closed Qarabag 0-4 Chelsea

[Tomo 21,733]

8 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Wait, wtf...I had no clue this was on this early. 

Anywyas, not enamoured with our XI. We should've started with our absolute best XI and then pulled stars once the game was in hand. This XI could potentially backfire. If you have a chance to guarentee progress to the next round you should play your strongest team, imo.

Im not enamoured for the complete opposite reason, some players should have been left at home, we don't have a full week rest until January at the earliest, when you have a such a brutal schedule calculated risks are a must.

[Pizy 18,418]

Just now, Tomo said:

Im not enamoured for the complete opposite reason, some players should have been left at home, we don't have a full week rest until January at the earliest, when you have a such a brutal schedule calculated risks are a must.

Not to jinx it, but I hope we don't look back at this game tomorrow and after the group stage in disgust that we didn't play our strongest team. Qarabag apparently aren't the pub team we made them look in the first tie. 

[LAM09 6,779]

I usually agree, but this front 3 work pretty well together plus Morata is still a bit rusty in terms of starting 3 games a week.

Just hope they get the job done. This isn't the same side we dismantled at the Bridge.

[Leif 6,006]

I felt a pang of shock to see Hazard misplace a pass there. Which says everything about his playmaking ability.

[Leif 6,006]

& in case

http://www.navixsport.com/sport.php?id=3227&page=nsslksksslkaxslksyy

[Leif 6,006]

Remember Fabregas playing as a number 9 essentially for Barcelona? Would be fun trying that here, even with his legs gone. Especially if we had Lampard type players in midfield for him to lay the ball off for. Hazard in this instance on the wing would be fine with me considering he'd be getting inch-perfect through-balls from him 20 times in the game. Maybe i'll save it for Football Manager.

[Leif 6,006]

Fuck yeah, love sweaty penalties against small teams. It's like walking up to someone half your height and stealing their jacket or something stupid.

[nachikethas 1,149]

Red card really!

[Barbara 15,149]

Not a pen, never a red

[Milan 17,859]

Score 2nd and rest.

[Tautvix 1,321]

Would feel good to get that decision against Man Utd or Liverpool. But not here...

[SadistChicken 143]

Really bad decision

Feel sad for them really

Sent from my ONEPLUS A3010 using Tapatalk

[different level 1,056]

Game over, surely.

[Leif 6,006]

Games like this, we do play how we have for many seasons now, and we really do not resemble Juventus under Conte. I want more identity.

[Beigl 1,387]

The second goal was great.

[FabHazard 655]

Soft Pen..Harsh on Qarabag...but we will qualify..I thought we were poor against 11 men qarabag and playing with no intensity.. We cannot play 2 men midfield against top sides

[Pizy 18,418]

Very harsh on them with the red/pen and I do feel bad for them. Glad to get this out of the way and see us through to the next round, though.

Pull Hazard, Cesc, and Kante after 60 minutes or so now, please!

[different level 1,056]

So, basically we need Atletico to avoid a loss against Roma tonight and to beat them at the Bridge in two weeks so we can win the group.