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chic2pimp:
O boy the ting tire me o. Nah Ibk alone dem see for NL ni? I go soon start dey swear for all of dem now wahlai


...When we wan start to scatter bottle for person head? E don reach that stage abeg

.at your command sir...

MorataFC:
Morata will surprise u this season
Watch out for him.

Abeg carry ur wahala go biko...

airmark:
Thanks for this. It seems scoring goals will still be the team's problem this season. Maybe Batshuayi will suit Sarri's style.

Most definitely.... With no natural scoring midfielder in the team like lampard to depend on, No winger or player from the flanks and definitely not Morita as a striker.... I really do not see how we can score goals with the players that we have on ground.

Perth 0-1 Chelsea: What we learnt from Maurizio Sarri's first game in charge
Blues off to winning start under Italian
Last Updated: 23/07/18 4:31pm


Ross Barkley impressed during Chelsea's win over Perth

The Maurizio Sarri era at Chelsea began with a comfortable 1-0 win over Perth Glory on the west coast of Australia on Monday - but what did we learn from the Italian's first game in charge?
Pedro found the net just five minutes in to the friendly contest but, despite Chelsea's dominance for the remainder of the match, they were unable to find a second against the A-League side.
Here, we pick out some of the early signs of how Sarri's Chelsea are shaping up…

The return of 4-3-3
When Antonio Conte switched from a 4-3-3 to 3-4-3 early in his first campaign, it was heralded as the tactical change which put the Blues on course for the Premier League title. It was Conte's favoured formation and he set about drilling his team to play his style of football.

The system didn't click as effectively in season two - although an FA Cup win ensured there was more silverware - and new boss Sarri has wasted no time in refreshing Chelsea's set-up in his first match in charge, fielding a 4-3-3 in Perth. With full-backs Marcos Alonso and Davide Zappacosta in slightly deeper roles than their more familiar wing-back positions, the onus was on Chelsea's wide forwards to work the flanks and youngster Callum Hudson-Odoi caught the eye on the left, while Pedro enjoyed success drifting in off the right to support Alvaro Morata in the box.

Chelsea set out to play with a high tempo, with Ross Barkley and Cesc Fabregas conducting the play ahead of new signing Jorginho in the midfield trio during the first-half. While substitutions affected the flow in the second period, this felt like a distinctly different approach to performances last season under the more cautious Conte.

Callum Hudson-Odoi was a threat throughout the first half

Stationed on the left of the Blues' front three in the first-half, Hudson-Odoi proved to be a real handful for Perth's right-back Scott Neville, confidently running at his marker at every opportunity. He had almost instant success when he beat Neville and crossed for Pedro to volley in Chelsea's opener. The youngster had weaved his way into space again a few minutes later, but sent his cross deep when his team-mates had come to the near post, while he just over-hit a through ball for Pedro after leading a rapid counter-attack. A selection of tricks, flicks and dummies through the opening 45 underlined his confidence.

Off the ball, Hudson-Odoi looked to come in off the side-line and run in behind the Perth defence - on one occasion David Luiz almost sent him through on goal - while his pace will be a vital attribute down that flank. Sarri, who substituted him at the break, will have been encouraged.

David Luiz is back

Between a knee injury and falling out of favour, David Luiz played just 839 minutes of Premier League football last season. The indication from this opener in Australia was he is fit and ready to play a more important role this time around.

David Luiz missed much of last season with a knee problem
The Brazilian, who missed the World Cup, marshalled the Blues' largely untroubled backline alongside 17-year-old Ethan Ampadu and showed off some of the positive passing which previously persuaded Jose Mourinho to play him in central midfield.There was one reckless moment, when a rash and off-target challenge on Fabio Ferreira earned Luiz a yellow card, but the signs are the centre-back is back in contention for 2018/19.

Jorginho slots in on debut

Jorginho was an integral part of Sarri's Napoli and the £50m signing slotted straight into a holding role in Chelsea's midfield on Monday. Jorginho controlled Chelsea's tempo in the first 45 minutes....Dictator rather than destroyer, the Italian, who has been likened to Andrea Pirlo and made more passes than any other player in Europe's top leagues last season, shuttled the ball from Chelsea's defence to their more creative attackers.

Jorginho rarely strayed ahead of midfield partners Fabregas and Barkley in Perth, but was the central figure until his half-time substitution, instigating the Sarri style on the pitch.

