My internet has been down since Sunday but what a game that was on Tuesday night! Thing is now days its nothing to do with "luck". When you do this on more than one occasion it just becomes something Chelsea do! I do love how people hate Chelsea doing well, it always seems to be us flying to flag for England in Europe keeping our coefficient up so Arsene's 4th place trophy actually means something but all i saw was jealousy is the only way to describe it. Absolutely sensational performance and for me it just showed why Jose is the best tactician on this planet, he went through every scenario and had a plan for everything. Its not just having the attention to detail and having all areas covered, its making your players believe its going to work and having them on board 100% and every player played out of their skin. It was just another sensational night in the making history process of Chelsea FC, how lucky are we to witness things like this!
After watching the Champions League highlights from last nights game i didn't think i would laugh at a game as much as i did when we smashed Arsenal 6-0 but Atletico-Barca was absolutely comedy gold! How anyone can enjoy watching this team and think they are the best of the best is just beyond me, you see kids teams defend better than that, Atletico were unlucky not to win 5-0! For the goal the ball was pinging around the box and Barca had 3 defenders in the box and Iniesta and Xavi just sitting outside, it was absolutely comical. People complain that Jose likes to keep games tight, 1 or 2-0 and shut up shop but i'd rather than than play like Barca every day of the week! I'm actually quite annoyed they are out because i would play them in a heat beat!
On our potential draws for the semi's i don't see there being a weak side we can get but i think there is a better draw.
We all know about Bayern and what they possess and we know we can beat them and we know they know we can beat them and the Pep vs Jose thing we all know who wins that battle. Over 2 legs i feel we could beat them, they love to keep hold of the ball and we proven time and time again there is no better team than Chelsea at soaking up that possession and hitting on the counter.
Atletico are the surprise package here but certainly here on merit, top of the Spanish League and playing some excellent football. I think i'd rather play them over the 1 game though. Atletico play a lot like an English side, very strong in the tackle, pressing all over the pitch and hitting at pace on the counter attack.
Real Madrid are the side i fear the most, they have a European genius in Ancelotti in charge and with a front line of Bale, Ronaldo and Benzema i think its the best front line in the world. Having said all that they are also very vulnerable at the back and if anyone will want to get one over on Real then it surely will be Jose.
Either way its going to be very tough no matter who we get and all the sides offer something different but one thing is sure. When them balls are being drawn out tomorrow Real, Atletico and Bayern will not be happy if they see the piece of paper which says "Chelsea FC ENG" on it!
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