Chelsea held their own against mighty Bayern Munich Tuesday night in London during the first half, but completely fell apart after halftime, conceding three goals in their Champions League Round of 16 1st leg clash. Mateo Kovačić got the start and played all 90 minutes in the match.
Kovačić was one of the few bright spots in Chelsea’s disappointing 3-0 loss. He was given a ‘7’ grade by the Guardian as he “found some pockets of space beyond Bayern’s midfield but front line could not capitalise on some dangerous slide-rule passes.” Chelsea missed Kante badly in this match but they will need to pick up a true striker in the summer if they want to shake up the Premiership and Champions League.
Chelsea-Bayern Munich Match Highlights
No offense but im not a big arsenal fan, now dont get me wrong if man city plays arsenal ill be the biggest arsenal in the world!
The Gooners lol , whose West Ham here ?
Scouse wankers to
Hes a good kid. As long as Bayern treat him well and hes happy. Seems like a great fit so far.
If I remember correctly you’re an Arsenal fan too so you’re not all bad. 😉
We dont agree on a lot on here but I do agree with you on this! Lol! Im curious to see if he is going to be loyal to Bayern and be a lifer or if he is going leave eventually.
Been following him since he was 15.
Speed kills and you couple that with his attitude and the sky’s the limit.
I dont ever recall him starting or subbing in to the right but he has scored a cracker cutting in from there once on his favored left. Hes unreal. Right up there with Haaland and Sancho for best young talent in the league. LB is not an easy position for a 19 year old to play.
His positioning is still pretty awful but his speed lets him get away with a lot. I think once Sule gets healthy, Alaba is going back to LB and Davies is going back to the wings since Coman cant stay healthy. I think a gnabry and davies wing combo would be deadly. If they bring in Sane and he stays healthy it will be very interesting, I like davies on the over lapping runs from the lb position, I wonder if he can play on the right.
Alphonso Davies becoming the best LB in the world is helping a lot.
Bayern just out classed Chelsea today. Chelsea looked a lot better after Willian and Pedro came on, Chelsea will be a fantastic team in a couple of years, they will sign some players but need to trust in their young core besides mason mount, the guy was shit yesterday.
Bayern is playing a lot better after Kovac left, I know a lot of people hate on Bayern since they sacked him but he was sacked for the same reason he was sacked by the HNS. I will admit Bayern should never have gotten rid of Mandza but I blame Pep for that.
All in all it will be an easy round for Bayern and I think they could be a sleeper and a surprise in this tournament this year.
I love my Bayern.
http://bleacherreport.com/post/chelsea/b4dc379c-bf15-40de-be1a-ec611af7d998
Kovačić will play his part as we need depth in those positions.
He brings an ability to break the lines with his speed attack dribble and now his forward passes have precision.
Could be Dalic has to make a call depending on the opponent?
I think if we top our group, we’d cross over with the 2nd placed team in the France/Portugal group.
We’d get a World Cup 2018 rematch or a Euro2016 rematch.
Speaking of the Euros – Kane and Rashford hurt right now. When (if?) they come back in time for the tourney, they’re not going to be sharp. Vardy? Retired. Sterling? Just tired.
Who’s going to score for England?
We’re looking pretty good right now…
Too bad for Kova – plays well more often than not but, barring injury, there’s no spot for him on the Vatreni except on the bench.
Modric and Brozo are the ‘2’s in the 4-2-3-1 behind Vlasic and the two wingers. That is that.
Seems like he’s always waiting in the wings. He’ll be waiting again. Either for a formation change (not likely) or for the next World Cup(s) and Euro(s)
Jebi ga.
Fuck homo Bayern
mason mount sucks ass. wasted 3 good chances. kovacic played well..
I am just glad Bayern won.
Mateo Kovacic
The dominating presence in the midfield. Some of his work on the ball was exceptional and he set up a couple of superb chances for the Blues. Really is becoming commanding in the side.
On the ball he was excellent again in the second half. Really the only driving force in the Chelsea team and never really gave up the fight. 7
You’re more likely to die from the flu too.
I don’t think those face masks that the kinezi like to wear, actually do anything.
Now it’s in Hrvatska. Get the Rakija it cures everything.
Just because people are idiots and dont wash their hands. youre more like to get the flu than the corona virus.
The Euros are in jeopardy with the Corona virus.
Bayern for the win!