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Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by timbros(m): 5:58pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
Omoh mehn! Airmark, Dayo don do you dirty seriously See receipt 10 Likes |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by timbros(m): 5:59pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
Griffon: Actually, no transfer happened. Na free agent Pedro be. |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by timbros(m): 6:01pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
fredoooooo: Things you love to see... There is no way KDB will win it ahead of these guys. |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by airmark(m): 6:19pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
timbros: Open your eyes as i confirmed that Jorginho improved and is better than Dayo's Busquets before Lampard left and even in the last Euros. \ Sorry, keep enjoying the Ls, Lukaku gave you through your useless Morata. airmark: airmark: 3 Likes |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by airmark(m): 6:21pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
raumdeuter: I dont know any Lampfraud. |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by raumdeuter: 6:28pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
airmark: There are many things you don't know 17 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by airmark(m): 6:31pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
raumdeuter: But i know that Boathand is useless and clubless at 31. 24 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Taguchi: 6:36pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
the day airmark and raumdeuter agree on any topic on nairaland is the day i will deactivate this account. 1 Like |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by TheLequte: 6:47pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
Taguchi: LMAO They are always on opposite ends of arguments, even if it doesn’t make sense. See Raumdeuter drumming up support for Boateng wey don finish. APSports is on fire. 3 Likes |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Taguchi: 7:01pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
TheLequte: today is citadel's day, and the attack dey come from every side..e come be like say sports thread NATO forces invade aparisport complex. but after the pumelling that airmark got from VVD last week, he needed this comeback.finally the person wey share that boateng picture must miss rapture |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by SirAce: 7:12pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
raumdeuter:This man!! |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Griffon: 7:20pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
timbros: Oh.... |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by BlueAngel444: 7:27pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
Tuchel vs Mancini who deserves it more, I would say Mancini but Tuchel really did the 'impossible' with Chelsea winning the UCL and finishing fourth, making FA cup finals. Would love one of Kante of Jorginho to win UEFA award and the other Ballon d'or 1 Like |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by raumdeuter: 7:32pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
TheLequte: Do I need to drum up support for a CL and world cup winner? |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by raumdeuter: 7:33pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
Taguchi: We both agree that airmark doesn't know many things. So will you deactivate now 4 Likes |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by BlueAngel444: 7:45pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
Emerson loan to Lyon done |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by swiz123(m): 7:56pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
timbros: He was led astray by his friend. They blamed Jorginho for Lampard's foolishness 8 Likes |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Nobody: 7:56pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
Griffon: Why? Will Mendy be on loan then? |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Unlimited22: 8:39pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
3minssex:Ogbeni WA, he will be playing for Senegal At the African Cup of Nations. |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by timbros(m): 8:40pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
3minssex: Afcon. |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by TheLequte: 8:47pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
Taguchi: I swear down. Everyone was dishing it to APSports. Dayo na strongman in defeat |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by TheLequte: 8:48pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
raumdeuter: If a “World Cup and CL winner” is worthy of those trophies, their work will speak for them. You won’t need to staunchly drum up support for them. 5 Likes |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Skimpledawg(m): 9:00pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
airmark:Omo, na you get this week Mark |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Skimpledawg(m): 9:01pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
raumdeuter:Dayo had to come back Bloody 1 Like |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by nateevs(m): 9:09pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
Skimpledawg: Dayo be like: What's your procedure with a gun in your face? When you got one in your waist....let's c0ck back nigga...air out the space! We gon' ........ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb117j9KIcM 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Griffon: 9:17pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
3minssex: AFCON. |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by raumdeuter: 9:27pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
TheLequte: What do you mean by worthy of those trophies? How else will a starter in a CL and world cup winning team be worthy of the trophies |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by airmark(m): 9:40pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
Who will be the unfortunate club to sign the calamitous defender, Boathand bayi? 1 Like
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Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by popizaino(m): 9:41pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
