Champions League Final 2021 - Man City 0-1 Chelsea

[Strike 7,474]

1 hour ago, Superblue_1986 said:

People have questioned the mentality of this group and coping with pressure after losing the cup final and making a meal out of our league run in.

However two games which were massive pressure games were the second leg against Real Madrid and the league game against Leicester which I think considering the circumstances of both games were possibly our best two games this season. If we play like we did in either of those games (the mistake for Leicester's goal aside) then I do believe we have a good chance tomorrow.

We may not need to play the perfect game to win, but everyone will need to play to the top end of their capabilities.

 

Sarri questioned this squad's mentality and then Lampard did too. Its a huge credit to Tuchel that in the last few months - there has been very little talk about mentality (other than after the FA Cup final) because his team has players willing to run themselves to the ground everywhere on the field - Mason, Kante, Rudiger, James, Chilwell, Werner. The quality, especially in attack, is frustratingly bad but I have quiet confidence that the team will turn up hungry to press City all over the pitch tomorrow just like the Madrid and Leicester games. It doesn't guarantee a win but it is suited to knockout football and even if City are slight favorites, this is so different from 2012. Chelsea is going into the final with a decent chance of winning.

[cosmicway 1,333]

It cannot be denied that this City team is better than the City of previous years but they 're not going to find it easy.
United who finished seven points are head of us were crap yesterday (the match was a second division affair) so the finishing positions in the league table don't tell the truth.
Also they may be lucky or we may be lucky. This match is a black box really.

 

[Superblue 6,372]

56 minutes ago, Strike said:

Sarri questioned this squad's mentality and then Lampard did too. Its a huge credit to Tuchel that in the last few months - there has been very little talk about mentality (other than after the FA Cup final) because his team has players willing to run themselves to the ground everywhere on the field - Mason, Kante, Rudiger, James, Chilwell, Werner. The quality, especially in attack, is frustratingly bad but I have quiet confidence that the team will turn up hungry to press City all over the pitch tomorrow just like the Madrid and Leicester games. It doesn't guarantee a win but it is suited to knockout football and even if City are slight favorites, this is so different from 2012. Chelsea is going into the final with a decent chance of winning.

I think a large part is the mentality of Tuchel. 

Lampard in particular, but also Sarri would regularly downplay the squad and their current level and ability to compete.

Tuchel came in and immediately said this squad was good enough to compete. It put pressure on himself, but it was a massive decision to install confidence into this squad that they are good enough to compete.

Ultimately we need to get over the line and win a trophy, hopefully the big one tomorrow, as there has been quite a big turnover of players since we won the Europa League. A number of these players need that first trophy and I think that will be an important building block for more to follow. However if we don't manage to win tomorrow, we still will have reached 3 finals in 2 seasons. It at least shows we're on the cusp, and haven't completely fallen away. I think it's a huge summer and a season starting with Tuchel for next year to really kick on.

[bigbluewillie 1,930]

This mob of ours failed to turn up against the Arse, Brighton, then the Cup final, then Villa.

There's nothing that tells me we have the remotest chance of turning up against Shitty, I think we going to get slaughtered.

I won't watch it live, going to record it, then Sunday morning find out the score, and if by some miracle we get a result i'll watch it then.

Sorry to be so negative I just can stand watching Chelsea get beat.

[Fulham Broadway 17,300]

5 minutes ago, bigbluewillie said:

This mob of ours failed to turn up against the Arse, Brighton, then the Cup final, then Villa.

There's nothing that tells me we have the remotest chance of turning up against Shitty, I think we going to get slaughtered.

I won't watch it live, going to record it, then Sunday morning find out the score, and if by some miracle we get a result i'll watch it then.

Sorry to be so negative I just can stand watching Chelsea get beat.

Know what you mean BBW - but we've beaten em twice this season. Definitely has nothing like the feeling of 2012 though

[Fulham Broadway 17,300]

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[Magic Lamps 11,692]

1 minute ago, bigbluewillie said:

This mob of ours failed to turn up against the Arse, Brighton, then the Cup final, then Villa.

There's nothing that tells me we have the remotest chance of turning up against Shitty, I think we going to get slaughtered.

I won't watch it live, going to record it, then Sunday morning find out the score, and if by some miracle we get a result i'll watch it then.

Sorry to be so negative I just can stand watching Chelsea get beat.

I am quite sure we will lose as well but for the slimest of chacnes this might end well I will still watch. Even if there is just 1% chance it is worth witnessing it live IMO. I am a calm and reserved guy usually but when Drogba scored that pen in 2012 (traumatized from JT's miss I fully expected himto miss) I roared into the night until my whole block was awake. I will never in my life forget that night of celebration. A 1:100 chance of living such a night again is good enough for me.

this is a final and fianls are usually closer than when the teams would meet in the league. Our team will be nervous but so will City.  I can totally see this going to pens again....not optimistic cos TT already said that either Kepa or Mendy will probably be between the posts for the shootout and Ederson is a beast in shootouts....I think we are even more underdogs than in Munich, back then we had Big Pete, Drogs and Lamps who we knew would always turn up but all the situations you mentioned we were favourites and it suffocated us,maybe the underdog role suits us better here

[Mário César 1,232]

11 minutes ago, bigbluewillie said:

This mob of ours failed to turn up against the Arse, Brighton, then the Cup final, then Villa.

