Swiss side, Basel, welcome Chelsea on a matchday 5 fixture. Chelsea can seal qualification to the Round of 16 with a win at the St Jacob stadium on Tuesday

More info to come....

Chelsea shall destroy Basel, and qualify for the Round of 16, even if we joke with the next team in the pitch [size=30pt]LIKE[/size]

if i remember u guys met in yuropa last time

Booked

sweetiePe: Booked

Penciled

Preview: Basel vs. Chelsea

Chelsea can book their place in the last
16 of the Champions League on Tuesday
with a draw against Basel in
Switzerland.
Jose Mourinho's side are currently three
points clear at the top of Group E thanks
to three victories from their opening
four fixtures.
However, third-placed Basel still have a
good chance of progressing as they sit
one point behind second-placed Schalke
04.
The Swiss outfit caused a major upset at
the start of the group campaign with a
surprise 2-1 victory over the Blues at
Stamford Bridge.
Fernando Torres is expected to miss out
for the visitors as he is still recovering
from a leg injury, while Behrang Safari
and Marcelo Diaz are unavailable for
the hosts.

Recent form
Basel: DDDDWW
Chelsea: WWLWDW

Possible starting lineups
Basel: Vailati; Voser, Schar, Xhaka,
Ajeti; Stocker, Die, Frei, El Nenny;
Streller, Sio
Chelsea: Cech; Ivanovic, Terry, Cahill,
Cole; Mikel, Ramires, Lampard; Hazard,
Oscar; Eto'o
Chelseafcn predicts: 1-3

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Yes.... Cfc gonna make it like ever before.

;Dchelsea wil surely make it

Space Booked!!! Military Zone!!! Keep off

Jose Mourinho wants Chelsea to secure their Champions League progression at Basle on Tuesday night before turning their focus on the hectic festive schedule which is ``only for the braves''.

Chelsea need a point to advance but a fourth straight win, following the opening loss at home to Basle, would secure top spot in Group E ahead of the final encounter with Steaua Bucharest on December 11.

In comments reminiscent of his first spell - when Mourinho sported a crew-cut and memorably stated ``I am ready for the war'' - the self-proclaimed Special One stated his desire to beat Basle and then focus on eight domestic fixtures in December, seven of them in the Barclays Premier League.

``It's a period I like,'' said Mourinho, again sporting a short haircut.

``It's a period where I think only the braves can survive because it's hard.

``We go into the Christmas period and the accumulation of matches is so high, we don't do it as a normal thing, we do it as a special group with a special mentality, enjoying the situation, forgetting we don't have a Christmas (break) like the Spanish, Italian and German players. We don't have that.

``But we have the pleasure of playing a period that's only for the braves. I like that very, very much.

``I enjoyed it when I was in England and I missed it when I was in Spain and Italy. Now I'm back I want to enjoy it, I want the players to enjoy it, and we need a special mentality to cope with that situation.

``Nine matches and one of them is the match against Steaua. That's our motivation for tomorrow, to try to kill the situation in the group phase and give us a little bit of space in December; instead of having nine real, competitive matches, we only have eight.''

Fernando Torres is fit to return against Basle from an adductor injury which has seen him miss the last three matches but defender David Luiz did not travel due to a knee problem.

Juan Mata, the Blues' player of the year in each of the last two seasons, has found opportunities limited this term and will get his chance in December.

``He (Mata) deserves to play but I can't start with more than 11,'' added Mourinho, who pointed out Germany's Andre Schurrle, Belgium's Kevin De Bruyne and Willian of Brazil have also had limited chances.

Mourinho insists the onus at St Jakob Park is on Basle, who must match Schalke's result with Steaua and beat the Germans next month to advance.

``They are under pressure and we are not,'' Mourinho said.

``We can finish the job to qualify and Basle, even if they win tomorrow, have to play a last final at Gelsenkirchen.

``For them, the situation is difficult. This shows clearly that, after the first match, we did our job and they didn't do theirs.

``This Chelsea is better than the Chelsea that played at Stamford Bridge. Hopefully we can continue the good run we've had in the Champions League and finish the job tomorrow.''

Basle are looking to repeat their giant-killing act against English opposition.

Aside from their win at Stamford Bridge in September, the Swiss side also ended Manchester United's Champions League campaign prematurely in 2011/12, the season Chelsea went on to win the European Cup, with a 2-1 victory in the final group contest at St Jakob Park.

Forward Fabian Frei said: ``It's clear our first target is third place at the end of this group stage, but we will try to reach second place as well.

``Tomorrow will be a very decisive game for us, but our first target is to get this one point, then we're sure of third position.

``Then we have this final game against Schalke, which would be great for us.

``I remember two years ago against Manchester United here and we had this final game and we won.''


ends

@torres2, hope the afose is in good condition?


winning is the aim tonight.

Havilah93: @torres2, hope the afose is in good condition?


winning is the aim tonight.

the thing dey kampe

^^^Any haterz wey come here this evening ehn? ^^^^^

I trust you jare

No worries, plenty food dey!!!

KTBFFH..I rep

Ah don show!

Where those perverts wey dey fall all over the pitch just to get caressed by Eva! Make dem try am today!

Mazi_Omenuko: Ah don show!

Where those perverts wey dey fall all over the pitch just to get caressed by Eva! Make dem try am today!

haha. you again.

In fact, I don dey suspect you

cech,ivanovic,cahill,terry,azpilicueta,mikel,lampard,ramirez,osca,willian,eto'o...!sub:schwarzer,cole,mata,hazard,schurrle,debrunye,torres.

Havilah93: I trust you jare

No worries, plenty food dey!!!

na my backyard dem dey play o

lmao@ torres

CFC line up: Cech; Azpilicueta, Cahill, Terry, Ivanovic; Mikel, Lampard, Oscar; Ramires, Willian, Etoo

Wow! Landon Donovan is on the analyst panel on the channel I'm watching. Did he retire from playing?

Mazi_Omenuko: Ah don show!

Where those perverts wey dey fall all over the pitch just to get caressed by Eva! Make dem try am today!

CFCfan: CFC line up: Cech; Azpilicueta, Cahill, Terry, Ivanovic; Mikel, Lampard, Oscar; Ramires, Willian, Etoo

Perverts!

Havilah93:

haha. you again.

In fact, I don dey suspect you

Am I the one seeking for a quickie with a medical crew member in front of 45,000 spectators


Perverts!

isale_gan2: Wow! Landon Donovan is on the analyst panel on the channel I'm watching. Did he retire from playing?

He is still playing. LA Galaxy's MLS season has ended. I'm watching it on FS1 too.

Match about to begin

All my chelsea people, we are winning tonight ooooo


Come on Chelsea!!!

Game on!!!!

Team chelsea!

29 secs at the emirates. . .

Basel not smiling.

Cech punches clear!

Mehn! Mourinho has gotten grey hairs over-night!

Team Stealler+Frei...let's go there!