#tbt# "...the [2008 UEFA Champions League Final] eventually all came down to penalty kicks. And while a decade or so earlier it was customary to refer to this as the ‘lottery of a penalty shoot-out’, research and opposition scouting had improved considerably, to the point that it was no longer a lottery and more about complex game theory. In a tactical sense the shoot-out was arguably more intriguing than the previous 120 minutes. As revealed in Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski’s Soccernomics, Chelsea’s penalty strategy appears to have been influenced by the work of Ignacio Palacios-Huerta, a Basque economist who had been recording penalty patterns for 13 years. An academic colleague of his happened to be friends with Chelsea manager Grant, and he put them in touch. Palacios-Huerta then sent Grant a report about United’s penalty habits. Along with the revelation that the team taking the first penalty in a shoot-out triumphs 60 per cent of the time, there were two crucial points concerning United. First, goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar anticipated penalty takers would shoot across their body – he usually dived to his right against right-footed takers and to his left against left-footed takers. Shooting the other way, therefore, made sense. Second, Cristiano Ronaldo tended to pause in his run-up, hoping the goalkeeper would dive early, and after his pause he kicked left 85 per cent of the time. This information nearly worked a treat. United won both tosses before the shoot-out. It meant that the penalties took place in front of their own supporters and that Rio Ferdinand, as captain, had the choice of whether to kick first or second. Ferdinand, however, was unsure about what to do and turned towards United’s coaching staff, taking some time to make his decision. At this point Chelsea captain John Terry grabbed Ferdinand’s shirt and then pulled at his arm, offering to shoot first. Ferdinand ignored him and, having taken instructions, correctly chose to kick first. The odds were already in United’s favour. Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Čech, whose poor penalty-saving record is his only weakness, made only one save in the shoot-out – from Ronaldo. Sure enough, as he approached the penalty, Ronaldo suddenly froze. Čech froze too. There was a momentary stand-off before Ronaldo, as predicted, went left – and Čech dived correctly, beating away the shot. More fascinating, however, was the direction of Chelsea’s kicks. Four of the initial five penalty takers – Michael Ballack, Juliano Belletti, Frank Lampard and John Terry – were right-footers and seemingly followed Palacios-Huerta’s advice, going right rather than shooting across their body. The only player who did shoot across his body was also the only left-footer, Ashley Cole. That’s what Van der Sar expected and he nearly saved the shot, the wet ball squirming under his body. It meant all five of Chelsea’s penalties were kicked to the same corner. One of these penalties, however, was off-target. After Ronaldo’s failure, Chelsea would have triumphed had Terry converted Chelsea’s fifth penalty. He approached the kick confidently and chose the correct side, as Van der Sar anticipated him shooting across his body and dived the wrong way. But Terry’s standing foot slipped, he toppled to the floor and his kick bounced back off the post. This was considered nothing more than an unfortunate moment, but the truth was entirely different – Terry had a fatal tendency to slip... Terry’s miss forced the shoot-out into sudden death. Anderson and Ryan Giggs scored for Manchester United, as did Chelsea’s Salomon Kalou, who followed instructions and kicked right. This meant all six of Chelsea’s penalties were struck into the same corner – five by right-footers following the plan, one by the left-footed Cole disobeying instructions and only just squeezing the ball home. Next came Nicolas Anelka, another right-footer. By this stage, Manchester United thought they’d deduced Chelsea’s approach – kicking right every time. That wasn’t quite correct, but Cole’s decision to go against the plan gave that impression. On the halfway line, captain Ferdinand was frantically pointing and screaming for Van der Sar to dive that way. The Dutchman, meanwhile, seemed to have deduced the pattern too, and as Anelka waited for the whistle, Van der Sar made a crucial gesture. For the previous six kicks he’d spread both arms high and wide, as if he was about to start the ‘YMCA’ dance, but this time he pointed towards the corner where Chelsea had sent their previous six kicks, the direction Anelka was meant to be choosing. Did this cause Anelka to change his mind, suspecting Van der Sar had worked out his intentions? He unconvincingly shot across his body and Van der Sar dived that way, making his first save of the shoot-out. United were European champions. Anelka, inevitably, was made the villain of the piece, but blame should be shared. Terry’s miss was about technique rather than misfortune. Cole going against the supposed plan may have unwittingly caused United to suspect a pattern, even if not quite correctly, enabling Van der Sar to psych out Anelka. Meanwhile, Didier Drogba’s dismissal five minutes from the end of extra-time for slapping Vidić meant Chelsea were without a key penalty taker. Had he remained on the pitch then Terry would have been spared from taking one of the first five penalties. Indeed, four years later Drogba took the fifth, triumphant kick when Chelsea finally won the Champions League on penalties against Bayern Munich. Somehow everything about this Moscow shoot-out encapsulated football tactics: research, planning, devising a strategy, players not quite sticking to the strategy, a bit of technique, a bit of luck, a bit of psychology. Chelsea’s tactics were fascinating and entirely logical, yet they still lost." ~Michael Cox's "The Mixer - The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines" 4 Likes |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by popizaino(m): 9:44pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
raumdeuter: Call me When Boateng can boast of half of Thiago Silva's individual awards 3 Likes |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by popizaino(m): 9:47pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
raumdeuter: That one na your problem, below is what I am particular about. Defending is based on intelligence and positioning and old age is where we separate the good defenders from the pace merchants |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by popizaino(m): 9:48pm On Aug 19, 2021 |
raumdeuter: Thiago Silva was still rather than him in the same year your mcm won put up this performances . 1 Like |
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