Champions League: Group D - Matchday 3 - October 21, 2009 - Chelsea FC v. Atletico Madrid [R]

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  1. I-Got-The-BLUES

    May 1, 2006
    Orlando, Florida.
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Jamaica
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    Venue:
    Stamford Bridge (London, England)


    Match Times & TV Listings:
    07:45 PM BST (Local Time)
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    11:45 AM PST

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    Group D Table:
    Code:
    [U][B]Pos.   Club       Wins    Draws    Losses    Points[/B][/U]     
    1.     [B]Chelsea[/B]      2        0         0       6         
    2.     Porto        1        0         1       3
    3.     APOEL        0        1         1       1
    4.     [b]Atletico[/b]     0        1         1       1
    Scorers (2 Goals):
    2: Anelka


    History:
    First ever head-to-head meeting between the two clubs.
     
  2. Yaroni

    Yaroni Member

    Aug 31, 2007
    Tel Aviv
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Israel
    first time first poster

    AM have some really good attacking players, i think theyll score but their D is shyte so i think well win this one

    i just want ot see some good play leading to a win

    should strengthen our side defensively
     
  3. Kazuma

    Kazuma Member+

    Chelsea
    Jul 30, 2007
    Detroit
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    The matress makers are in a bit of disarray at the moment. Though the thought of going up against Aguero is a bit scary, more so given Carvs' form on Sunday but if Bos is fit I want to see Ivan next to Terry. The sooner Alex gets back to full fitness the better.

    It's also a shame that Drogba's ban is finished after this but he would enjoy playing against Atletico's defense.
     
  4. Bruckner283

    Bruckner283 Member+

    Apr 25, 2006
    Lake Of The Coheeries
    I like our chances against AM's defense even with Anelka and Kalou (Studge?) starting up front and on a normal day our backline should be able to handle their attack. This would be a perfect game for Percy to his head out of his ass. Would love to see Joey start and Mikel if he is fit. I see a 3-1 to us. I hope.....
     
  5. fernb8

    fernb8 Member+
    Staff Member

    Aug 12, 2002
  6. Cris 09

    Cris 09 Trololololo

    Nov 30, 2004
    Westfalenstadion
    Club:
    Borussia Dortmund
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Two things...

    A. Atletico is having a horrible start to their domestic league capaign and are currently 15 is their table. This would be a great time to face them as any. They have been sluggish and just cannot find that team chemistry they had a year and a half ago. Chelsea should come out of this with a win, but it won't be an easy win...

    B. Every so often, a team doing poorly domestically some how, somewhere find what it takes to upset a giant in Europe despite their poor domestic form. It would be a huge mistake to take them for granted as they will try to make up for their deficiencies being shown in La Liga by giving us a hard time at home. Complacency can be our worst enemy.
     
  7. yasik19

    yasik19 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Chelsea
    Ukraine
    Oct 21, 2004
    Daly City
    I think it would be a mistake to underrate them based on domestic form. Europe is another ball game.
     
  8. SteelShot

    SteelShot Member

    Jun 8, 2009
    United States
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    I really feel Atletico will get hammered. Nothing is going their way CL or domestically. Their new look defense is weak, and Resino is feeling the heat. Anelka for the hat trick(he is on my fantasy team). :D 3 pts baby!
     
  9. nicephoras

    nicephoras A very stable genius

    Fucklechester Rangers
    Jul 22, 2001
    Eastern Seaboard of Yo! Semite
    This should be a good game to score a few goals - Atletico is terrible defensively.

    I didn't get to post about the Villa game, where I actually thought we played pretty well, but our finishing let us down. How many one on ones did we have with Friedel? Better finishing would have won us the game. I look forward to continuing that. This is considerably different from our failures under Scolari, when we'd spend half hour periods without being able to muster a shot on goal. As ManUtd showed by nearly losing against Sunderland, these are not easy games. We need to keep playing well and let the chips fall where they may.
     
  10. Miguel Alvarez

    May 12, 2006
    is Drogba back for this game?
     
  11. Andy F

    Andy F Member

    Jul 23, 2008
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nope. Bosingwa would have been but he's picked up a knee injury.
     
  12. Blue Celery

    Blue Celery Member

    Apr 13, 2007
    Missing Browsingwa is not a good thing. But we've won our other two matches with the 'ic at right back so I'm still confident.
     
  13. sanda

    sanda Member

    Aug 29, 2007
    Virginia
    Will Ballack be back?
     
  14. Bruckner283

    Bruckner283 Member+

    Apr 25, 2006
    Lake Of The Coheeries
    Granted, PhysioRoom is far from gospel but they have him back for this game but I highly doubt he is. Maybe against Blackburn?
     
  15. Naughtius Maximus

    Jul 10, 2001
    Shropshire
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Also, better organisation in defence. .. and on that front I saw a headline today that might be relevant for this game.

    http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/new...-in-Chelsea-defeat-inquest-article195139.html

    Michael Ballack plays his part in Chelsea defeat inquest

    Michael Ballack has revealed his part in the dressing room inquest that followed Chelsea’s latest away day defensive disaster.

    Back-to-back defeats on the road at Wigan and now Aston Villa have put a massive question mark over Chelsea’s title credentials.

    And Ballack, absent through injury at the weekend, believes it was an obligation on him as a senior professional to talk through the set-piece blunders and ensure they are put right for their Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid.

    Ballack said: “I wasn’t involved, not in the team, but I know the problem.

    “I was there on Sunday and we spoke about it. Everybody has to make an impact on the situation, me too.

    “We sat down together at Cobham and watched the game. We saw who made the mistakes. We’ve spoken about the game, we’ve trained on set-pieces and special situations, but it’s all about individual mistakes.

    “That happens in football, but that’s what we have to cut out.”

    And Ballack, 33, added: “We speak with each other. We have no problem criticising each other in the dressing room. A good team with strong players has to do this.

    "We’ve done that, then we shake hands and get back on to the training pitch and try to do better.


    Sounds quite positive. Let's just hope it has some effect.
     
  16. Lamps>Gerrard

    Lamps>Gerrard Member

    Feb 15, 2009
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Atletico are having a horrid season so far, I can only hope we can capitalize on this and bounce back from defeat at Villa.
     
  17. Dr_Intoxicated

    Dr_Intoxicated Member+

    Sep 10, 2002
    London
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
    All this talk of Madrid's season, let's not forget what Roma's season was like before they met us. We need to concentrate on our season.
     
  18. lobomojo

    lobomojo Member+

    Chelsea, Gillingham
    Jul 17, 2004
    Freedom
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Obi reportedly back. I think it is time to give Joey a full run-out and Sturridge a start if we go with two strikers, then again I don't speak much Italian.

    But if I did, assuming a diamond is de rigueur:

    -----------Cech
    -Ivano---Carv---JT----Ashley
    ----------Obi
    ----ESS-------Lamp-
    ---------Joey
    ------Anelka---Sturidge

    The diamond seems to work better with Balllack, but I'd give more time to heal, and Ess more time to adapt to the right role and with Obi shut down Aguero and Forlon and Simao.

    If Kalou, Deco and Malouda all start, look for breaking reports of a man's head exploding

    p.s interesting to compare stats between Deco and the "near as good" :rolleyes:Joey

    http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/stats?id=7976&cc=5901

    http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/stats?id=12693&cc=5901
     
  19. Bruckner283

    Bruckner283 Member+

    Apr 25, 2006
    Lake Of The Coheeries
    I just kept nodding and saying, "Yep" to myself whilst reading your post sir. Given Boz's injury that was the lineup I was thinking of too.
     
  20. lobomojo

    lobomojo Member+

    Chelsea, Gillingham
    Jul 17, 2004
    Freedom
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    I recommend all take that approach with all my posts:D...:rolleyes::D
     
  21. Chelseafutbol1

    Chelseafutbol1 New Member

    Jul 24, 2006
    SW6
    Confirmed:

    Cech, Belletti, Ivanovic, Terry, Cole, Essien, Ballack, Lampard, Kalou, Deco and Anelka.

    Bench: Hilario, Carvalho, Bruma, Zhirkov, Malouda, J.Cole and Sturridge
     
  22. lobomojo

    lobomojo Member+

    Chelsea, Gillingham
    Jul 17, 2004
    Freedom
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Kalou, Deco then eh

    [​IMG]
     
  23. okocha1

    okocha1 Member+

    Nov 25, 2004
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Belletti at RB? Simao is no mug and is very clever at getting inside. Hmmm not sure I like that one. Ivan back in the center? Been solid but not as good as he was last season. I expect Atletico to score first. Aguero and Forlan can score from nothing. I don't think we'll be able to keep them quite. Essien will be key because Atletico are a top counterrattacking side and both forwards are clever enough to drop into pockets and Jurado the #9 attacking mid is clever (a bit like Benayoun in his style). Assuncao is a very tenacious player and good DM and he will follow Lampard closely, I think Deco would be better suited at the tip because he has the ability to dribble in close quarters and knows how to get fouled. Hopefully he'll cut out the mistakes.

    The upsets yesterday show that anything can happen in these 2 leg one-off matches. Chelsea must keep vigilant and be industrious in maximizing the chances we get by getting the goals.

    EDIT: Well I see that Raul Garcia and Cleber Santana are playing. Seems Atletico are going to take the United tactic of playing us.
     
  24. yasik19

    yasik19 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Chelsea
    Ukraine
    Oct 21, 2004
    Daly City
    Mikel is not even on the bench?
     
  25. okocha1

    okocha1 Member+

    Nov 25, 2004
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    He's just returned from injury. Wasn't even able to play any internationals for Nigeria.
     

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