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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Chelsea vs Juventus - Who should play for the Blues

Game : Chelsea vs Juventus
Competition: Champions League
Venue : Stamford Bridge,London

Domestic Form:(Latest match first)
Chelsea : DWWW
Juventus: WWW



As you can see from the domestic form, both teams have begun their domestic campaigns well with Juve maintaining a perfect start to the Serie A title defense.The old lady went unbeaten in the previous Serie A campaign and is by far the toughest assignment for us in Group E.

Who should we play?
Juventus normally plays in the fluid 3-5-2 formation and it has  arguably the best midfielder in the game,Andrea Pirlo along with Claudio Marchisio and Arturo Vidal in the center midfield.How we excel in stopping the services from the trio to Giovinco and Vucinic will determine the result of the game.
As such, I don't think RDM should tinker with the back five for the team.
Cech will without doubt start between the sticks
Ivanovic at right back- his aerial ability might well make the difference between the sides
while the Serbian's composure in defense will be needed to stop the runs of Asamoah and Marchisio.
Terry and Luiz at Center Back
With Terry having shaken off an injury,the skipper and Luiz will form the center back pairing and the pairing played well in the QPR game. If at all Terry doesn't make it, Cahill can easily take the responsibility.
Ashley Cole at Left Back- No changes required here but the left back might need to be a bit less adventurous in the game.

Center-Midfield
The Center midfield remains a concern for us and dominating the area against the likes of Pirlo will be really important for us. Mikel and Lampard  will again start the game but this time, Lampard should remain at that position most of the times instead of laboring forward most of the times.

The attacking trio behind the lone striker are positions where we have an abundance of talent and picking three from the lot is RDM's major headache. Mata should return to the side and his partnership with Hazard was missed in the QPR game. The third spot should go to Moses as the Nigerian was lively when he came on as a substitute.

Torres again should start as the lone striker even though the Spaniard was not at his best against QPR.

Formation - 4-2-3-1

Cech
Terry          Luiz
Ivanovic                                  Cole

Mikel Lampard

Moses         Mata            Hazard
  
Torres


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