EL–GS-R1: PAOK - Chelsea FC (20-Sep-18, 19:55 EEST)

[Dutch Eagle]

Players for tomorrow:

Πασχαλάκης , Ρέι , Τόσκα , Βιεϊρίνια , Βαρέλα , Κρέσπο , Χατσερίδης , Σάκχοφ , Βέρνμπλουμ , Μαουρίσιο , Κάνιας , Μπίσεσβαρ , Πέλκας , Ελ Καντουρί , Ζαμπά , Λημνιός , Ουάρντα , Πρίγιοβιτς .

And yes yet again Dutch pay per view (this time Fox Sports) will broadcast this game. As I have a subscription I just have to put on the TV and tune in to the right channel.

Aide, aide dikefale.

[BostonThanatos]

For anyone in the US who has Comcast/Xfinity you can stream from their website.  UniMas is channel 21 on there.

[Athens4]

Two and a half hours to go. I was going to head to a bar in Chicago to watch but I think I will watch it at home.

[Athens4]

Tosca and Wernbloom starting.

[BostonThanatos]

-------------------------Paschalakis-------------------------

Vieirinha------Khacheridi----Varella--------Tosca

------------Mauricio---------------Wernbloom----------

Jaba-------------------Shakhov------------El Kaddouri

----------------------------Pelkas--------------------------------

 

I think this shows our mind is more on AEK than this match....Very Defensive lineup, probably just trying to keep a respectable score and maybe hope for a long ball option.

[pash]

Is that really so defensive? We're basically playing our three most aggressive midfielders there (though you all are probably tired of hearing me say how much I hate seeing him as an attacking mid).

 

If Pelkas scores a goal he will achieve God status.

 

-edit- the "him" is Shakhov

Edited September 20, 2018 by pash

[Athens4]

I worry about Hatseridis in defence.

[BostonThanatos]

I think Shakhov and Wernbloom being in there is the "defensive" part of it..

[Athens4]

If there any links please share.

[Dutch Eagle]

Damn 0-1 Willian

[Blackhawk]

Just like that 0:1

[Blackhawk]

Vierinha's mistake

[Ellada2004]

Crap goal..Bad defending and bad goal keeping!

[Blackhawk]

Almost 0:2

[PAOKARA]

They're toying with us when ever they go forward 

[Blackhawk]

We can't even keep the ball when we get control. Our players are scared shitless out there.

[Blackhawk]

Paschalakis is a liability in this game.

[Dutch Eagle]

What happened with Paschalakis? Is his less talented twinbrother playing last matches?

[Dutch Eagle]

Here a good save of Paschalakis.

[Dutch Eagle]

Where is VAR when you need it? Some serious shirt pulling in the box. Should have been a penalty for us. And otherwise a corner.

[pash]

Halftime. Our players are such pussies. Once they started trying to attack (with only about 7 minutes left in the half), we had a massive improvement.

Jaba EASILY is our best player of the half.

Mauricio, Hatseridi tragic.

Whole team has been completely incapable of passing the goddamn ball. Get Prijo in for Shakhov, Biseswar for El Kaddouri, and depending on who tires first, Pelkas or Jaba for Limnios.

[Athens4]

It is a mixture of we are not playing well and Chelsea not letting us play.

To be honest, this is almost like a training session for them. We have not been able to test them.

[pash]

BTW the commentator on the bleacherreport stream is excellent

[Blackhawk]

Pelkas experiment was a failure. Also add Vieirinha as being tragic. Let's hope Lucescu makes some badly needed changes right away. Let's keep the score respectful. It could have easily be 0:5.

Finally, these such a big difference in quality between the two teams.

[Blackhawk]

4 minutes ago, pash said:

BTW the commentator on the bleacherreport stream is excellent

I hope you are joking.