WTF was Silva thinking there? Game over.

SILVA

THIAGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!

lol, Terry and Cahill marking each other while Silva is alone behind them. Comical

Really fucking enjoyed that!

Great game

Holy crap, I completely forgot that PSG could pass with 2-2, so I turned it off after Hazard's goal. Go Thiago!

Mourinho did a "Inzaghi" with Zouma.

This has got to be the lamest way to go out for Chelsea. Your opponent loses (unfairly) their best player, you have 90 minutes with one more man, at home, go ahead twice, yet get kicked by a heroic PSG. Kudos to them, really.

@ Fillipo, Mourinho was entitled to make that decision because he was a few minutes away from going through against a top team

Not barely clinging on to a 1 goal lead against Serie A minnows.

Did it pay off? No this time it didn't. But Zouma came on and was actually good. He didn't bring on Bocchetti to disrupt what was already a well functioning duo at the back

Chelsea conceded off of 2 corners, Zouma had nothing to do with either goal

Mourinho will now make it a point to mention the penalty that was not given (unfairly, I have to admit, but PSG had their own bad decisions to deal with, one effected their entire game plan)

Mourinho can say whatever he wants, no-one can deny that PSG deserved to pass tonight.

EDIT: Especially when you consider both legs.

Totally agree with that. Thought Matuidi, Verratti, Pastore, Cavani and Thiago were just amazing (Aside from that small brain fart from Thiago).

Unsurprisingly, 4 of which are players PSG took off Serie A clubs. No wonder this league has gone to the shitter in recent years

Silva, after a fairly forgettable 12 months, is back with a bang.

On that form the world's best defender bar none.

Too true

I also thought Thiago Motta was surprisingly good. I've never rated him, but tonight he was very organized and barely made any mistakes.

There have been rumors of us getting him as De Jong's replacements. After tonight's performance, I wouldn't mind that at all.

Mourinho admitting that PSG deserved to pass.

I got the feeling Luiz rather savoured his goal tonight too...

Has his moments, horrific defender though.

PSG have so much talent it's sickening. Basically raided Serie A for all of my favourite players!

Haha, really?

No, it was a mistake. You don't put in an extra defender in a home match against a team who's down one man. Zouma wasn't at fault for the goal (Bochetti wasn't as well), but I wouldn't say he played well. A couple of times he looked shaky and made unnecessary panic moves.

Sure, this is the CL, it's nothing like Serie A. But with and extra midfielder instead of Zouma who contributed to nothing, he could have put in an extra midfielder and shut off PSG. I think it's more then enough for a parallel.

Nope, still wouldn't want him anywhere near Milan

You have to look at the context. At PSG he's surrounded by uber talented players, all he has to do is the defensive work and some organization. With us it's a completely different situation and he'd look the average player he really is.

Any time I watched him with Italy I was absolutely put off by him and one decent performance does not change that.


Well, as I also said, it obviously was a mistake since Chelsea were KO's in the end. And yeah, I agree that a midfielder would have been the smarter decision.

But comparing that to what Pippo did? For me what Pippo did is just a completely new low. Yes it was essentially the same thing but the scenarios are vastly different. And Bocchetti wasn't at fault for the goal? Look at it again. He and Mexes essentially got in each other's way because Pippo lumped him in there with no clear instructions for either him or the other defenders.

Aye, the sheer quality of their roster is incredible. They lack a world class anchor, but anywhere else they are stuffed with massive talent. Pastore last night was sublime.



I did look at the context. He was always spot on in every intervention, never misplaced a pass and looked very confident. Like I said, I've never rated him, but last night he was very good, and not just because PSG played well.

I agree with your logic, but I do think you are wrong.

Zouma played his last game for Chelsea, in a Cup Final no less, as a midfielder. He was bought on as a midfielder as a like for like with Matic (for Zouma's better aerial ability).

More indication that he's seen as a DM these days is the rest of the Chelsea bench - Cech, Luis, Willian, Drogba, Remy, Cuadrado. He was the only midfielder on the bench.

Maybe. I admit, I wasn't following Zouma in a regular rhythm to know such a thing. But in the end, Zouma ended up in defense and didn't work as a DM, right?

It didn't work, I don't think anyone would disagree with that.

In the end, I'm pleased that a refereeing error didn't overshadow the tie. The best team went through. I'd love PSG to win it, I like so many of their players. I really want Ibra to get a CL title.

Drogba played in defense as well. All Chelsea players were trying to defend the result. Not only they played a bad game, but they also displayed a very defeatist attitude.



Me too.

Yeah, but that's just not gonna happen. Blanc hasn't got it in him and I don't trust Ibra as well.

There's always a first time for everything.

Now Napoli concede.

Wow, Kevin Kuranyi. This guy still playing?

No one watching tonight?

Well that's City also out. When was the last time that there were no English clubs in the quarter finals?

Two years ago, han

Watching Juve.

Juve has this game locked up, just hope Dortmond don't give them the '7 minutes of blackout' aka istanbul

The sideline refs have their heads up their arses tonight in Dortmund-Juve.

Really?

Was that when Man U and Chelsea both ended up in the EL?

How's that Juve game going x-off?

Thought they were the better team in Italy. Dortmund looked nothing like the side of the last 3 or so years

Man City doing everything to shoot themselves in the foot while Barca have repeatedly shot at Heart's chest

Juve having a stroll. Tevez has been a beast tonight.

Good to hear.

Lol, the Barca game is just becoming ridiculous now. I think they've hit the post about 5 times and shot the ball straight at Heart about 20+ times now

And people used to advocate a no-Tevez stance here. If only we signed him...

Yep, I'm ashamed to admit that I was one of the few who was on the fence about it because I was still hopeful about Pato.

Of course I still wanted him but at that time I didn't think that it should have been an either-or situation between him and Pato. Just goes to show... Hindsight and all that jazz...

Can't believe we were actually a few hours away from signing him but he went to Juve and completely elevated them as a team

Barça
Madrid
Atletico
Monaco
PSG
Juve
Bayern
Porto

Interesting line-up, Monaco clearly being the underdog.

Interesting to see how the leagues are represented this year, once again, it's still strange not seeing an English side there

Hopefully Juve get a nice draw since the EL teams from Italy seem to have once again managed to f@ck up what should have been a solid year for Italy

So the draws are on Friday?

Yeah.

No. ManU and Chelsea never ended up in the EL in the same season. It was the year when ManU got eliminated by Real while Arsenal lost yet another tie against Bayern. Bayern being the winner that year.

If Allegri takes Juve past the quarters then he's done better on his first shot than Conte ever did. In three attempts.

Think about that! Already equalled him.

Juve under were European duds, but have to say Allegri has elevated them. Borussia, despite their woeful domestic form till recently, were a different team in the UCL.

Credit where it's due, Juve have done remarkably well under Allegri.

Someone even tweeted he was the most underrated coach in Europe.

You do understand that it's harder to start building something then adding up? I mean Conte almost started from scratch. Allegri got a winning team already formed and ready handed to him. Yes, he's doing a good job right now, but you've gotta keep that on your mind.

Conte also took them to the quarters on his first shot at the CL Danny

And really, let's not get into it about Allegri because you're always the first one to complain how it's always about him

Most underrated coach in Europe?

This!

Guys, let's not start talking about Allegri again please... We promised we wouldn't.

*holds hands up*

My fault.

PSG-Barça
Real-Atletico
Porto-Bayern
Juve-Monaco

Great draw for Juve, they have to make the semis. Too bad Pogba will be out for two months, but at least they'll have Pirlo back.