Champions League Final | Pre-Match Thread

[goalmole]

I thought Madrid where poor last night had Chelsea been more clinical you could have been talking a big hiding there ......... I think your next games against them could cause big issues for them going forward ........ you beat them at the weekend and West Ham and Spurs get results then Chelsea are in for a tough set of games leading up to the CL final ........ you lot don’t have to risk anyone

Newcastle would have beaten that Madrid side last night.

 

[tommy116]

Nice tough schedule for Chelsea and a FA Cup final, how anyone thinks the chance to win the champions league against a team scrapping for fourth place in the prem is beyond this team is staggering. Dortmund and PSG would of beaten Chelsea.

 

[Franknorgrovesnephew]

Full members cup all over again lol hopefully not same scoreline

 

[mancityscot]

Nice tough schedule for Chelsea and a FA Cup final, how anyone thinks the chance to win the champions league against a team scrapping for fourth place in the prem is beyond this team is staggering. Dortmund and PSG would of beaten Chelsea.

Think liverpool were scrapping for 4th place when we played them in the CL a few years back. Could be wrong though.

 

[Prater70]

Kev loves playing against them with a point to prove.

 

[PhdWave]

We just dumped Mbappe Neymar Di maria attack..This chelsea forward lines has nothing on that level of firepower. Not to mention Pep will have enough time to prepare the match while they have top-4/FA cup. I am confident Pep will conjure up something..there is a reason he won 14/15 finals in his career.

 

[Manchester33]

Nice tough schedule for Chelsea and a FA Cup final, how anyone thinks the chance to win the champions league against a team scrapping for fourth place in the prem is beyond this team is staggering. Dortmund and PSG would of beaten Chelsea.

Playing devil's advocate it could actually benefit them going into the final.

They NEED to keep a high level of performance right the way through, so they should be sharp in Istanbul. If we get the job done on Saturday then we might relax a bit beforehand.

 

[B\connellblue]

We are 4/9 with the bookmakers, 7/4 Chavs, to lift the trophy. It's not a given but the expectation is we win given all this seasons factors are played to.

Anything can happen and Chelsea are a very good team but I think we will slowly dismantle them in the final. They won't be running behind our defence like they did against a pathetic Madrid and they won't see as much of the ball in midfield where our movement and passing is on another planet compared to Madrid's. The FA Cup semi is irrelevant due to the team selection, this is our big chance to shove it to everyone and become European Champions.

Those odd are to to win by any means.
90 mins betting we are 10/11 chavs 31/10 and 11/4 the draw.
We have been fav for every game we have played for years now, wouldn't read too much into that.
At least we know what chelsea will try to do. just play 2 second halves and we'll be fine.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

After Saturday the remainder of our games will be no pressure fixtures were Pep can rotate and keep 15-18 players fresh where as Chelsea have to win every game to compete for the top four and an FA Cup final against a decent Leicester side.
Pep will still target the ninety point mark he takes every game seriously and potentially winning the league by twenty points will be another target , we will arrive at the Champs league final with two trophies under our belt whilst Chelsea could easily miss out on top four and lose the FA Cup final, the pressure is all on Tuchel, lets see how cocky he is when he arrives in Istanbul in three weeks

 

[penalty spot]

Very impressed by their system, a tight and mobile team. A decent side and not to be underestimated. Tuchel has transformed them quickly.