UCL · Quarterfinals · First Leg - Paris Saint-Germain vs Chelsea

Yeah for publicity maybe

I don't think whoever person is in control of the Twitter accounts would think him/herself has the power to engage in banter like that w/o approval lol

Frank Leboeuf believes the José Mourinho factor will give Chelsea the edge against Paris St-Germain:
Chelsea legend Frank Leboeuf thinks José Mourinho will give his former club the Champions League edge over Paris Saint-Germain
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/chelsea-vs-psg-frank-leboeuf-3320444

"This will be a really tough game. They are two huge teams. It will come down to fine margins who goes through."

"As a former Chelsea man I could not say anything else than that I want Chelsea to get through but I think that little bit extra experience will give them the edge."

"Mourinho has been seven times in the quarter-finals and never lost. That will play a factor."

The team that traveled to France:

Petr Cech, Mark Schwarzer, Hilario, Branislav Ivanovic, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, John Terry, Nathan Ake, Cesar Azpilicueta, Tomas Kalas, Ramires, Frank Lampard, Oscar, John Mikel Obi, Eden Hazard, Willian, Andre Schurrle, Fernando Torres, Demba Ba.

Pray for Ashley Cole

Cole has been injured for a month, I don't know if he'll ever play for us again

As expected then.

CHELSEA XI: Cech; Ivanovic, Terry, Cahill, Azpilicueta; Ramires, Luiz; Willian, Oscar, Hazard; Shurrle

our midfield could get run

suck shit torres

Shed wrote:

Kick wrote:Torres will probably start.

I can actually see Torrwretch being dropped. After his abjectly abysmal performance against powerhouse Crystal Palace Saturday, Mourinho surely can't have any remaining qualms about benching him in favour of possibly even a false 9, which I think the stick he took after doing it in the United game early this season dissuaded him on doing since.

Kick wrote:Jose won't play with a false 9.

Shed wrote:At this point I would have been challenging you to a bet if I actually felt confident in my assertion...

FFS

Rebelles.REUS.rex wrote:our midfield could get run

It's the best we've got unfortunately. Which is telling in itself.

This is not really a false 9, its just playing shurrle as a CF

But Shirley isn't an out-and-out striker, so it has to be considered a false 9.

man i havent been this nervous since the 2012 second leg versus napoli.  I have a feeling not having lampard in the starting lineup might bite us, as we have ramires and luiz, two of our most error prone players in the pivot....

i think qsg will win 3-0

just saying

^ I'm fearing it could be a thumping too.


Just hope we're wrong

I'd say this is the biggest and hardest match of our season and we are playing it with Schurrle and Luiz out of position   . Not having Eto'o for this match cancels almost every hope for a win tonight, but I still think we'll progress.

Schurrle won't play as a false nine, if by false nine you mean someone like Messi or Totti, someone who drops deeper as an added midfielder to help the build up of the action. He'll obviously go in wide positions more often than Eto'o/Torres do but that's it

yea we are a very weird team, we have the ability to stop teams like bayern and barca, destroy teams like arsenal, but get destroyed by aston villa and palace. So this game is super hard to predict, but let's do this, positivety.

Schurrle started his career as a CF.

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Well that took all of 3 minutes

Why didn't anyone shout at Terry that the cross wasn't dangerous and there was no need to head it right to Lavezzi? Shocking stuff

Ramires yellow (shock horror)


Misses the second leg.

He'll miss the last 20/30 minutes of this match too

yea like the commentators saying, we have no presence in the box at all period....

No surprise.