Who can stop Chelsea ?

Post by **juventuss** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:02 pm

Out of
AC Milan
Juve / Liverpool
Lyon / PSV

which one of these teams can honestly stop Chelsea ?

mke1010 · Post by **mke1010** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:06 pm

Only Ac Milan can beat this Chelsea team. The fianls will be very interesting. I beleive AC Milan is the better team but destiny seems to be on Chelsea's side.

theDunamis · Post by **theDunamis** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:14 pm

juventuss wrote:Out of
AC Milan
Juve / Liverpool
Lyon / PSV

which one of these teams can honestly stop Chelsea ?

Milan!!!!!! I honestly think only Milan can stop them, and it will take nothing less than their A-game on the day as well.

Juve can give them a run for their money, especially when one considers that it's gonna be two titanic managers in Capello and Mourinho squaring off in that battle (I tip Juve to win tmrw obviously); but I somehow can't see this Juve team prevailing over Chelsea. Chelsea have shown the ability to be as multi-dimensional as any team needs to be to win in Europe. Juve haven't and probably can't.

One thing I can say for sure is this, if Chelsea should win the CL title this year, they deserve all possible respect and more. Cos (all things being equal) the list of teams they would have conquered will read: Barcelona, Bayern, Juve, Milan. Surely there could hardly be a more tasking route to a title.

kaycee2g · Post by **kaycee2g** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:15 pm

Milan are ery good, but chelsea plays with thier brain, and they have the worlds best coach.

Robben should be back then.

mastermind · Post by **mastermind** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:22 pm

kaycee2g wrote:Milan are ery good, but chelsea plays with thier brain, and they have the worlds best coach.

Robben should be back then.

from what i see today Milan will win this CL, Shevy is baaaaaaaaaaaaack !! He scored one of the best goals in CL since his return. Ancelotti is the best coach in Italy and 2003 Champion, he's capable of outsmarting Mourinho. I think team with the best coach will win this year's CL cos all the teams left have great players.

rust09 · Post by **rust09** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:24 pm

Indeed Milan look eminently formidable. Hopefully it'll turn out to be a Chelsea-Milan final just to see 2 great tacticians squaring off. Let's not jump the gun though. Still a lot of football to be played and at this juncture nothing can be taken for granted.

If anyone can find a way to beat Milan, it'll be Mourinho!

Rogermilla · Post by **Rogermilla** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:28 pm

Milan Vs Chelsea is going to be very interesting, lots of tactics. One thing though it might be one hell of a boring game as both teams are very solid defensively. I tip Milan to win.

Post by **juventuss** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:30 pm

If it ends up being Chelsea vs Milan, expect a very interesting game, AC milan would want to slow the game down while chelsea would want a fast paced game and might fall back on the long ball tactic. That would not work against Milan.

but who knows... game still full ground

Skylolo · Post by **Skylolo** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:36 pm

juventuss wrote:If it ends up being Chelsea vs Milan, expect a very interesting game, AC milan would want to slow the game down while chelsea would want a fast paced game and might fall back on the long ball tactic. That would not work against Milan.

but who knows... game still full ground

Only problem is that in the final "Anything can happen" :x :x

kaycee2g · Post by **kaycee2g** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:37 pm

juventuss wrote:If it ends up being Chelsea vs Milan, expect a very interesting game, AC milan would want to slow the game down while chelsea would want a fast paced game and might fall back on the long ball tactic. That would not work against Milan.

but who knows... game still full ground

You are having a laugh. Chelsea love to slow the game down. They prefer the calm game, and then counter attack.

mblack76 · Post by **mblack76** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:38 pm

I said it from day one that Chelsea had a big shot at the Champions League title. Now all you have to do is watch Chelsea win it. No amount of 'hating' can stop them. They are simply the best there is and Mourinho is simply outstanding. Great game from Chelsea. In the beginning they said Barca would stop them (which I hoped would happen) it did not happen, then they said Bayern had all it took to send Chelsea packing, again, that failed to happen. Now who will be the next to be assigned the duty of stopping the 'great' Chelsea side? Personally, I dont see any team tough enough at this moment in time.

Post by **juventuss** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:40 pm

kaycee2g wrote:
juventuss wrote:If it ends up being Chelsea vs Milan, expect a very interesting game, AC milan would want to slow the game down while chelsea would want a fast paced game and might fall back on the long ball tactic. That would not work against Milan.

but who knows... game still full ground

You are having a laugh. Chelsea love to slow the game down. They prefer the calm game, and then counter attack.

watch JM flip the script. If you rely on counter-attack to defeat milan, good luck. Thats why i think JM would come out with a totally different game plan.

jdizzy · Post by **jdizzy** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:40 pm

This discussion reminds me of the hype that surrounded the potential Real Madrid-Arsenal semi-final last year. We all remember what happened so don't jump the gun!

Mudi E · Post by **Mudi E** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:41 pm

Olympique Lyon might surprise all of you by taking the title....the same way Porto surprised everyone last year.

rust09 · Post by **rust09** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:45 pm

Mudi E wrote:Olympique Lyon might surprise all of you by taking the title....the say way Porto surprised everyone last year.

If you're backing them against Milan i'd take you on in a bet.

theDunamis · Post by **theDunamis** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:47 pm

kaycee2g wrote:You are having a laugh. Chelsea love to slow the game down. They prefer the calm game, and then counter attack.

Kaycee2g, it depends on the team they are playing among other factors. Against Barca at Camp Nou, they tried hard and succeeded many times in playing the slow-paced deliberate game. However, against the same team at Stamford Bridge, we saw Chelsea wanting exactly that fast-paced game and using it to their fullest advantage as they carved up Barca in 20minutes. Like I said, this ability to be multi-dimensional is what stands Chelsea apart from other EPL teams. Just watch tomorrow as Liverpool get frustrated!!!

theDunamis · Post by **theDunamis** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:52 pm

rust09 wrote:
Mudi E wrote:Olympique Lyon might surprise all of you by taking the title....the say way Porto surprised everyone last year.

