eph12:

Abeg who has that meme of a guy trying to interview a goat?

You can snap yourself with someone holding a recorder close to your mouth and post na.

eph12:

You're lucky it's not knockout. E for be 4-1

The referee disallowed a legit goal from morata, it should have been 2-2.

elrony:


OwoAkpamu, how market?

You won 2-1 and so what? If it's ucl knockout thing, your team is out (1-0) - (2-1).

But conte messed up by leaving that morata on the pitch doing nothing.

Our major signings this season have wrecked this team. It's as if Diego costa placed a curse on this team.

Ibime:


Nah, there is no braking at that speed - nothing to do with whether his feet is on the ground or in the air. The moment he brakes is the moment Iniesta change direction and leave him standing still.

If you approach face-on that speed, you are going in for the tackle, the block or the foul, nothing else.

His only other option is to close down slower leaving himself time & room to react to Iniesta. Given Iniesta was already favourite for the ball, that may leave too much room for Iniesta to pass the ball unchallenged or have a free shot like this.

Ok, but chritensen has the major blame there. That was a stupid pass, he obviously didn't know messi was close to fabregas and he played a wrong pass to him. He was a bit shaky on the ball, but did a good job on suarez.

Ibime:


Not at the speed he was going at. If he approached more gently, he could have faced up, but then he might be accused of giving Iniesta too much room to shoot.

At the speed he was going, there is NO WAY he can brake and still deal with a change in direction from Iniesta, unless you want him to rupture his ACL.

These 50:50 occasions of striker and defender running at speed in opposite direction hardly occur in football. They would usually be the result of a rebound of the post or goalkeeper, and most times the defender has to fling himself into the opposing striker.

I didn't say he should break when his feet was off the ground and body going down. When he sensed the danger and rushed the ball, he was supposed to break and wait for iniesta to get the ball and face him, rather than gambling with that tackle.

Ibime:


Azpi had no option but to try to win that ball first time.

This is false and you should know it. He had the better option of staying on his feet and block iniesta from entering the box easily.

I have seen defenders breaking when they noticed they could cause an infringement or lose the ball. Every quality defender does it. That was azpi's strange mistake.

Debroslink:
At almost 34 years of age, Don Iniesta is still deciding the biggest games... Check out that dummy and sweet assist.

#unbeatenstreak

If that lazy fabregas tried to trap that ball, the ball might be deflected to suarez path as nihilist observed. He chose the other option which was equally suicidal.

Neymar1095:
interesting so barca has never defeated Chelsea at camp nou. It's still on

Where were you when babayaro was sent off at nou camp? Please check your facts well.

Christensen should take most of the blame for that goal. Why would you be playing nonsense pass across your goal, putting your mates under unnecessary pressure?. Boot the ball away and tell the opponents gtfoh.

Conte should stop using hazard as false 9, immediately he went back to his normal position he made busquets to collect a yellow. That would have helped the team all along. One of barca slow midfielders might have collected red.

We signed strikers and not confident to start them for our biggest match of the season. Sad.

Cruxifizio:



Knowing conte he most likely will go with 352...

Hmmn Conte with other ideas o.

Conte is taking a huge risk with this formation with kante-fabregas in the midfield. Counter attack on his mind.

Cruxifizio:



Knowing conte he most likely will go with 352...

Morata and hazard will need those passes from fabregas o. Conte said chelsea should be ready to suffer. It means they will be defensive, waiting to counter.

Cruxifizio:



Guy fashi that matter na normal runs for here as trolling can't wait....

I am in support of Willian starting ahead of fabregas pls...

Ok o.

Willian in a 3-5-2 or 3-4-3?

Cruxifizio:



Not necessary bruv...it is not unusual for rival fans to troll during or before a game of this magnitude,it is actually very normal around here....I don't see any reason why they should be punished in anyway.

They should wait for match to commence abi what kind of wahala is this.

Left to me, conte should start with

-------Azpi ----christensen ----rudiger

Moses---fabregas --kante -- Drinkwater----alonso

---------------hazard-------------------------------

--------------Morata------------------

Mynd44, please sanitize this thread for us and punish those derailing, with inappropriate posts.

Real chelsea fans need to discuss.

Thank you.

Greatihex:
http://www.goal.com/story/ovrebo-my-night-of-chelsea-barcelona-hell/index.html


This man can never say that he didn't see that eto handball. It is not possible.

He collected money.

Ovrebro, the man dealt with us. Etoos handball and Maloudas penalty made me sick.

Leyqute:


See this megefedegede

Everyone knows that's a meme.

meme ko, bib ni. Sevilla is waiting for your useless team.

Leyqute:


Bros uproot that root.

We are having a party here. We don call international DJ; caterers from Satafrika and Jamaican babes are on their way already.

No pour sand sand for garri o

If i want to punish you and you will get banned till world cup period i will just report you to a mod for posting my picture without permission.