There's nothing that tells me we have the remotest chance of turning up against Shitty, I think we going to get slaughtered.

I won't watch it live, going to record it, then Sunday morning find out the score, and if by some miracle we get a result i'll watch it then.

Sorry to be so negative I just can stand watching Chelsea get beat.

dude you need watch the game.

if we fans dont see the game, what type of fans we are?

[Vesper 30,090]

12 minutes ago, bigbluewillie said:

This mob of ours failed to turn up against the Arse, Brighton, then the Cup final, then Villa.

There's nothing that tells me we have the remotest chance of turning up against Shitty, I think we going to get slaughtered.

I won't watch it live, going to record it, then Sunday morning find out the score, and if by some miracle we get a result i'll watch it then.

Sorry to be so negative I just can stand watching Chelsea get beat.

you forgot the ultimate not show up

😿

on the positive side, that is pretty much ever shit game we have had under Tuchel, other than his first game (nil nil with wolves) and the 1 1 draw with SOTON, as we got robbed in that Manure game (same as the first Manure game under Lamps)

Edited May 28, 2021 by Vesper

[Vesper 30,090]

7 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

I am quite sure we will lose as well but for the slimest of chacnes this might end well I will still watch. Even if there is just 1% chance it is worth witnessing it live IMO. I am a calm and reserved guy usually but when Drogba scored that pen in 2012 (traumatized from JT's miss I fully expected himto miss) I roared into the night until my whole block was awake. I will never in my life forget that night of celebration. A 1:100 chance of living such a night again is good enough for me.

this is a final and fianls are usually closer than when the teams would meet in the league. Our team will be nervous but so will City.  I can totally see this going to pens again....not optimistic cos TT already said that either Kepa or Mendy will probably be between the posts for the shootout and Ederson is a beast in shootouts....I think we are even more underdogs than in Munich, back then we had Big Pete, Drogs and Lamps who we knew would always turn up but all the situations you mentioned we were favourites and it suffocated us,maybe the underdog role suits us better here

I think Citeh will have more nerves

and ffs, use Willy if we go to pens!!!!!

I would have had him watching no stop vids of Citeh and pens

fill his brain so it's 2nd nature no matter who takes them for them

Edited May 28, 2021 by Vesper

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

Just now, Vesper said:

I think Citeh will have more nerves

and ffs, use Willy if we go to pens!!!!!

For sure. They have choked everytime at some stage of CL under Pep until this season. For sure they are due another bottle job. This is why i dont doubt we will create chances en masse. I am just afraid we will be too incompetent to convert them.

I am afraid TT has no idea what a pen master Willy is. And if they tried 20 pens in training and they all were scored, surely Willy was not in goal. We will surely lose any shootout with Mendy in goal

[Vesper 30,090]

3 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

For sure. They have choked everytime at some stage of CL under Pep until this season. For sure they are due another bottle job. This is why i dont doubt we will create chances en masse. I am just afraid we will be too incompetent to convert them.

I am afraid TT has no idea what a pen master Willy is. And if they tried 20 pens in training and they all were scored, surely Willy was not in goal. We will surely lose any shootout with Mendy in goal

the gap between Mendy as a regular open play GK and Mendy as a pen saver is CRAY

he is HORRID at pens

and surely, if we all know Willy is a pen master, Tuchel knows

it is the cause of the biggest Chels GK drama in club history

the Kepa v Sarri nightmare

[DDA 9,924]

34 minutes ago, bigbluewillie said:

This mob of ours failed to turn up against the Arse, Brighton, then the Cup final, then Villa.

There's nothing that tells me we have the remotest chance of turning up against Shitty, I think we going to get slaughtered.

I won't watch it live, going to record it, then Sunday morning find out the score, and if by some miracle we get a result i'll watch it then.

Sorry to be so negative I just can stand watching Chelsea get beat.

I honestly feel like doing the same but losing is apart of the game... and you have to face these kind of moments. It makes the victories taste even sweeter. I think if you tune in to social media and watch the post match coverage after losing tomorrow... you are basically commuting suicide. 

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

5 minutes ago, Vesper said:

the gap between Mendy as a regular open play GK and Mendy as a pen saver is CRAY

he is HORRID at pens

and surely, if we all know Willy is a pen master, Tuchel knows

it is the cause of the biggest Chels GK drama in club history

the Kepa v Sarri nightmare

maybe but TT has not used Willy at all so i odubt he will start doing so in a CL final -.-

You are right. Mendy has just the worst approach to pens. kneeling down and reacting late. He bascially covers just the lower middle portion of the goal. Luckily Agüero didn't know when he tried that panenka but I am sure now they all know and will rifle them into the corners. With kepa he at least has saved a couple of pens, i think he saved 2 in shootouts (Eintracht and Spurs) which we won and another one in the League cup final 2019 where we lost. Willy if he still got it and is sharp enough after not playing I am sure would give us a decent chance. Most ManCity players were already at the club when he was there so for sure he knows most of their moves.

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