zolayes 14,489 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 end justified the means ,,,, not pretty but efficient Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chels 2,502 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 For the people complaining, Bayern got a 0-0 and had only one shot on target against Shakhtar. But they conceded only one shot. A poor attacking performance is more understandable when you're defending well (or a poor defensive performance when you're attacking well) but we did neither well and that is a recurring theme for the big games this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supporter 3,088 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 First match FINISHED: We are aheadHalftime absolutely perfect pragmatically. A goal for us (The goal of the Old School will become final in the tie) and no danger from PSG.Incidentally, I very angry that Diego Costa is the villain of the movie in every match. I do not like this trend to criticize Diego."Class is to die on the pitch, not all that cheap philosophy"In the second half the goal of Cavani has changed our whole approach. We were playing comfortable. But the goal (impossible half and half because of Cahill) has changed the tempo of the match and Jose has decided to play with false defense of 5 to ensure result for the match at The BridgeI think we have not suffered much. Courtois has been spectacular (absolutely perfect), but PSG has not put us on the ropes. Even in the last minutes we controlled the tempo of the match better.Cahill is now a backup, Zouma has to accumulate all possible minute to be prepared for this kind of matches (I think Zouma is already prepared, but these games are very demanding).In short, the approach of Jose was perfect in pragmatic terms. They are 180 minutes and finished the first 90 minutes WE are winning the tie.Champions League ties are always decided in the second match, but we've hit first. The Bridge will decide Lovely Old School Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayD 2 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Today's highlights : http://bit.ly/1ELGMAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekid9 418 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I don't care how many goals Bane scores, he's been a defensive liability all season. The right corner is not not Matic's responsibility or Willian's .. its his.And Ramirez brings nothing to the table anymore.Ramires* Notice you were talking about defence liabilities....you never mentioned Cahill? You talk so much shit, Ivanovic is solid, He drifts into the box more because he is more likely to win the ball in the air more than Willian would, So take away Brana's goals and we are out of capital one cup, drew at villa and lost tonight....BRILLIANT THINKING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edetarod 2,155 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 last time Iva scored in round of 16 we won the CL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey 173 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 No way that ball would pass near Zouma to Cavani, of course it passed near Cahill. But he had a beautiful assist.And Fabregas is not good as AM, much better as CM. I think we should try to play 4-3-3 against big teams. Matic-Fabregas-Ramires and and Hazard-Costa-Cuadrado in front of them.Nah. I think our best team is 4-2-3-1 with hazard willian cuadrado.And oscar rotating CAM with willian.I dont like the way we're playing in a 4-3-3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekid9 418 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 We have been shit the whole of 2015, with only the Swansea game hiding our poor play of late, would not be surprised if we went out on away goals because our defence looks incapable of keeping a clean sheet when it truly matters Hopefully Zouma plays, already a much better player than Cahill and he's only 19. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 By cheap goal do you mean PSG scoring from one of their many well worked moves? Most of which resulted in Courtois making a save?How many "well worked" moves did they have before the goal? They had 2 half-chances in the first half both of which came on the counter after silly mistakes in our mid, and a chance from poor marking on a corner (thought it was going out, anyway). Nothing "well worked" about them. We had relative control up until the equalizer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Today's highlights : http://bit.ly/1ELGMACthat should be an entertaining 10 seconds ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzchap 8,966 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Jose just claimed 5 of the players didn't train since Everton If it's true - it fucking showed tonight I just hope we find a settled line-up for the next few games - EPL, CL and CoC are all in jeopardy otherwise Just need to find some early season form - where we ripped teams open Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Jose just claimed 5 of the players didn't train since EvertonIf it's true - it fucking showed tonightI just hope we find a settled line-up for the next few games - EPL, CL and CoC are all in jeopardy otherwiseJust need to find some early season form - where we ripped teams openthis is the hard time when you grind it out KTF we have some warriors and then Hazard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petre.ispirescu 4,928 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 It was disgusting to see them killing us with wing play, just like Man city always do. When will Mourinho finally learn? we can also do this to teams.They did this because they play a high line.What people don't (want to) understand is that it is impossible to control a game with only 6 players (3 midfielders, 2 wingers and the center forward) and no overlap from your full backs.Chelsea can't play a high line with Terry, Cahill and Ivanovic. Jose might be a defensive minded coach, but not a suicidal one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styles 9,790 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 How many "well worked" moves did they have before the goal?PSG created many decent chances over the course of the game - many of which came after they scored the equaliser.They had 2 half-chances in the first half both of which came on the counter after silly mistakes in our mid, and a chance from poor marking on a corner (thought it was going out, anyway). Nothing "well worked" about them. We had relative control up until the equalizer.Relative in that it was 1-0 until we eventually conceded. They were pulling us all over the field.What's been happening a lot this season is we park the bus but don't actually do any defending. We just concede space, offer nothing on the counter and just try to see the game out. We did not have any control whatsoever in the second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 But they conceded only one shot. A poor attacking performance is more understandable when you're defending well (or a poor defensive performance when you're attacking well) but we did neither well and that is a recurring theme for the big games this season.The credit goes to Shakhtar. Why would Bayern want a 0-0 away? We got a much better result than them.We did score when PSG were playing for the counter and looked for preserving the draw after conceding. Would have been a different game had we not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Terrible 2nd half. I can't stress how poor the 2nd half was. And our best defenders in the world didn't win one ball in the air against Ibra. They attacked through cahill/ivanovic side all through and we couldn't stop them yet again. When zouma played we forgot that weakness. Terrible passing under pressure and terrible pressing throughout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZOS 580 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Ramires* Notice you were talking about defence liabilities....you never mentioned Cahill? You talk so much shit, Ivanovic is solid, He drifts into the box more because he is more likely to win the ball in the air more than Willian would, So take away Brana's goals and we are out of capital one cup, drew at villa and lost tonight....BRILLIANT THINKING! you're the one who's talking shit. since when does scoring goals exempt a full back from his defensive responsibility? and when did I say Cahill is great? We all know he isn't but at least Jose is looking in to that... yet the right flank has been neglected for so long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 There is no way in hell we would have conceded that goal. He might have been in an even worse position than Cahill, but his leap is so enormous he would have chested that cross down.On a different note the goal was Terry's fault as much as it was Cahill's. what the actual fuck was he doing there? Defending azpilicueta? Cahill stepped up too much, but when he does Terry has to cover the space Cahill leaves behind. He didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elran 58 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Lol, PSG haven't lost at home all season and won from Barca. We play 1-1 there with the home leg still waiting: meltdown over here.Great result. I don't care about the way we got it, never did in the past and not starting now. Anyway calling it luck is far too easy. We almost never lose a game with this tactic, but apparently we're always lucky then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 A SCORE DRAW AWAY is ALWAYS considered a great result in two legged CL games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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