If you're backing them against Milan i'd take you on in a bet.

Heck, I'd bet too. Yeah yeah, football is a game of 11 men, but abeg, this Milan team is not your average Joe no matter what Deportivo wanted us to think last year.

theYemster · Post by **theYemster** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:14 am

From the onset even though I supported Arsenal, I had picked Milan to go all the way...I even stated that they are the only team that can stop Chelsea.

After seeing the way Chelsea has been playing, I cannot confidently beat my chest and say they will win the UCL. Not because I think chelsea is the best team but because it seems Chelsea is just predestined to go all the way.

Not to take anything away from Chelsea cos they are a very good team, one cannot overlook the amout of luck that seems to fall their way. Ricochets, deflections bounces etc just seem to fall for them. Look at Lampard's recent goals; deflections of harmless balls but when it's the other way like Huth's deflection, it rebounds off the upright. The exact same goal Terry scored last minute against Barca, was cleared on the goal line by Chelsea. Things just seem to be going well for them and when that happens you can't help but wonder what if.

So left to me it seems Chelsea have been earmarked for this trophy but if any team can stop them it's AC Milan.

amafolas · Post by **amafolas** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:27 am

theYemster wrote:From the onset even though I supported Arsenal, I had picked Milan to go all the way...I even stated that they are the only team that can stop Chelsea.

After seeing the way Chelsea has been playing, I cannot confidently beat my chest and say they will win the UCL. Not because I think chelsea is the best team but because it seems Chelsea is just predestined to go all the way.

Not to take anything away from Chelsea cos they are a very good team, one cannot overlook the amout of luck that seems to fall their way. Ricochets, deflections bounces etc just seem to fall for them. Look at Lampard's recent goals; deflections of harmless balls but when it's the other way like Huth's deflection, it rebounds off the upright. The exact same goal Terry scored last minute against Barca, was cleared on the goal line by Chelsea. Things just seem to be going well for them and when that happens you can't help but wonder what if.

So left to me it seems Chelsea have been earmarked for this trophy but if any team can stop them it's AC Milan.

i watched chelsea vs Barca and i saw Chelsea vs B. munich. I have to say it, there's a confidence that I have in chelsea when it comes to champions league that I dont have in any other English side. Chelsea will be in the finals. Their manager is a genius. (And i am an arsenal fan) They can play whatever style is needed. Slow game, defensive game, counterattack, long ball, flair game ( when robben is around). And they can really defend. I am sure mourinho does his homework really well before getting on the field. I wish arsenal could say the same.

We play a style thats not conducive for europe. and year in, year out, we stick to the same style. The quick cutting, fancy passing, through ball soccer will not work in Europe. When will AW learn. And champions league is for established superstars, not upcoming schoolboys.

maybe AW should take summer classes under JM at Stamford bridge ahead of next season.

theDunamis · Post by **theDunamis** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:35 am

theYemster wrote:From the onset even though I supported Arsenal, I had picked Milan to go all the way...I even stated that they are the only team that can stop Chelsea.

After seeing the way Chelsea has been playing, I cannot confidently beat my chest and say they will win the UCL. Not because I think chelsea is the best team but because it seems Chelsea is just predestined to go all the way.

Not to take anything away from Chelsea cos they are a very good team, one cannot overlook the amout of luck that seems to fall their way. Ricochets, deflections bounces etc just seem to fall for them. Look at Lampard's recent goals; deflections of harmless balls but when it's the other way like Huth's deflection, it rebounds off the upright. The exact same goal Terry scored last minute against Barca, was cleared on the goal line by Chelsea. Things just seem to be going well for them and when that happens you can't help but wonder what if.

So left to me it seems Chelsea have been earmarked for this trophy but if any team can stop them it's AC Milan.

Trudat about the luck of those bounces, so to speak, going Chelsea's way. But u know the saying, u make ur own luck, because on the flip side, I think it would be fair to also note that Chelsea have also had calls that were if not clearly wrong or at least heavy-handed, simply smack of pure ill-luck - a red card and a penalty in the Barca tie; and another iffy penalty against them in the Bayern tie.

Bayern had every opportunity to take this match by the scruff of its hard-to-get neck in the first 25 or so minutes but they frittered away chance after half chance, by even their most trusted player. They I guess threw their luck away.

P.S. I just read these words in a British paper and in my opinion they point to a big part of Chelsea's current swagger:

"Barcelona ’s bewitching Brazilian can do things that are beyond Lampard, but whereas he can light up a game, the Chelsea man can snuff one out."

furiously frank · Post by **furiously frank** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:38 am

I hate to burst the bubble, and I'm a Chelsea fan by the way, but I don't like the momentary loss of concentration towards the end of the last 3 games. Chelsea cannot afford to make that mistake against Milan and Juve.

I hope the problem is down to Mourinho not been on the bench and hope they work on it. Italian team have cancelled out 4 goal lead in the last 15 minutes of a match before and any overconfidence will kill Chelsea especially if Juve plays home last.

Post by **juventuss** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:42 am

IMHO, if Juve get past liverpool tomorrow, they will beat chelsea

No shaking. But lets get past liverpool first.

theYemster · Post by **theYemster** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:57 am

juventuss wrote:IMHO, if Juve get past liverpool tomorrow, they will beat chelsea

Pally before the Barca games I felt the same but not any more.

Besides, I would rather a Milan-Chelsea final...memories of two years ago still linger painfully.

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