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Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by raumdeuter: 9:18pm On Nov 18, 2016 |
liveLongNprospa: This is beasting a final Jerome Boateng (7.5/10): Took a knock in the first half but recovered, which was very good news for Bayern fans. Perhaps Bayern's most likely weakness heading into the match, Boateng played with newfound maturity and tactical discipline. Was turned once by Lewandowski, but otherwise did very well to track the physically imposing striker. Jerome Boateng Preferred at centre-back to Daniel van Buten and began nervously but did improve and look increasingly assured as the match unfolded. 6
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Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by raumdeuter: 9:19pm On Nov 18, 2016 |
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Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Greatihex(m): 9:21pm On Nov 18, 2016 |
CHELSEA'S GARDEN OF EDEN:
HOW CONTE MADE HAZARD
GREAT AGAIN
Nizaar Kinsella
The Belgian's return to form has coincided
with an impressive run for the Blues which
sees them back in the Premier League title
race
ANALYSIS
Eden Hazard is back with a vengeance as he
claims his first PFA Player of the Month
award - and only a season after being in
the football wilderness under a struggling
Jose Mourinho-led Blues side.
The 25-year-old's award win was for the
month of October where he scored three
goals and got an assist in his side's four
league games - while he also scored twice in
Chelsea's last match, which took place in
November, as they went on to beat Everton
5-0 at Stamford Bridge.
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Meanwhile, Hazard has gone on the best run
of his career having scored in Chelsea's last
four games. That beats his previous career
best of scoring in three consecutive games.
Antonio Conte has brought the fear factor
back to Hazard and Chelsea, who have leap
frogged the likes of Arsenal and Manchester
City in the table. Hazard's run of goals has
boosted him up the goalscoring charts
to seven goals, which means he is the
league's third-top goalscorer behind Diego
Costa and Sergio Aguero.
The pacey forward looks transformed from
last season, when he suffered an agonising
356-day goal drought in the league. Now he
looks capable of scoring at will and won
man of the match in his last two games
against Southampton and Everton.
In fact, Hazard has won more man of the
match awards than any other player in 2016,
despite his bad run last season. The PFA
Player of the Year for the 2014-15 season is
confident again and believes that he can go
become one of football's most talked about
talents by, one day, winning the Balon
d'Or.
"I want to come back on the list [for the
Ballon d'Or]," Hazard said after Chelsea's
victory over Everton. "I will give everything
to be on the list, not to be in the top 23
but to be in the top five. I want to reach
that level."
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"Last season was difficult for me. I tried to
be the same player that I was two years
ago, But now I am trying to play like when
I was a kid.
"I am enjoying playing now, my position is
a bit different from before, I go inside
more. It gives me more freedom, and I'm
good for the moment. Conte has not change
a lot, it is just that I have a little bit more
freedom when we have the ball and without
the ball."
Guus Hiddink last season talked about
getting Hazard playing like a "kid" again by
removing the burdens placed on him by
Mourinho, whose tough management style
crushed his star's creative spark.
Hazard wasn't scared to invite the Messi
and Ronaldo comparisons on himself, but
Conte perhaps rightfully wanted to rein in
the narrative ahead of Chelsea's visit to
Middlesbrough.
“I think we have to go, like the team, step
by step." Conte told a news conference, at
Cobham Training Centre. "It's important
now that Eden is showing his talent and
playing very well. Then if we want to
compare him with the other players?
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That's not right at this moment. He has all
the potential to do great things in his
career. But, for now, it's important he's
putting himself in the team. That's the best
situation for us.”
Conte is also more tender than
Mourinho and nurturing style
of management has given him the
opportunity to push Hazard players
physically and tactically on the training
pitch.
The switch to a 3-4-3 formation from the
4-2-3-1 formation of last season helps
Hazard as he prefers to defend from the
front, rather than track full-backs into his
own half. Amazingly, Hazard is offering a
huge contribution to his side defensively
and has won possession in the attacking
third 12 times - more than any other
Premier League player this season.
Hazard wins Player of the Month award
Opta data also shows that Hazard's average
position on the pitch is further forward
than Diego Costa's position. Conte asks his
forward to use his pace to run beyond Costa
- who in turn is comfortable with dropping
deep.
His ability to play as a striker gives Conte
tactical flexibility when they defend deeper
away from home, as they did against
Southampton at the St Mary's. In fact,
throughout Chelsea's five-game winning run
in the league, Hazard has played further
forward than Costa in all of his side's
games except for the 4-0 win over
Manchester United.
