Valencia 2-3 Chelsea

1-0 Valencia!!!

Goodbye Mourinho?

We're always better in the 2nd half.

Lampard best show up at some point.

Still a long way to go but I think even if Chelsea can manage to pull one back, I fancy Valencia to score a second.

btw dont know if it was mentioned, but drogs was deliberatly raked down his ankle from a corner as the ball was cleared. straight red if it had been seen.

A few years ago...

1st leg FT

Chelsea 1 - 1 Arsenal

2nd leg HT

Arsenal 1 - 0 Chelsea

come on you blues.

Jaime wrote:Still a long way to go but I think even if Chelsea can manage to pull one back, I fancy Valencia to score a second.

And something's seriously wrong with Chelsea if Joaquin is having a good game against them.

Hardrada wrote:btw dont know if it was mentioned, but drogs was deliberatly raked down his ankle from a corner as the ball was cleared. straight red if it had been seen.

A few years ago...

1st leg FT

Chelsea 1 - 1 Arsenal

2nd leg HT

Arsenal 1 - 0 Chelsea

come on you blues.

Valencia are not Arsenal. Far from it.

Terry hasn't turned up tonight, which is causing some of the problems for Chelsea I think.

Chelsea aren't KO yet by no means, but Valencia have been closer to scoring goals two and three than Chelsea scoring one. Drogba's header was really good, and a better save by Cañizares. First time I see Ayala lose a jump ball.

kas wrote:

Jaime wrote:Still a long way to go but I think even if Chelsea can manage to pull one back, I fancy Valencia to score a second.

And something's seriously wrong with Chelsea if Joaquin is having a good game against them.

Well, it's not surprising...the way Mourinho tries to accomodate 4 central midfield players in the same team is beyond me -- it completely concedes the wings to Valencia and of course, that is where the danger originated on the goal from Morientes.

kas wrote:Valencia are not Arsenal. Far from it.

That was the Arsenal team from 2003/2004 - The one that went the entire season beaten and played some of the best football ever seen in England.

That side are a better match that Valencia at this moment.

Chelsea can do it!

Come on Valencia just hold on !

How is Albelda playing against the physical Chelsea midfield? Will be the best guage of whether he'll do well for us in Europe.

Cesc wrote:

kas wrote:Valencia are not Arsenal. Far from it.

That was the Arsenal team from 2003/2004 - The one that went the entire season beaten and played some of the best football ever seen in England.

That side are a better match that Valencia at this moment.

Chelsea can do it!

What I mean is, Arsenal can't shut a team down like Valencia can. Ok, one setpiece can change it, but if I had to put money on a team to hold a lead it would be Valencia over Arsenal every time.

Joe Cole for Diarra.

I don't know what formation that is, 3-4-3 maybe?

Cesc wrote:

kas wrote:Valencia are not Arsenal. Far from it.

That was the Arsenal team from 2003/2004 - The one that went the entire season beaten and played some of the best football ever seen in England.

That side are a better match that Valencia at this moment.

Chelsea can do it!

Arsenal 03-04 were not better defensively than this Valencia.

kas wrote:How is Albelda playing against the physical Chelsea midfield? Will be the best guage of whether he'll do well for us in Europe.

He's going to stay at Valencia...

Jaime wrote:

kas wrote:How is Albelda playing against the physical Chelsea midfield? Will be the best guage of whether he'll do well for us in Europe.

He's going to stay at Valencia...

That's what you think

I know I know, would be our Football Manager signing for DM.

I agree with kas on this. Also, from what I remember Arsenal were quite comfortable in the first half of the second leg. Chelsea came out and had a spell of pressure in the second half, but if we had seen that out we probably would have gone on to win. As it was Lehmann flapped at Makelele's shot, Chelsea scored, and had all the momentum from then on.

Ahh f@ck. 1-1

WELL IN SHEVA!!!

kas wrote:Ahh f@ck. 1-1

Villa will snatch a winner...

Kimbo wrote:WELL IN SHEVA!!!

a few posters will be eating their words if both chelsea and united get through.

Rosicky wrote:

Kimbo wrote:WELL IN SHEVA!!!

a few posters will be eating their words if both chelsea and united get through.

Imagine 3 english teams in the semi's!!!

How's the game going - doesn't sound too promising reading Marca's commentary...

kas wrote:How's the game going - doesn't sound too promising reading Marca's commentary...

Chelsea have reverted to the old 4-3-3 and are looking the better side.

Not really. Valencia have just sat back and hardly had a shot on goal in 2H. They look nervous. Villa has been very, very poor and Silva almost toally anonymous.

a 91st minute fwank deflected goal will do nicely.

Canizares is keeping Valencia in it.

essien wins it
perhaps canizares shouldve got that tho

3 epl teams in the semifinal - matching serie a and la liga now