owh, new thread!!congratz!! but what version is this eh..

lineup still not come out eh?

finally, after reading mostly all of the keepcoming posts...and wait it to ended..hehe...

congratz guys!!!for going into the final!!!
nice win after all...and its certainly a revenge after the defeat at the bridge last match against them...
after follorwing it online (gamecast) in the 1st half, then i opt to go watch it....
pretty obvious we control that game....particularly midfield...
drog and malouda really own their defense....though anelka look a bit quite...
while in mid....nothing they can do, including that fabregas...
while our fullback look a bit shaky, look iva...also ashley, really need to work hard to contain with speedy walcott..
even sometimes need to double up with malouda...huhu.
all in all, they play crap...thanks to wenger...

about the goal conceded, iianm, its deflected, right?so its not anyone fault to blame to.. but did i see cech a bit off position that time, before the goal?

again, nice win, but yelah, even if we win, its still good to get clean sheet right...or to be more precise, not trailing....
afraid it will backfired one day...

and about the ashley cole play, remember, walcott is just a warm-up...
the real test was against messi, the current best player in the world. ..owh, almost forgot...he wont play...
so whos our lb then in that match will be? carvalho?
and why did alex start ahead of carvalho?did RC injured, or need alex for freekick?
anyone knows?

to me, about the lb against barca (or messi in particulsr), ichoose either RC or essien...

after playing 120 minutes, do expect them to play defensive and only attack during counter. so, its up to us to break their defense early to open the game..

so quiet here...

lineup..

1 Petr Cech (G) (G) Tim Howard 24
33 Alex (CD-L) (CD-L) Joseph Yobo 4
26 John Terry (CD-R) (CD-R) Joleon Lescott 5
3 Ashley Cole (LB) (LB) Leighton Baines 3
2 Branislav Ivanovic (RB) (RB) Lars Christian Jacobsen 15
5 Michael Essien (CM) (CM-L) Phil Neville 18
8 Frank Lampard (LM) (CM-R) Segundo Castillo 8
13 Michael Ballack (RM) (LM) Steven Pienaar 20
15 Florent Malouda (ST) (RM) Leon Osman 21
11 Didier Drogba (LF) (ST) Jô 11
39 Nicolas Anelka (RF) (RCF) Tim Cahill 17

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Added on April 23, 2009, 2:44 am---------------------

everyone still sleep or all already heading to mamak....zzzz.

This post has been edited by monara: Apr 23 2009, 02:44 AM

so we gonna 'sacrifice' a bit our offense from the left side in the barca match. only malouda alone on the left...

i mean for boss to contain messi, he need to stay on the defense line, rarely going forward. if not, then its like a suicide if barca counter through messi. so, just let malouda (+ someone from midfield perhaps) to do the attacking from the left side.

where is the line-up?

copy paste from soccernet

Current Lineup
West Ham United Chelsea
1 Robert Green (G) (G) Petr Cech 1
15 Matthew Upson (CD-L) (CD-L) John Terry 26
30 James Tomkins (CD-R) (CD-R) Branislav Ivanovic 2
3 Herita Nkongolo Ilunga (LB) (LB) Michael Mancienne 42
2 Lucas Neill (RB) (RB) José Bosingwa 17
16 Mark Noble (CM-L) (CM) John Mikel Obi 12
7 Kieron Courtney Dyer (CM-R) (LM) Frank Lampard 8
13 Luis Boa Morte (LM) (RM) Juliano Belletti 35
46 Junior Stanislas (RM) (ST) Florent Malouda 15
25 Diego Tristán (CF-L) (LF) Nicolas Anelka 39
32 David Di Michele (CF-R) (RF) Salomon Kalou 21

drog is rested!!!

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Added on April 25, 2009, 9:52 pmbut why its ballack (also essien), instead of lampard, to be rested?

This post has been edited by monara: Apr 25 2009, 09:53 PM

..for what?

zzzz too...

err, i wonder, what happen to carvalho? i thiink he already recover from his injury right...
so, is that mean he is out of favour, in expense of alex?

err, no one here doesnt even know what happen to carvalho?

hey, what about R10 80? already forget him erk...

score draw is a good result tonight, but win is even better!
owh, i thought RC is already displaced by alex (quite surprise if its happen though) due to the latter ability in freekick/setpieces.

so its iva vs henry, alex-JT vs etoo, boss vs messi, and 2 michaels vs xavi-iniesta.....
as a whole, i think their attacking are already better than our defense (feel free to differ )
but for me the real culprit is messi.

so, really hope for boss to get his job done against that guy. tbh, i prefer essien to play there, using his brute strength against messi small body..
lol, well, i think after ronnie and deco leave them, their setpiece/freekick is not as good as previously. then its better to concede foul rather than let him do his magis solo run until in front of our goal...


owh, i forgot one more thing. its not boss vs messi, its boss vs messi-alves!

Chelsea

* 1 Petr Čech
* 2 Branislav Ivanović
* 5 Michael Essien
* 8 Frank Lampard
* 11 Didier Drogba
* 12 John Mikel Obi
* 13 Michael Ballack
* 15 Florent Malouda
* 17 José Bosingwa
* 26 John Terry
* 33 Alex

Substitutes

* 40 Henrique Hilário
* 9 Franco Di Santo
* 21 Salomon Kalou
* 35 Juliano Belletti
* 39 Nicolas Anelka
* 42 Michael Mancienne
* 43 Miroslav Stoch

wow, unexpected lineup!!! wonder how its arranged....

CONFIRMED BARCELONA LINE-UP: Victor Valdes; Daniel Alves, Pique, Marquez, Abidal; Xavi, Toure, Iniesta; Messi, Eto'o, Henry.

should be like this i guess:
-------mikel------
lamp---------ballack
essi--drog---malouda

hmm....puyol didnt play....their weakest link in defence (to me) is only in bench...

so we better than man u la...
argh, boring game, i was hoping at least there was a goal to watch...
yeah, good (but not great) result i think to bring back to home...
cech was superb!!! particularly against that etoo and hleb chance...really make me scared of conceding!!!

and we cannot be complacent next week...
we need to keep attacking to search goals, as well as keep defense tight.
remember, they only need a goal to make us need to score 2....
plus i think in previous round they held score draw away, both in lyon and bayern...

things make it easier for us to attack with the absence of puyol and marquez in their cb...

surprise line up for me. just compare it with arsenal's, u can see very much difference..

err, i thought everyone want to meet man u for revenge... small matter only eh?