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    Xavi Hernández

    It's not easy to compete against several very well funded and well managed projects like Arsenal or City or Newcastle or even teams like Chelsea who are mid table over there. There are many other teams investing and angling heavily for top4 also and getting that itself is a success. Unlike...
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    Champions League 2022/2023

    Lampard's tactics literally had Raheem Sterling playing up front as a target man with the team sending long balls and crosses into him as if he was Zlatan. Lol. Probably most posters on this forum could set up Chelsea better than they were today and yet they only lost 2-0 a man down. Madrid...
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    Champions League 2022/2023

    You reckon? I don't think Chelsea can possibly have been set up worse than today and yet only lost 2-0 after also getting a red. That shows you they probably could've won today. 2-0 is a huge missed opportunity.
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    Champions League 2022/2023

    People talk about our transfer market. How can 600m be spent by Chelsea and the team isn't even a bit better in quality than it was before? Not even a bit. Their owner is a complete imbecile. Awful transfers.
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    Champions League 2022/2023

    Keeping Sterling and Felix on the field this long is shocking decision from Lampard. Both been awful. Should have both been off at half.
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    Champions League 2022/2023

    Did you see the play? It wasn't his fault at all. Cucurella lost Rodrygo despite being way in front seconds earlier and Chilwell had to move over and stop the goal with a foul.
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    Champions League 2022/2023

    That isn't Chilwell's fault in the slightest. Cucurella somehow managed to lose him when he was alone vs the whole backline and then Chilwell had to move over to foul him and stop the goal.
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    Champions League 2022/2023

    The only thing he ever looks to do on the ball is pass it as soon as he gets it. When he takes more than a few touches looks like he's got an anchor weighing him down. Can barely move. That's gonna be a big weakness going forward if the only thing he can do with the ball is pass it instantly.
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    Champions League 2022/2023

    We actually drew the game you're talking about though. The one we lost (which therefore knocked us out) we only conceded one goal, and the problem was that we created literally nothing.
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    Champions League 2022/2023

    Inter are playing with 33 year old Darmian out of position at CB and made the semis (or should do anyway). If they are there with their team no way it is impossible for us to compete. Also Alonso was literally a starter for a CL winning team a couple years ago. Not Cagliari level.
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    Champions League 2022/2023

    Not terrible. But it is a minimum expectation to be able to beat them once over two games. Should really be able to beat them twice however if want to be up there with the best teams who would probably do that.
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    Champions League 2022/2023

    They are 'underrated' because they're 13 points behind one of the worst Barcas of the last 2 decades. Granted, they have a lot of factors making them much better in cup games, but they have not been anything special this season. If anything teams respect them too much and parking the bus...
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    Champions League 2022/2023

    Inter is a solid team and they have a coach who's extremely good in cup games. It will be very impressive if anyone puts 5 past them.
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    Champions League 2022/2023

    Chelsea playing like pussies. Get forward and start attacking them. As soon as they conceded literally they created a sitter that Courtois made a world class save to stop, because now they want to play, lol. Playing with mental blocks.
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    Champions League 2022/2023

    I think Chelsea can do better than this. Madrid aren't that good of a side and are defensively weak. If Chelsea are a bit more positive they can get a goal and push them back.
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    Champions League 2022/2023

    Chelsea are much better than their league position suggests. Basically their only issue is their attackers can't hit a barn door with a banjo. Already it would be 1-0 if they had a proper striker instead of Felix.
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    Champions League 2022/2023

    It's not like Tuchel is an improvement over Nagelsmann either or maybe barely in the eyes of some of his fans. Definitely not if he only had 10 days to prepare the game. There was no point making the change that late before the game as it was bound to lead nowhere good. With that said, Bayern...
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    Champions League 2022/2023

    Bayern had a chance. With Nagelsmann they had conceded 2 goals the entire campaign (Vs Plzen with a rotated lineup!) They then sacked him and hired a new manager who had 2 weeks to implement his tactics until a do or die CL match against the best team in the world. Tuchel will probably be...
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    8 - Pedri

    So some Barca twitter account that has a couple sources from time to time posted a couple weeks ago that Pedri had a complete muscular tear and not just an injury. He says that on the MRI there was apparently a small shadow. There is a solid chance he doesn't play again this season or plays...
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    Quique Setien

    That's the thing though - making a team that wins most games in the league is much easier than making a team that wins most games in the league "the right way." It takes time and frustration to get a team winning playing great football and on possession principles. But whenever I watch...

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