closed Palmeiras 1-2 Chelsea

[Blue Armour 4,436]

15 minutes ago, Jase said:

Community Shield? What is that?

Its a tire rim that fell off Arsene Wenger's car

[Vesper 30,119]

9 minutes ago, Jase said:

 What is that?

our nightmare Cup

4 wins 9 losses

2 wins, 7 losses in Roman era

wins

losses

 

 

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

15 minutes ago, Jase said:

Not sure if we were by far the better team. No surprise that we looked to control and they looked to counter. But they arguably had the better chances to score in the first half. Had they have a tad more quality, we could have easily been punished. We looked clueless going forward again. Gonna be interesting if we run into the big teams in the Champions League.

But did they really ever look like scoring from open play? in hindsight after rewatching it looked to me like their attackers completely fluffed their lines whenever they came near Mendy. The pressure was to much for them. If we had not gifted them a pen, they never looked confident enough to score.

Obviously we will not go far in the CL on current form and with out most important players out. maybe RJ's return will give us a bit of an edge back but i don't expect us to challenge for the big titles atm. The team is a bit in transition and we need to be smarter in the transfer window in summer. the objective for the season for me was to mop up the title that eluded us last time, super cup and now the club world cup and we did. Get a top 4 finish and everything else is bonus now

[Jase 43,479]

Just now, Magic Lamps said:

But did they really ever look like scoring from open play? in hindsight after rewatching it looked to me like their attackers completely fluffed their lines whenever they came near Mendy. The pressure was to much for them. If we had not gifted them a pen, they never looked confident enough to score.

They fashioned better chances that we did, especially in the first half, even if they fluffed their lines in the end.

2 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

Obviously we will not go far in the CL on current form and with out most important players out. maybe RJ's return will give us a bit of an edge back but i don't expect us to challenge for the big titles atm. The team is a bit in transition and we need to be smarter in the transfer window in summer. the objective for the season for me was to mop up the title that eluded us last time, super cup and now the club world cup and we did. Get a top 4 finish and everything else is bonus now

It's less about the trophies and more about something else that people have spent ages complaining about.

[Vesper 30,119]

17 minutes ago, Jase said:

Not sure if we were by far the better team. No surprise that we looked to control and they looked to counter. But they arguably had the better chances to score in the first half. Had they have a tad more quality, we could have easily been punished. We looked clueless going forward again. Gonna be interesting if we run into the big teams in the Champions League.

NO

and I do not often disagree with you

but we were the clearly better team

and Palmeiras was a great South American side

the best since those superb Brasilian sides won the first 3 FWCC's (smashing great UEFA sides)

fuck all the assholes (NOT on here) downplaying this win

it is fucking monumental

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

Great day overall. We were finally crowned world champions, ManUre drew in the derby of Ralfs, Real drew and BAyern lost embarrassingly.

[Vesper 30,119]

2 minutes ago, Hermione said:

Great work, happy we finally won this trophy, I didn't rate it that high but it's good to have it. Hopefully back to the more demanding games next week.

Not to be an utter twat, but I REALLY have to question anyone who does not appreciate what winning the global championship means to our club on a historical basis

I have been ranting on this for ages

the ONLY still giant, global club that has won the CL/EC or the Copa Libertadores and yet has now failed to win the IC or the FWCC is the one we just defeated, unless you count Atlético Mineiro, and their historical record is nowhere near Palmeiras, not even close, and the only reason they are even listed partially is that they won the Copa Libertadores in 2013, but then got crushed in the 2013 FWCC, where they did not even make the final, as Raja Casablanca of Morocco destroyed them 3 1 in the semis.

 

[Jase 43,479]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

NO

and I do not often disagree with you

but we were the clearly better team

Maybe we were but I just disagreed with the notion that we were by far the better team. Dominated the game but barely created much and we were minutes away from another potential CWC disaster. 

[MoroccanBlue 5,378]

Presumably Lukaku will have an interview lined up with Sky Italia because he wasn't on the pitch to score the winning penalty. 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,803]

 

[Vesper 30,119]

2 minutes ago, Jase said:

Maybe we were but I just disagreed with the notion that we were by far the better team. Dominated the game but barely created much and we were minutes away from another potential CWC disaster. 

we are finally world champions, and defeated the only other  continental cup-winning, still truly giant global club other than us who also could not claim that going into game, to do so

[LAM09 7,043]

3 hours ago, Jase said:

I know we won but can we complain or no? 

Was just talking to another fan that I didn't understand that placement of players in the attacking setup. Werner was out wide. Havertz was through the middle. Pulisic was the No.10. It felt as though their positions should have been swapped around but then again, I guess Tuchel doesn't do logic.

The only ironic thing was Werner actually looked dangerous on the LW as the game went on late on. Was arguably the only one providing any sort of attacking threat. 

Raining on the parade, just a tad. 😄

In all seriousness, though, it's happening to frequent, which is detrimental to our game & something players keep mentioning (Pulisic being the most recent).

[Strike 7,478]

Cesar Azpilicueta:

"I expected the Palmeiras players to come around the penalty taker. I already told Kai he was going to shoot. I just tried to release the pressure from him, be more calm. With three minutes to go, it's an important moment. It worked!"

[bigbluewillie 1,930]

1 hour ago, Strike said:

Cesar Azpilicueta:

"I expected the Palmeiras players to come around the penalty taker. I already told Kai he was going to shoot. I just tried to release the pressure from him, be more calm. With three minutes to go, it's an important moment. It worked!"

He's terrific, ffs don't let him go to Barca on a free, or anywhere for that matter.

He is the spirit of Chelsea Football Club.

Sign him up for at least another season, then one more.

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

https://footylight.com/news/439560/Chelsea-unable-to-wear-club-world-cup-winners-patch-in-premier-league

apparently we can't wear the new badge in domestic competitions 😡