him and kept their back line on their toes. Ba is more of a poacher and tonight we needed someone to harass them and run at them when we had the ball. That's what Torres done. Oscar has been poor of late and this type of game just wouldn't suit his style. He may play at the Bridge as we will need to attack more. Ramires played because of his total commitment to get up and down the pitch for 90 minutes. I know he can be a loose cannon, but on his day you cannot leave him out and he played his part too tonight. He played that position against Barca 2 seasons ago and scored a cracker with a chip shot on a counter attack. Mikel was a giant tonight and broke up play, blocked shots, headed out balls, again, everything he was sent out to do. I am not a lover of him, but he played his part tonight and was faultless in all aspects of his game.Luiz too stood up and was counted. He was playing well in midfield and was equally as good when called upon to defend.Overall, tactics were spot on, and team selection (considering injuries and suspensions) was superb. He's not called the "Special one" for nothing.It's half time and all to play for. I think Hazard and Eto'o will be back next wednesday to improve our chances. These are my reasons for liking the result tonight.........Well done to the team AND the manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 hopefully i wont have to watch a game with so much defending work...it reminded me of the second leg game between us and barcelona back in 2012. just cause it was luiz birthday doesnt mean he should hit every dangerous foul we get...he had super frankie in but luiz did both...thats ridiculous..luckily we didnt concede a goal and swartzer as our defence were quite impressive. just that part though..defence is a major part of the game ,, when Jose was here the first time our defence was so good a newspaper ( actually a rag ) offered a reward for the first player to score against us ,,, In baseball a pitcher who goes through 9 innings without conceeding a hit or a walk has pitched a PERFECT game . Tonight our defencewas close to perfect . If you can't appreciate that you might be better watching basketball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Traveler 256 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 PS: I love this forum so much, chelsea fans on our czech site are so stupid... They want us to lose, just to prove Mourinho was wrong with lineup, they still saying Chelsea is boring, they doesn't watch matches etc... What an assholes... Exactly the same in local forums here! some of them just waiting for for Jose's head to celebrate! still wanking about FSW ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdog 2,084 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Who do you think will get an armband if Terry isn't fit?not even a question....Supa Frank will have it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiclasCFC 2,582 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 not even a question....Supa Frank will have itsuspended mate and Cech injured Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pWneR 230 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 not even a question....Supa Frank will have itCech injured and Lamps suspended :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chels 2,502 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Seems like tactics are very hard to keep secret nowadays:Dermot Corrigan @dermotmcorrigan Simeone: "We knew how they would play, we have good spies. We wanted to break their defensive play, but we couldnt." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediator 2,026 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Cech injured and Lamps suspended :/Ivan in that case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Who do you think will get an armband if Terry isn't fit?iva/cole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 What happened to Czech ?Arm injuries to players and goalkeepers are extremely rare.Such bad luck ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Anyway, if JT, Lamps and Pete will be out for match at SB, who you think will be captain?Usually Cole, then Mikel, but since the latter is out as well, probably Iva. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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