Hello
All………
The
Venue is Emirates and we are up against the best and consistent team this
season. And it is Arsene’s Arsenal 23/12/2013.
Form coming into this All
Important Match
Chelsea- Has been off color,
since November and continues to take it forward in December too. Having Scrambled
against Crystal Palace, and also lost against, Sunderland in the league tie,
they are clearly the second favorites in this games according to football
pundits. We have been defensively poor according to Mourinho team standards.
Attack, the same story continues, but my opinion is that we have Attacking
midfielders who are capable of scoring and hence the lots of goals are not
coming from our strikers. However most importantly as a team, when we fail to score,
it’s a Concern for all.
Arsenal- The most consistent
team in the league and top of the table since September. Very Classy Striking
force, ably supported by the Midfield –Ramsey, Ozil and Cazorla/Wilshere.
Although all seems well with Arsenal, if you look at their results against the
Top 5 teams, they seem to crack against the Big Boys. Everton, Southampton, Man
City, Manu. Would Chelsea be next in the list- To be seen!!
Team
Line Ups
The
key Battles which would Shape the match.
Ozil
vs. Ramirez & Mikel- Ozil has been their most influential player this
year. Along with Ramsey, Ozil has been
Arsenals main weapon in Chance Creation. If either of Ramirez or Mikel could
stop Ozil, Arsenal’s might find difficult to go. We did play good defense
against Yaya Toure, if we could repeat the performance tomorrow, it would be
interesting.
Torres
vs. Arsenal Defence- Arsenal defence has been extremely good this season.
However tomorrow, they would find it Challenging because of this unique quality
of Torres in stepping up a bit more against big names and free flowing teams.
Arsenal would be without Koscielny,and mineral might find it difficult. Torres is sure to find lot of spaces
tomorrow and there lies Chelsea’s Chance.
Other
key battles include Mata vs. Flamini. However I feel Ramsey would advance and If
Flamini could stop Mata or Oscar whoever plays in Center, Chelsea would find it
Hard to create Chances.
Chelsea
Defence- Our Defence has been leaking goals, this season which is unlike
Mourinho’s teams And it certainly is a concern considering the free flowing
football which Arsenal continues to play. Sagna, has been in tremendous form
and the runs and the crosses he makes
has been contributing to Arsenal’s Success. If Chelsea could block, the 1 Touch
plays which Arsenal often does in the “D”, then we have a great Chance.
Wenger-
Mourinho- Although Wenger has never defeated Mou, this is his best Chance. The team he has developed and the football
they are playing on papers is superior to what Chelsea are in currently.
However Mou is a tactical Genius and he
knows what It takes to win big games. My
only Concern would is, Mou has told that the Christmas results doesn’t matter
much and probably if he has a defensive ploy tomorrow, we would be in for
trouble.
Still,
I feel we are a team which when pushed against the wall suddenly turns it around.
And would repeat it once as well. With Liverpool and Man City ahead, this would
be one of the crucial encounters and one to look forward this Christmas. Hoping
Chelsea would give us a perfect Christmas Gift …
On
Papers Arsenal would Win.
But
with All of us Cheering the team , We would definitely Win Yet Again J….
Happy
Xmas to all!! Cheers & Have fun……………..
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me @bluechamprocks.
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