Closed Chelsea 1-3 Atletico Madrid

[Hysteria 159]

Bring back Courtois.

[DYC. 7,542]

Painful loss. Mourinho's gameplan completely backfired. Hopefully next season matches won't be approached in the same way anymore.

Hope Atletico get the double.

[1chelsea 864]

Transfer Window Chelsea own u... Yeah we own u

[Polo7 3,496]

Didnt play well enough, a shame but I think we overachieved in the competition anyway. Cant wait for next season, hope to see Courtois in our jersey.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Proud of all the boys. Great achievement to have even reached this stage. Game plan went very well, but individual mistakes cost us. Can't slate the defense that has been so immense all season for one bad game.

This wasn't our day, but we'll be there next season. KTBFFH! :blue scalf:

[DanAdibi! 106]

Worst performance in the whole season, when we had to play the best. Absolutely no spirit. We showed nothing.

One of the most stupid decisions to allow Courtois play in the semis.

Congrats to Atletico and good luck in the final.

He has earned it. I think it was a right decision for him to play. Plus its a good experience for him when he returns to us.

[laeth 527]

Thought we played alright, but got undone by that late goal in the first half. Second substitute shouldn't have happened; we were so much more compact before the sub and I think we would of rode Athletico's pressure in the second half and it could of swung the other way. Penalty was annoying, Costa played for it but no idea what Eto was doing.

Hazard fell asleep for both the goals, just wasn't concentrating. Nothing to do with his fitness, he was as explosive as ever going forward and saw him running up and down the pitch all game.

On to next year; let's sign us a new striker / midfield partner for Matic and go again!

[couris 232]

No bus parked, no win. Jose is a genius!

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

Well Atlético deserved it, let's be real about that. Simeone has anounced himself as an elite coach.

Sad to see this, semi-final isn't bad, but of course everyone wanted the final. Next year we'll be more dangerous. Atlético are no pushovers and as I tought, worst matchup for us. Very few tems come to the Bridge and score 3.

KTBFFH mates.

[bluesman2610 1,341]

Carefree... We just didn't have it to was hopeful after the Torres goal but we gave ourselves to much to do by not scoring in Madrid.. Next year we will be back and I feel we'll make it to the finals

[Beepu 1,714]

Good luck Atleti. This is the kind of defeat I can take, they were the better team and won fair and square without foul play. Disappointing that we lost 3-1 at home, but we made it this far with a team that is so lacking.

We'll get it next year.

[Rom2013 446]

Congratulations to Atletico, they were better.

We need something more next year, Lets hope we can buy 2 or 3 good players.

It was a good campaign in EUrope.

[where are da haterz 0]

end of the seson with no trophy

parking da bus doesn't work everytime

it's a shame even at da bridge haha

The scoreline could have been worse

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Bad loss although didn't play as badly as it may have seemed. The first and the third goal were both very lucky bounces that led to them. Still, we deserved to lose and in retrospect, despite making the semi-final of the CL, we only beat one good team the entire tournament (and that was on away goals) so we were very lucky to have come this far. We are a team in progress but the most disappointing thing for me is that we don't seem to be improving as the year goes on. The lack of a striker who can score regularly is a big issue for us but so is finding a good balance between defensive solidity and attack.

[DanAdibi! 106]

No bus parked, no win. Jose is a genius!

Worse manager this club has ever seen. Someone bring back Rafa please. At least we won the Europa last year. :'(

[SinineUltra 1,170]

Better team won, congratulations to Atletico Madrid. Not our day to say the least, though, it is an achievement to reach the semis with team of ours - we lack a proper striker(s) and balance in general. We will be back.

Silver lining to all this is that it stressed the need for 2-3 marquee signings to share the pressure and deliver.

[where are da haterz 0]

La Liga > EPL

[bluesman2610 1,341]

Also bar the live match thread the post in hear have been very sensible so far.. There was no need for all the hostility in match thread