Ephaig:

He supports Madrid City and Chelsea

Supported Chelsea and Madrid last season because they did well but this season he's supporting City for obvious reasons. If Chelsea gets back to the top next month, chelsea will become his number 1 club

Unbelievable. lol.

jamescross:

maybe because Chelsea is not my number 1 club

No wonder, your second club can go and kill itself once your main club is doing well with better acquisitions. What's your number 1 club by the way?

Ibime:


And who told you Alonso is not a quality option while attacking? Is there any defender in EPL that has produced more attacking returns than Alonso? Sandro is only an upgrade on Alsonso defensively, not attacking wise. If EPL team of the season is announced today, Alonso would be the only Chelsea player to make the 11.

I could argue that Chelsea will have less points if Sandro replaces Alonso, because Alonso has won many points. The law of diminishing returns applies here. It is wastefulness to upgrade a position that is nowhere near our top priority for £60m. Dembele would probably be an upgrade on Kante as well, but it would be utter foolishness and wastefulness to look in that direction given more pressing problems in the team. Same for Alonso and Sandro.

Alonso that would look clueless most times, when marked and pass the ball back to cahill or lose possession? He is a good player don't get me wrong, but sandro is a total upgrade to alonso sir, you can only argue about the price tag.

Segadem:
I would have given you a thousand likes but I'm incapacitated by the oga @ the top.

Don't mynd me. lol

phaamsaam:

That's the market you have today, got to accept it and move on, nothing like this player is not that or these, in a few yrs players may be worth 300--400, den these fig u r quoting becomes a joke n bargain

Exactly my brother.

lordfalcao:
and how effectively have DD, fab and luiz replace Yoko talk of replacing matic? The club don't need Sandro, Alonso is doing fine.

Victor moses is also doing fine. Everybody is doing fine.

lordfalcao:
spending 60M on Sandro is not the position for that kind of money when we have better position to strengthen first. Sandro is not a 60M player

drinkwater/fabregas/luiz can replace the yoko man. With a sandro, bombing forward, hazard, morata and fabregas would have quality option, while attacking. The guy is also solid defensively.

Walker is not a 50m player, neymar is not a 200m player, couthinho is not a 130m player, dembele is not a 100m player. The list goes on and on, you know?

Ibime:


Pep has got his key positions right - Fernandinho and KDB in particular. Going to spend £60m on Sandro while fielding Bakayoko is an exercise in wastefulness that will not add even 3 points to Chelseas final position on the table.

You can buy those type of players after sorting the key positions that win you points. If Mendy like, he should stay injured, Pep will still win points with Delph and Zinchenko so long as the key positions like KDB, Fernandinho, Aguero are performing. Conte chasing Sandro is like someone looking for rats while the roof is burning.

Immediately leicester brought mahrez in the match, pep changed zinchenko. No wing is unimportant in the game. Not forgetting that Fernandinho and kdb were there last season o.

Conte bought midfielders this season, so what key positions are you talking about sir?

lordfalcao:
walker is 27 and not 28. And Sandro doesn't worth 60M value... City and there money bags have never thrown 60M on full back.. Sandro doesn't worth it, he is just there simple

Walker was 27 when he was bought while sandro was 26 last summer. But sandro's age was problem to you.

From neymar to coutinho to morata to lacasette to van dijk to walker to mendy to bernardo silva to ederson, none of these stars is worth the huge price, so wtf are you talking about?.

Sandro is a better lwb to alonso and looks suitable for epl.

The era of talking about coaches acting like a baba ijebu is gone, pep has shown that. Wenger has left that cocoon too.

If you get a good coach and you no get money, hide your club.

lordfalcao:
Mendy ederson are 3 years younger than sandro. None went above 60-70M juventus were quoting. Walker went below 50M. Show me any defender that city bought over 60M that is 27. Don't be senseless. Guardiolar is buying younger players not old heads for high fee like we have been linked all through

None would be up to 60m, because they are not as valuable as sandro. Walker is 28 and not in this world would you have supported chelsea to pay 50m for his services. Pep did, and it was ok. He is not even the most popular walker.

jamescross:
pep is bossing the league now because he is a boss with his club's support.

does it make any sense buying Sandro when Chelsea have Marco alonso as first team lwb (except they sold him at which it would be a risk, as Sandro might flop the way Felipe luis did)

Did it make sense buying alexis, when united have martial, lingard and rashford?

Did it make sense buying aubameyang when arsenal have lacassette and welbeck?

Did it make sense buying neymar and getting mbappe, when psg had draxler, moura, di maria?

Did it make sense buying jesus, when city had iheanacho, aguero and bony?

Why didn't pep think ederson would flop like bravo and stop the chase?

Every player bought might flop, will that stop teams from buying new players?.

Your reasons are ridiculous.

lordfalcao:
this has always been my stance. Getting Alonso age mate for a criminal fee should not be forgiven

It was criminal too for guardiola to buy walker (alonso's agemate), mendy, ederson for those huge amounts.

He is bossing the league because he didn't have poverty-driven approach to signings like you.