closed Atletico Madrid 1-2 Chelsea

[-Kaplan- 410]

Who goes out, Christensen or Rudiger?

[Blusan Alamb 295]

4 minutes ago, -Kaplan- said:

Who goes out, Christensen or Rudiger?

If Luiz plays, then Christensen goes out. 

And Cahill was rested against Stoke. So, he could start ahead of Rudiger.

[Blusan Alamb 295]

Simeone on Atleti team: "We always focus on our rivals and the kinds of players that will stop our rivals to try to win the match" #CFC

Simeone on line up:"We may leave a more techincal player out but that might make us more balanced than playing with a technical player" #CFC

Simeone on whether #CFC play like Atleti: "I think there is similarities between the teams but I don't think Conte is copying our style"

 

 

[bluephoenix 1,131]

I somehow have a very bad feeling about this game. I really hope Conte and the team are up for it. Time for the team to come together and prove their worth.

 

[Blusan Alamb 295]

 

[!Hazard! 3,394]

My memory is failing me. Has Torres played against us since his move back to Spain?

[Yeboii 1,844]

1 hour ago, !Hazard! said:

My memory is failing me. Has Torres played against us since his move back to Spain?

Nope

[Jase 43,479]

 

[manpe 10,861]

13 hours ago, Blusan Alamb said:

Conte on team news: "Yes, everyone is fit to play. Only Pedro has a minor problem but not a serious problem but the whole team is fit" #CFC

So Drinkwater has recovered?

[communicate 2,703]

48 minutes ago, manpe said:

So Drinkwater has recovered?

Conte says Pedro has a minor problem but not a serious one. Everyone else except Danny Drinkwater is fit.

[Special Juan 28,141]

More than winnable this, we are playing well and we can cause them problems tonight.

Play Pedro not Willian, start Hazard and play Rudiger.

[bigbluewillie 1,930]

31 minutes ago, communicate said:

Conte says Pedro has a minor problem but not a serious one. Everyone else except Danny Drinkwater is fit.

I wished Conte had said it your way

[manpe 10,861]

Need to shore up midfield with 3-5-2.

Tibo

Azpi - Luiz - Rüdiger

Zap - Kante - Bakayoko - Alonso

Cesc

Morata - Hazard

[Pizy 18,916]

I worry about us more in the City match than this one, strangely. As great as Atleti are they have a style that I think we match up well against. City play the exact sort of football that we struggle against. That's not to say this won't be an extremely tough tie obviously.

I'd say the City game is more important and if things go south today I hope Conte has that in mind.

[cosmicway 1,333]

Re. Spain, some of our matches at Camp Nou against Barcelona in recent years were nightmarish, including the last one, the 2-2 draw.
Against Real we have n't played many years now.
But I don't think Atletico can play us off the pitch tonight really.
I can't predict any result but I expect it will be more like the clashes with PSG in France.

[Strike 7,490]

I'm interested to see how Conte approaches Champions League games this season. He didn't really have to rotate the squad last year. This time there is good competition for places - Zappacosta/Moses, Willian/Pedro, Bakayoko/Fabregas, Rudiger/Cahill, so I'm interested to see what kind of team he picks today.

I think it will be better than the last time the team was away at Atletico when Jose did a shut-out job. 

 

[Sideshow Luiz 2,310]

The toughest match in the group stages for us.  A win would be massive, but a draw would be a very good result.  A draw here and we're in good shape to progress past the group stage, possibly topping the group.

 

[Thendo 1,088]

Of course the chosen match for TV broadcast here in Sweden is CSKA Moscow vs United instead of us vs Atletico...Such quality game...

[Blusan Alamb 295]

Our youth has done the job. Now on to our 1st team.

  

[cosmicway 1,333]

1 hour ago, Thendo said:

Of course the chosen match for TV broadcast here in Sweden is CSKA Moscow vs United instead of us vs Atletico...Such quality game...

Here, if there is one, it will be Juventus v' Olympiakos.
I 've no idea. They have made the ERT website a real mess. Nobody can tell what the program of the day is !!
I 'm going to find a newspaper - but if they have a match it's gotta be Oly.