The Official Thread of Chelsea FC

[stew]

Big blow for Chelsea. Been playing very well this season. Will give Zhirkov a good run in the team though.

Nah, they will buy Bridge and stick him  bac...................er nevermind.

I wasnt being serious archie. I do however see Bridge is open to playing for blighty again even with that kn**ker Terry in the same dressing room. I have no sympathy for Bridge at all either.
Transfer window is closed.

[Archie Mitchell]

I know you wern't but it was a poor attempt of a joke on your behalf.

[ross4life]

Well with Norf at the game time for others to keep a eye on this game tonight, should be a gud one 

Inter team: Julio Cesar, Maicon, Zanetti, Samuel, Lucio, Cambiasso, Stankovic, Motta, Sneijder, Eto'o, Milito.

Chelsea team: Cech, Ivanovic, Malouda, Terry, Carvalho, Mikel, Ballack, Lampard, Kalou, Anelka, Drogba.

i would expect Few goals maybe even 0-0

[ross4life]

1-0 already i guess we will have goals 

[Denn Forever]

Have they scored to early.  Jose's usual reaction would be to protect the lead but wouldn't want to invite Chelsea to attack.

[DirtyDozen12]

chelsea should have def had a penalty at the end of the first half.fancy them to grab an away goal they have settled well since they conceded but they look a little shakey still at the back

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

chelsea should have def had a penalty at the end of the first half.fancy them to grab an away goal they have settled well since they conceded but they look a little shakey still at the back

It was a penalty but Kalou's exagerated flaying of the arms above his head may have swung the referee's mind against Chelsea.

Chelsea just back to 1-1 - good finish from Kalou but the keeper should have had it.

[ross4life]

just like AC last week inter are there for the taking now

[ross4life]

lol i spoke too soon    the chelsea boys still have the away goal

[Declan]

Enjoyable game. Ref is unbelievably poor though. Chelsea poor down the left as well Malouda and Kalou not really at the races despite his goal

[ross4life]

that's it 2-1 great advert for Champions league football, very opened exciting game,

0-0 is quiet similar to tonight's result for Chelsea as 1-0 in the next leg will put them through

[EC Unique]

Good game. Draw would have been fair result. Cech looks like he is fooked and will be a masive loss in the premiership run in.

[magpie seanie]

Good game. Draw would have been fair result. Cech looks like he is fooked and will be a masive loss in the premiership run in.

I think they're better off without him, afraid of his own shadow these days.

[A Quinn Martin Production]

Not a bad game to watch.  I thought Chelsea didn't play brilliantly and gave the ball away a lot, Anelka was too deep and Ballack was back to his "I couldn't give a fiddlers" best.  A draw was probably a fair result as Inter seemd to "declare" at 2-1 up.  Unlike other posters here I didn't think the Kalou incident was a penalty.  I think Samuel?? made a geniuine attempt to play the ball, contact was fairly minimal and there was no need for Kalou to perform a double toe-loop somersault.  Also I thought Malouda did alright for a makeshift full back though he did struggle against Balotelli.  I agree with the ITV commentators (don't hear that much!!) in that Lampard looked a bit off the pace.  Lucio had a monster of a game for Inter and it was obvious he had studied tapes of Drogba as he played him very well and he (Lucio) doesn't half go down easily for a big man!!  Also good was Zanetti...what the hell age is he, he seems to have been around for ages.

The Cech injury is a bit of a blow but it seems it's his calf not his knee so it mightn't be as bad as first thought.  Although Cech has never been the same since the head injury, this season has been his best spell of form since then.  That leaves Chelsea with Hilario or Ross Turnbull

All in all both teams will think they can go through though Chelsea will need to play a hell of a lot better the next day.  I make Inter slight favourites.

PS...does anyone believe the Inter keeper's car crash story??  It's obvious the wife caught him doing a Tiger, JT, Cashley and gave him two shiners!!

[EC Unique]

Cech out for at least a month with torn calf muscle.