New signing Demba Ba was immediately put into the starting XI by Rafa Benitez as Chelsea began their FA cup defense with a convincing 5-1 victory over Southampton at St.Mary's. