Pulisic and Musah all games PBP thread

I grimace every brutal foul CP games. that marcelo tackle was so cynical. Bummer he’s coming off now.

 

WHAT THE HELL??

 

Why did they take off CP???

 

Puli off played well but a little less impact on the second half.

 

On a yellow, in the rain being hacked by defenders...it's the right sub.

 

hacked and has a yellow, makes sense.

 

Tuchel has proven himself, but hard for me to see subbing Pulisic as anything but a mistake right now

 

Only way I can explain it is some sort of load management to avoid his injuries.

 

He’s an obvious sub, taking a beating and need fresh legs with fixture congestion plus on a yellow. Don’t understand anyone freaking out.

 

Would like to see Pulisic play a bit longer but he may not have had a whole lot more in the tank left anyways. Their best offensive player today for sure.

 

Would disagree with this. He's basically pulled the Madrid defense onto him, whenever he's gotten the ball - and has been effective enough on the ball to draw a handful of fouls.

 

Plus a 1-1 draw is fine for Chelsea I'd imagine the defense oriented TT is already seeing it in his mind as a draw.

 

And that right there is why I wouldn't have subbed Pulisic....he'd have done better and more dangerous than Ziyech

 

he didn’t look pissed by the sub wonder if it was communicated beforehand. this looks like an opportunity to get a second yellow for marcelo

 

The impact Pulisic made in the 2nd half, in conjunction with the rest of the game, was compelling enough fouls w/ his take-ons and fighting for loose balls to where he should have gotten a Madrid player taken off. But the ref wasn't complying. Didn't want to impact a big game, so impacted a big game.

 

Chelsea's #USMNT star Christian Pulisic scores biggest goal of club career, also delivers three key passes, draws six fouls in 66 minutes at Real Madrid (video) | #CFC #UCLhttps://t.co/xp8rYh2Kze

— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) April 27, 2021

pretty freakin good

 

Way to get in front of those shots boys. Much better than the goal.

 

Eden is a ghost of his former self

 

wait did i miss it or did varane not get a yellow for that?

 

Zissou subs on Odorozola. Never heard of the guy before. Sounds like a cheese.

Did they say Asensio is playing left back? I know they took Marcelo off.

 

Agreed. This is becoming a rock fight. He's the one they can afford to lose the least at the moment. Let the other guys gut this one out.

 

hazard now looks about as athletic as he, well, looks

 

The squad needed the fresh legs from someone, for sure.

 

Not bad for an American on the road against Real Madrid in the CL semis.

 

I get the feeling everybody is so happy with the 1-1 score line they don't see any reason to change it.