Chelsea vs Spurs- FA Cup Semi Final

Andersonisgod

Match thread for the FA Cup semi final between the top 2 sides in England.

Mr.Crinklewood

Chelsea XI: Courtois; Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Ake; Moses, Kante, Matic, Alonso; Willian, Batshuayi, Pedro

Tottenham XI: Lloris, Trippier, Dier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Wanyama, Dembele, Son, Eriksen, Alli, Kane

Hopefully the bird flu, SARS, bubonic plague, cholera, typhoid fever, typhus, malaria, influenza, polio, and smallpox epidemic does not affect Chelsea that much.

fullstop

What channel is this on?

Andersonisgod

Costa not starting is understandable. No Hazard though is really strange.

adox

fullstop wrote: »

What channel is this on?

BBC1.

No Hazard is a huge surprise considering the small amount of games Chelsea have played this season.

everdead.ie

Weird that the pre match commentary on BBC 1 has all been about Spurs.

Is this all about bigging spurs up re title challenge etc? Feed the marketing machine?

On the other hand six semi defeats in a row, that streak has to end at some point.

blueser

Looks like Conte is putting his eggs in the PL basket, resting Hazard and Costa. Fantastic opportunity for Spurs this evening. 2-0 to Spurs.

Trigger

Probably expecting spurs to stick Dembele as a man marker on Hazard

Garzorico

Can't see past a Spuds win.

Barr

Interesting team selection from Chelsea , can't wait to see how Ake does.

HalloweenJack

Very strong Spurs side.

I would love to see Batman have a good game, might be the kick up the arse Costa needs if he sees some genuine competition for his place. I'm happy to see Hazard rested. I'd love to win the cup but I have a lot of faith in Conte's decisions.

Andersonisgod

Maybe Conte is a genius.

Barr

Toby on a yellow already :pac:

Barr

Hazard who ?

HalloweenJack

BOOM! Always get excited when I see Willian lining up a free.

Johner

Willian!!! Class act.

adox

Brutal from Lloris.

Harry Palmr

Cracking free kick

Trigger

Thought Lloris was poor there. It wasn't exactly in near the post

TitianGerm

blueser wrote: »

Looks like Conte is putting his eggs in the PL basket, resting Hazard and Costa. Fantastic opportunity for Spurs this evening. 2-0 to Spurs.

Costa has been a passenger for a few months now. Hazard is a strange one though, maybe he's picked up the virus that Moses and a few others had last weekend?

Andersonisgod

Excellent free kick! 1-0 off the back of a brilliantly fluid counter attack.

GavRedKing

Spurs love Wembley.

GavRedKing

Akes had a confident and solid start

user2011

"One of best if not the best goalkeeper in the league" said Alan shearer in the build up... Muahahahahaahaha

blueser

blueser wrote: »

Looks like Conte is putting his eggs in the PL basket, resting Hazard and Costa. Fantastic opportunity for Spurs this evening. 2-0 to Spurs.

So much for that forecast then!

Down to Lloris and Alderweireld, that goal. Poor tackle, even if Pedro did milk it. And Lloris gambling by taking a step the wrong way and not being able to get back.

TitianGerm

user2011 wrote: »

"One of best if not the best goalkeeper in the league" said Alan shearer in the build up... Muahahahahaahaha

And? Just because you make an error does not make it untrue

Harry Palmr

Spurs are all over the shop, is the pitch too big?

The crowd sounds dead

Barr

Spurs probably had a game plan to deal with Hazard and Costa , they look a bit lost already.

Crackle

I wasn't condfident about Chelsea's chances beforehand, regardless of the lineup.

I'm happy enough with what I've seen so far. Costa being dropped is long overdue.

Ake has made a bright start too.

Turtyturd

emmetkenny wrote: »

And? Just because you make an error does not make it untrue

Error or not Courtois and Mignolet would probably be ahead of him.

user2011

emmetkenny wrote: »

And? Just because you make an error does not make it untrue

Should of stopped at "one of", the best in the league are well ahead of him.

TitianGerm

Turtyturd wrote: »

Error or not Courtois and Mignolet would probably be ahead of him.

Jesus Turty you may lay off the wine... Lloris is a far better keeper than Ming.

adox

Turtyturd wrote: »

Error or not Courtois and Mignolet would probably be ahead of him.

Mignolet ahead of Lloris?


Bizzare.

Johner

Michy has started really well.

HalloweenJack

Mignolet might be having an alright run at the moment (haven't seen much of him lately so can't say) but he's not on Lloris' level.

HalloweenJack

Batman should've done a lot better with that header. I imagine he didn't expect to have so much time for it.

Barr

Great from Kante there.

everdead.ie

It just feels like Chelsea have an extra man always an option open always an extra man to press.

Spurs passing sub par so far.

Turtyturd

Get in.

adox

Class header.

everdead.ie

Game on!

Kiith

Kane!! Fantastic header.

Harry Palmr

Great goal, game on

MonkieSocks

HurriKane

GavRedKing

Thats a great header in fairness

Jayop

Pure class by Kane.

user2011

Great goal

SlickRic

Harry Kane really has become some goalscorer.

HalloweenJack

FFS. Took way too long to get out after that corner.

Jayop

Chelsea's tactic seems to be to kick everything in sight.

MonkieSocks

I think think Contes decision to leave out Costa and Hazard is. he thinks Spurs back three lack pace.