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"I must focus on my offensive role," Hazard
said while on duty with Belgium. "The wing-
backs do the defensive work, that's the
major change."
Hazard was referring to the tireless work
done by Victor Moses and Marcos Alonso,
while Nemanja Matic has also played a
major role in freeing up the forward. Conte
didn't stumble upon this decision by
accident as he revealed his thoughts on
Hazard's new position a fortnight ago.
Conte named Manager of the Month
“I think that Eden is playing now more
close to the goal,” Conte said. “He's
participating more in offensive situations. I
think it's better for him, this type of
situation, which sees him staying in a
position where he can finish easier
compared to in the past.
“For this reason, I think and I want Eden to
continue in this way. We know his talent.
He's a fantastic player. Also, I found a
player who is working very well without the
ball, working very well with the team.
“This is very appreciated by his team-mates.
The work of our strikers... It's important to
continue that, with the same situation with
Diego. They are working very well for the
team. It's good.”
Hazard has the highest ceiling of any of
Conte's players and is Chelsea most valuable
star who will be key to any silverware that
the Blues can win this season. Conte's use
of Hazard has proved he has both the
people skills and tactical awareness required
to be a manager at the very top of
football.
Hazard must remain fit if Chelsea are to
achieve glory in Conte's first season and the
combination of the Belgian's imagination
and the Italian's pragmatism has led the
Blues to be back amongst the big boys in
world football. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by liveLongNprospa(m): 9:39pm On Nov 18, 2016 |
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Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by raumdeuter: 10:19pm On Nov 18, 2016 |
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Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Nobody: 10:44pm On Nov 18, 2016 |
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Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by airmark(m): 10:52pm On Nov 18, 2016 |
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Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by kinggenesis(m): 3:23am On Nov 19, 2016 |
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Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Funjosh(m): 5:13am On Nov 19, 2016 |
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Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by hensben(m): 5:57am On Nov 19, 2016 |
Now for those that were saying i was defending hazard's under performance last season hear from the horse's mouth. "I'm playing without pain now. Last year was complicated. Some people didn't believe it, but I played with [a hip] injury for a long time. "I was never 100 per cent and when you are not completely fit it's hard to play at your best. "But I had a good break after the Euros, a good pre-season, and was ready. Liberated, yes. It feels like that sometimes, being injury-free and if a system brings the best out of you. "They only conceded once from open play in five matches, and when teams come up against us now they find they don't have many sights of goal, either. Personally, it allows me to concentrate more on the attacking parts of the game, the offensive side."-EDEN HAZARD The last paragraph talking about him tracking back to defend and create from midfield and you expect such player to be scoring goals for fun, in epl. |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by hensben(m): 6:04am On Nov 19, 2016 |
Greatihex:For those him haters who expect him to be scoring for fun shey una dey see the bolded part. |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Griffon(m): 10:59am On Nov 19, 2016 |
bykebyke: Na when this board still be fun. When we deliberately ask for brawls ![]() ![]() |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Nobody: 1:10pm On Nov 19, 2016 |
Chelsea will go top again tomorrow after Liverpool's draw today ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Nihilist: 4:29pm On Nov 19, 2016 |
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Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Nihilist: 5:27pm On Nov 19, 2016 |
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Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Greatihex(m): 5:30pm On Nov 19, 2016 |
Jose Mourinho says it may be his own fault
that his start at Manchester United has been
criticised in some quarters because he has "put
the level so high".
On the eve of his latest clash with Arsene
Wenger, Mourinho claimed that he is not
accorded as much respect as his Arsenal
counterpart.
"Maybe it's my fault," he said ahead of the
Arsenal showdown. "Maybe I put the level so
high, that people don't expect different than
that.
"I won at every club, I was champion in every
club, I won cups with every club.
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shine'
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take big-game
opportunity
"I won in every country, I won in four
different countries. I won in Europe, I won in
domestic competitions.
"I won always in the first or second season, so
nobody here is saying 'OK, let's see if he can
win with Man United at the third season'.
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"Nobody is saying that, nobody is saying that.
Nobody says I deserve time, that I deserve
credibility, that it's not a bad result that
affects the credibility of somebody with 23
titles in four different countries. That's just
that.
"Maybe it's my fault, so I'm not even against
you or upset with the pundits that are being
critical. Maybe I should be proud of it, because
maybe it's my fault." 2 Likes |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Greatihex(m): 5:32pm On Nov 19, 2016 |
"We were the best team by far," he told Sky
Sports. "I don't want to say they didn't want to
win, I prefer to say they had no chances to
win.
