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UEFA EUROPEAN SUPER CUP FINAL, LIVE FROM THE EDEN ARENA IN PRAGUE
BAYERN MUNCHEN 3 - 2 CHELSEA
19:00: Welcome to Prague for this year's edition of the UEFA Super Cup, where we have last year's Champions League winners Bayern Munchen against Europa League champions Chelsea. Should be a great game!
19:04: Bayern have won their opening 3 Bundesliga matches and although Chelsea are unbeaten so far in the Premier League, they also drew twice at home to two teams predicted to struggle this season which will be of concern to the Chelsea manager. Tonight will be a true test of how far this Chelsea side has come.
19:10: No word out of the Chelsea camp yet and off the back of that victory against Sunderland it will be interesting to see what kind of line-up the Chelsea manager goes for.
Bayern Munchen v. Chelsea
Bayern Munchen: Neuer, Lahm, Kirchoff, Dante, Santon, Martinez, Schweinsteiger, Thiago, Robben, Ribery, Pizarro. Subs: Starke, Shaqiri, Goetze, Mandzukic, Boateng, Mueller, Kroos
Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Cole, Mikel, Ramires, Lampard, Schuerrle, Hazard, Ba. Subs: Schwarzer, Luiz, Essien, Mata, Willian, Oscar, Torres
19:22: An interesting lineup for Chelsea, with Demba Ba making his first start of the season and it looks like the manager has gone for a 4-3-3, clearly packing up the midfield to counter Bayern's. Will it be too negative though?
19:34: Well we're still waiting on both teams to come out but the trophy has been brought pitchside that both teams will be vying for come 10 o'clock. The favourites Bayern are currently warming up in front of their fans, who are making some real noise here.
19:45: Many of you criticising the inclusion of Demba Ba in the starting lineup over twitter. Ba has failed to score in every appearance including pre-season but clearly the manager feels he offers something that Torres and Eto'o don't.
19:53: The players have come out on the pitch and the music is playing. The players shake hands and we're nearly ready to go in this European Super Cup final.
20:00: Chelsea get us underway kicking from left to right in this first half.
20:03: Pizarro has the first chance as he collects a wonderful reverse from Thiago before firing on goal, but Cech holds it well. Maybe a surprise that he gets the nod ahead of Mandzukic who was so good last year for Bayern.
20:05: GOALFLASH Bayern Munchen 1 - 0 Chelsea (Jan Kirchhoff)
Bayern goal: Thiago whips in a great corner from the right and
Kirchhoff is tall enough to get over Terry and head home via the crossbar. First blood to the Germans.
20:08: Chelsea nearly strike back from a corner of their own but Terry's flicked header clips the post and goes out of play.
20:13: It took the Blues a little while but they've gotten into this game now. Lampard flashes a free kick just over the crossbar.
20:15: GOALFLASH Bayern Munchen 2 - 0 Chelsea (Arjen Robben)
Bayern goal: Arjen Robben picks up a loose ball from Frank Lampard before blitzing past Ashley Cole cutting in and hitting a shot that was too powerful for Cech and goes through his body. Oh dear, Chelsea.
20:24: Robben cuts in past a hapless Ashley Cole and slams high over the bar.
20:32: Robben is causing all kinds of problems for Chelsea and this time he slams a fierce shot from 30 yards which Cech can't keep hold of but Pizarro hits the rebound straight back at him.
20:40: Chelsea cannot get a foothold in this game and it is all Bayern at the moment. Something will have to change in the second half.
20:45: HALF TIME Bayern Munchen 2 - 0 Chelsea
Half time in Prague and Bayern hold a well-deserved 2 goal lead. Chelsea had a 10 minute spell before Bayern's second goal knocked the stuffing out of them. Frank Lampard has been really poor in the mdifield, constantly giving the ball away whilst Ashley Cole has really struggled against Arjen Robben. Something needs to change for Chelsea.
20:56: And we're hearing it will because Juan Mata is going to come on in place of Frank Lampard. System change perhaps?
21:00: Back underway then and Chelsea look to have shifted to a 4-2-3-1, Mata taking up his usual role and will hopefully give Demba Ba a little more support up front than he got in the first half.
21:02: Robben breaks away again, chased by Schurrle, and gets a shot away but it's well held by Cech.
21:05: Mata exerts his first influence on the game, collecting Schurrle's great ball and holding it up before playing Hazard into space but Neuer makes a great stop.
21:06: Neuer with another great save! Mata's corner is zoomed in and Ba hits it full on the volley from 4 yards but Neuer parries expertly.
21:09: Schurrle with his first sight of goal but he hits it just over the bar. Taking chances has been a real problem for Chelsea so far this season and they will need to take one of the ones coming their way soon if they are to get back into this game.
21:11: Mata has been excellent since coming on and this time he plays a wonderful little chip into Ramires to let loose but Neuer makes a great diving save.
21:14: GOALFLASH Bayern Munchen 2 - 1 Chelsea (Eden Hazard)
Chelsea goal: The goal was coming and it's that man Eden Hazard again. Ramires makes space into the box wonderfully well but is tackled by Schweinsteiger and Hazard collects before smashing home past Neuer. Game on.
21:17: GOALFLASH Bayern Munchen 3 - 1 Chelsea (Thiago Alcantara)
Bayern goal: Oh my, that is woeful defending. Chelsea are all out of position straight from kick off and Thiago has all the time in the world to slam home from the edge of the box. What were Chelsea playing at?
21:20: On comes Fernando Torres for Demba Ba who has been mostly anonymous.
21:29: GOALFLASH Bayern Munchen 3 - 2 Chelsea (Andre Schurrle)
Chelsea goal: Game on again, with 20 minutes to go, Chelsea are back in the match. Ramires breaks wonderfully before dropping back for Mikel who picks out the run of Schurrle. He ducks inside of Lahm and hits a wonderful shot into the bottom corner, his first for Chelsea.
21:33: Mata has been everywhere in this second half for Chelsea, a wonderful display. He collects the ball from Hazard's run and then looks for goal but it just spins wide.
21:37: There's still time so Chelsea need to be a little more patient, Mikel striking over when there was better passes to be made. On comes Oscar for Ashley Cole as Chelsea go 3 at the back.
21:39: Seconds after that substitution and Terry is in a heap. He is stretchered off and Chelsea are down to ten men, with just two defenders on the pitch!
21:45: Chelsea holding on now with just two men at the back and no full backs. Despite that, Oscar has a good chance to equalise but Neuer makes another good save.
21:47: FULL TIME Bayern Munchen 3 - 2 Chelsea
It's full time and Chelsea have lost the European Super Cup here to Bayern Munchen. They made a real go of it in the second half but the defending for some of their goals will be of real concern to the Chelsea manager. Congratulations to the German side who were worthy winners.
Sam Illyroy said:
I'm really dissapointed with some of our defending but we showed real character in the second half and maybe deserved a little bit more as the quality of our attacking play was really encouraging but we cannot accept that kind of defending.
John picked up a knock there at the end but should only be out for a couple of days.