Barkley makes his mark

Ross Barkley was considered one of the bargains of the January transfer window when Chelsea signed him for £15m from Everton. But come May, after form and fitness had limited him to just two Premier League appearances for his new club, Barkley's future at Chelsea was far from certain. Barkley excelled in an advanced position in the second period...… A new manager has given him a fresh start, though, and the 24-year-old looked desperate to seize his chance in Australia. After an encouraging first-half, Barkley became the Blues' main man after the break when he was pushed into a more advanced position.From one of his many surging forward runs he scuffed a shot against the post before twice seeing efforts blocked in the box. Throughout the match Barkley's passing looked sharp as he fed the ball through the Perth defence, handing Pedro, Morata and substitute Mario Pasalic the chance to try their luck.

He really should have capped the performance with a goal, poking wide after a smart turn in the area, but Barkley did more than enough to show Sarri he deserves opportunities this season...


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Skimpledawg:
So, how are you a Christian without being baptized?

no mind neezar…. him no b xtian

raumdeuter:
You quoted a far right politician as evidence? Like quoting the leader of KKK as evidence of US govt relationship on Black people or quoting Shekau as evidence of Nigerian govt attitude towards western education

If a player born in Germany schooled all his life in Germany but the time of Germany Turkish impasse chose to identify with Erdogan as "My president" If he didnt want the backlash then don't insert yourself into political and religious conversation cos they bring raw emotions in people

I concur...

sod09:
diggz see this ibadan boy oo

leave vanq… till we scatter bottle for hin head before him go understand wetin dey for ground

Vanquay:
IIIIIIIBBBBBB do you Luhhhh me?


Are you Riddiingg


Say you will(Honestly don't know what the next part is )





Anyways Do you luuhhhh me

cc chic2pimp I hope you can see this man?

neezar:
which nurses u dey talk about

d nurses wey u dey kolobi...

laumdeuter….. dem say you be hypocrite

neezar:
lol....How the hustle

Thank God..


How d nurses?

afrodoc2:
He worships the old gods.

lol....

you mean d devil, right?

neezar:
I am Bro

The day I wanted 2 be baptised.....The bus left me

no wonder you carry toto water take do baptism from ashewo house....mschewww...weyrey doctor


blaady scummy

neezar:
I have never been baptised before

so you are not even a xtian?

Nihilstjnr:
If we say them baptise you with toto water now, you go dey vex...

tooh….

so na true say na tootoo water dem use baptize you neezar?

sari football....lol

Skimpledawg:
I couldnt help but laugh...

Well, go to Scummy thread, he don catch new fish to eat, I pity that guy who started the "Mou is better than Pep" argument...

Egbon Dayo is on his case Now

i dey see him work for dere....

Skimpledawg:
Dayo will not kill me with laugh

na craze man him be.... imagine raumdeuter say dem carry terry enter the ucl final against manU….

Na craze man be Laumdeuter walahi...

raumdeuter:
Every CL final Chelsea got to, Other people got them there and Terry was just an onlooker

na so....

JayKayMaybachz:
I wanna see your fvckin head, muan.. Show it

arssshole

larride:
@diggz,

Check your mail.

ok bro.

JayKayMaybachz:


FOh, Apari Digson

don't annoy me any further before I choose to do a scummy and post a picture of my head as an evidence that I am not apari by any standard


blaady scummite

JayKayMaybachz:
An idiot

He reminds me of a certain Portuguese coach who is a moaner, a blaady rimmer and a hoe..... that is the coach to them scummies

airmark:
Apari don forget.

I tire o...

abi terry no play against scummy for finals again?

raumdeuter:
Nedved and Ballack took their teams to the final Terry with his cluelessness knocked his own teams out

Laumdeuter…. Terry also took cfc to the finals na

[quote author=Leyqute post=69604086][/quote]see you shameless old man dey throw middle finger in the presence of your wife and daughter.... baba eshu

Leyqute:
Crazy ass murthafuckah

Shekping beeeeeeeeeesh

elewon legbegbe leyqute...

scumming morafecker! I know say church or mosque no dey inside ya dictionary... omo eshu!

elewon leyqute….

JayKayMaybachz:

You guys must have sorted your transfers,right?

Alabosi