Chelsea(2) vs FC Basel(1) Europa League Semi-Final 2nd Leg K.O 20:05 ITV1/3E

Crann na Beatha

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madcabbage

Cracking goal by Luiz.

Duck Soup

Luiz! That was sublime.

Suryavarman

David Luiz :eek: Wow cracker of a goal

ollie1

What a goal :eek:

DazMarz

Oh wow...

Goodnight, Vienna...

Or should that be "Goodnight, Basel"??? :P

Mother of christ, what a strike... B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L...

Hank Scorpio

Luiz is some man for getting awesome goals

GavRedKing

Take off Luiz now plz. jobs done.

Fowler87

Strike of the season contender from Luiz. Quality goal

DazMarz

Basel Faulty, anyone? :P

Get Hazard and Luiz off NOW! rest them for Sunday.

the_monkey

Amazing strike from Luis !! class act...

GavRedKing

Fowler87 wrote: »

Strike of the season contender from Luiz. Quality goal

Or the one he got against fulham

Barr

Nice strike there

The_Kew_Tour

Peach!

castletownman

nuxxx wrote: »

Luiz is some man for getting awesome goals

Imagine how good a player he'd be if he stopped trying to kill Bart Simpson

GavRedKing

Chance for lamps here.

GavRedKing

Da fuq was that Frank :pac:

Barr

There must be immense pressure on Lamps knowing how historical his next goal will be.

Tonight would be a good time to get it as the game is nearly in the bag

Gbear

Something like 7 goals for Luiz?

Not bad considering the amount of games he's played from CB.

If he's to be a midfielder from now on you could see him being a real weapon for chelsea on the attack.

DazMarz

THE FÚCK?!?!?! BRINGING ON MATA?!?!?!?

Jesus... what is the point in that?!?!?

hots

DazMarz wrote: »

THE FÚCK?!?!?! BRINGING ON MATA?!?!?!?

Jesus... what is the point in that?!?!?

Be grateful it's not Benayoun!

DazMarz

hobbit of the shire wrote: »

Be grateful it's not Benayoun!

I'd prefer Benayoun!!! Game's over, no damage can be done! Bring on Benayoun ffs.

Bringing on Mata is incredibly stupid considering that the game is over and considering the game that is coming up on Sunday. Jesus.

Barr

Would be a perfect time for Yossi , give others a rest

DazMarz

The stewards took a leaf from the Swansea ball boy's book... :P

Barr

Hair for hair replacement

quarryman

Ah Liverpool, why oh why did you boot Benitez out the door?

Barr

Another European final to look forward to

Nuri Sahin

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

I'll have a bit of Moses Wincast @ 3/1 tonight.

DazMarz

Chelsea's second European final in 2 years...

Could do a Porto in reverse.

Second half much better than the first in terms of performance.

Luiz scores a goal of the season contender.

Benfica 3-1 up

in the other leg, so looking like a Chelsea v.

Benfica final

on the 15th!

Crann na Beatha

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Duck Soup

12,000 ticket allocation for Chelsea for the final? Sheeeeeesh.....

GavRedKing

Ramires and Luiz playing Benfica again will be emiotional.

Andersonisgod

That second half was excellent. An example of what this team can do, a warning of what might be to come next season and showing why Mourinho wants to come to Chelsea with the chance to work with that squad.

Some fantastic performances in that second half, Luiz oozes class and his goal was something special, Torres never stopped, his runs were clever, his hold up play good and he got the goal his play warranted. But the star of this show is Eden Hazard, everything he touched tonight was gold, his flicks breathtaking, his runs unstoppable, his awareness unceasing, he's a special player, a very special player and Chelsea's talisman for years to come.

Amsterdam awaits.

monkey9

Well done Rafa.

Duck Soup

Luiz's goal as seen from the stands.

GavRedKing

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

thats easily one of the best gifs I've seen.

Well done on the win cast.......jammy b**tard :pac:

McDave

Andersonisgod wrote: »

That second half was excellent. An example of what this team can do, a warning of what might be to come next season and showing why Mourinho wants to come to Chelsea with the chance to work with that squad.

Some fantastic performances in that second half, Luiz oozes class and his goal was something special, Torres never stopped, his runs were clever, his hold up play good and he got the goal his play warranted. But the star of this show is Eden Hazard, everything he touched tonight was gold, his flicks breathtaking, his runs unstoppable, his awareness unceasing, he's a special player, a very special player and Chelsea's talisman for years to come.

Absolutely. In the first half Chelsea were treading water, possibly hoping to coast through to a scoreless draw or something. They clearly upped their game in the second half.

However, it has to be said that Chelsea have been Jekyll and Hyde all year. Unthinking players like Mikel and Ramires have been giving up possession far too easily. Bertrand is not proving his ability at the highest level - shades of Glen Johnson.

(Someone like) Mourinho coming in will pile on the pressure and get more out of the squad when it's needed. He should also beef up the defence and most importantly of all improve morale.

If we're going to challenge for the premiership, Chelsea will need a squad that can deliver points through the winter months. It's all very well having good starts to the season and getting into the groove again come March, but that approach won't deliver premiership titles.