The 2nd semi final in the Carling cup tournament resumes today with chelski hosting minnows Wycombe wanderers in the 2nd leg of their semi final showdown.
Much had been said and blogged about the probable anihiliation of the 2nd division strugglers when they entertained chelsea at their ground a fortnight ago.To critics' suprise, they held their nerve and showed their mettle when they battled the Russian army to a 1-1 draw.
Concerning tonite's clash, I expect Jose to field a very strong team with the likes of drogba, sheva ,essien and lampard hungry to prove a point following their weekend's humbling at anfield.
Wycombe on the other hand, will be dreaming for a parity outcome whichever the score ;1-1, 2-2, or hey even a win ;who am I to deny them that..etc .., but a 0-0 outcome will grant chelski's progress to the final due to the away goal advantage.
Jose won't accept anything but a "massive" win as any negative outcome will propell further the already - stained chelsea's publicity and you don't want to beqeuath the shameless british tabloids with an easy bait of a chelski's loss.
Player to watch: Didier Drogbah-he is yearning to increase his goal tally and earn himself the highly-coveted punditZone "Mpira" of the year award. Or so I wish..*lol
antics to keep an eye: Paul Ince and mourinho at the sidelines- They both know they are sitting on the threshold of "wonder" and "shame" respectively.
My verdict: Chelsea 4-0 wycombe - someone give me another reasonable alternatve and i will comply.
Kick off time: 1945Hrs GMT
4 comments:
I wonder who is going to play in defence for Chelsea though.
Carvalho is back though so perhaps some confidence back
The BBC Sports possible line ups
Chelsea (from): Cech, Hilario, Hedman, Cudicini, Ferreira, Geremi, Carvalho, Essien, A Cole, Diarra, Mikel, Lampard, Ballack, Makelele, Drogba, Shevchenko, Robben, Wright-Phillips, Kalou.
Wycombe (from): Batista, Palmer, Martin, Antwi, Williamson, Betsy, Oakes, Easter, Mooney, Bloomfield, Golbourne, Doherty, Stonebridge, Torres, Stockley, Anya, Young, Christon, Cadmore, Gregory
I also think Mourinho will field his strongest line up, now that he wants the team to bounce back psychologically from the Liverpool loss.
They only need to draw 0-0 to qualify as has been pointed out but they will get stick if they do not win convincingly
I will go with a 3-0 score line, with two of these goals scored in the second half, one by Schevchenko.
hey robben should not be there..unless a miracle happened overnight.but all the same i wish wycombe all the bet ..well, they do have a batista in their line up:)
yeah i feel u alphaman , sheva should score ..for all the ish around and about him bana..
seems like i was spot on on my verdict...
hey sheva got to exorcise his ghosts with a welcomed brace...he needed that ama?
You got it right pal. And that was a good preview of the game overall. Morinho should be happy and i strongly believe they will be Facing Arsenal in the finals. With a depleted defence in the finals then am seeing Arsenal getting their first trophy of the season in March.
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