closed Palmeiras 1-2 Chelsea

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

We are slowly getting into gear 

[MoroccanBlue 5,378]

Just now, LAM09 said:

The game is crying out for more of that. Need someone to shoot from distance (Ziyech....).

Right move will be Ziyech on for Lukaku but won’t ever happen. 

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

Their goalie is trash on corners and crosses

have to use them he is their weakness 

[Pizy 18,877]

Our line is so high because they’re playing so deep that they look dangerous every time they spring a counter. They’ve been clean through several times now.

I feel like if we don’t score first they’ll catch us on the break and win. Because they’re obviously experts at sitting deep and parking the bus. And with our total lack of scoring threat it’s hard to see us coming back.

[Johnnyeye 7,501]

dire 1st half, we need to do much better on set pieces

[Johnnyeye 7,501]

its obvious they are sitting back and waiting to counter, we can’t open them up, typical

[OneMoSalah 8,885]

Nearly falling asleep watching this. Team needs a proper push because everything seems very half arsed.

[Vesper 30,119]

1 minute ago, Pizy said:

Our line is so high because they’re playing so deep that they look dangerous every time they spring a counter. They’ve been clean through several times now.

I feel like if we don’t score first they’ll catch us on the break and win. Because they’re obviously experts at sitting deep and parking the bus. And with our total lack of scoring threat it’s hard to see us coming back.

they have a great young Portuguese manager, Abel Ferreira, who has retooled their style for this game

they are so not normally a low block side

[Vesper 30,119]

Just now, OneMoSalah said:

Nearly falling asleep watching this. Team needs a proper push because everything seems very half arsed.

our wingbacks are killing us (I say for the 1000th time) 🤬

plus Lukaku has almost zero movement, he should be eating this very meh back 4 alive, what a flop

[cosmicway 1,333]

The Brazilians are slow. They 'll never score - only something like a fluke.
Their defense is unbreakable though (especially by Lukaku's Chelsea). Do you know something from the bookies ? In all European matches the price for over 0.5 is about 2.5 or less. In Brazilian matches the lowest price for over 0.5 at half time is 3.20.
The final score will be 0-0. 

[Vesper 30,119]

9 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

Their goalie is shaky 

he is worshipped in Brasil, but I think he is VERY overrated

Edited February 12, 2022 by Vesper

[Vytis33 1,263]

I thought somebody mentioned they were gonna attack us from the first minute?  TS6 is just standing with the ball for the entire first half never seen anything like it before.  And our hope is he turns into Fabregas at some point?

[MoroccanBlue 5,378]

We’ve been an expensive Burnley for months. 

[cosmicway 1,333]

Just now, Vesper said:

our wingbacks are killing us (I say for the 1000th time) 🤬

plus Lukaku has almost zero movement, he should be eating this very meh back 4 alive, what a flop

Lukaku needs a super playmaker (Platini ?). With one such he will never miss a goal like Morata did.
On his own he is no good for first division football.

[OneMoSalah 8,885]

Just now, Vesper said:

our wingbacks are killing us (I say for the 1000th time) 🤬

plus Lukaku has almost zero movement, he should be eating this very meh back 4 alive, what a flop

Would be typical for a Palmeiras goal to kick us into gear. Front players and CHO have been terrible. Our set pieces have also sucked.