"They could not be Arsenal the way they
normally play. We were phenomenal from a
defensive point of view.
"The way we pressed, the way we were very
strong, the way we controlled their counter
attacks, the way we controlled their best
players. We were phenomenal.
"I am really happy with the team, but at the
moment I consider us the unluckiest team in
the Premier League because it is the reality.
"If you analyse the last three matches. Against
Stoke we have to win 5-0 or 6-0 and we draw.
Against Burnley we have to win 5-0 or 6-0 and
we draw and today we have to win 2-0 or 3-0
and we draw.
"We are the unluckiest team but the team is
playing well, the players are working really
well."
Andre Marriner waved away Antonio Valencia's
appeal for a penalty against Arsenal
United had a penalty shout turned down by
Andre Marriner in the first half when Antonio
Valencia went down under the challenge of
Nacho Monreal.
But Mourinho refused to criticise the referee,
describing Marriner as "an honest man".
"I have a very good feeling with Andre
Marriner," he continued. "He is the kind of
referee that if he makes mistakes against my
team, I know there is no intention.
"I remember the words he told us before the
game in the dressing room and the words were,
'I don't want to be seen, I want you to help me
do my work.'
"He's right, he doesn't want to be the star of
the show. He wants to be an honest man and a
good referee. If it was a mistake I don't want
to say yes or no.
"I know because I have watched on the video a
few times, but I don't want to say whether it is
a mistake or not."
Olivier Giroud heads past David De Gea to
equalise for Arsenal
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain skipped past Marcus
Rashford before setting up the equaliser for
Giroud, but Mourinho was keen to avoid
attaching blame to the young forward.
"First of all, Chamberlain is a fast and fresh
player on the pitch," he added. "He has a one-
on-one against a kid that everybody wants to
play every minute of every game but that's not
possible.
"He was beaten in the one against one and then
they have a cross into the box in a moment
when they have, not just the strikers, but a
central defender in [Laurent] Koscielny.
"The numbers we had to compete was not the
best and we conceded a goal we didn't deserve.
"The only time we had a situation we couldn't
resolve, they scored the goal so they were the
lucky ones and we were the unlucky ones. That's
football." 1 Like |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Nobody: 5:47pm On Nov 19, 2016 |
Offtopic YAYA TOURE...2 goals already ...That is how you announce your come back.. Pep is such an idiot ![]() ![]() 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by elrony(m): 5:55pm On Nov 19, 2016 |
Ogbeche77: Pep is a cunthole ![]() ![]() Pa Ramuzaki will not like this 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by raumdeuter: 6:03pm On Nov 19, 2016 |
elrony: Yaya apologized and got back. |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by lordfalcao(m): 6:15pm On Nov 19, 2016 |
MetaHuman:nwanne IBU onye amuma.. |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by macjireh: 6:22pm On Nov 19, 2016 |
Ogbeche77:this shows DAT yaya has been and will always be d heart behind city and pep almost foolishly didn't know ds.... 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by elrony(m): 6:34pm On Nov 19, 2016 |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by raumdeuter: 8:21pm On Nov 19, 2016 |
elrony: Only Yaya was required to apologize |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by airmark(m): 8:51pm On Nov 19, 2016 |
raumdeuter: Another lie from apari. This is how you always come here to type fallacies . His agent was asked to appologise. Oponu pa ramuzaki. ![]() Pep : "The day after his agent spoke and in that moment Yaya is out. Unless Mr Dimitri Seluk comes back in the press or speaks to his friends in the media - because he hasn't the courage to call me - and apologise to Manchester City first of all, then his teammates, and afterwards the trainer " 10 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by elrony(m): 9:12pm On Nov 19, 2016 |
raumdeuter: ![]() ![]() ![]() Baba, his agent was to apologise too, according to Pep! So did he? |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Godstraight(m): 9:14pm On Nov 19, 2016 |
[color=#006600][/color]make that dunce called ramuzaki nor come here oh 3 Likes |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by raumdeuter: 9:51pm On Nov 19, 2016 |
elrony: It doesnt matter Yaya apologized thats why he was allowed back in the team 1 Like |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by Chelseafan1: 9:45am On Nov 20, 2016 |
If Hazard does not bang in a hat-trick today, I won't be happy with him at all. |
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Champions Of Europe 2021 by BarcaBlood: 9:55am On Nov 20, 2016 |
Chelseafan1: lol hazardfan1, let chelsea sha win, dats d koko. D odd was too swit to ignore |
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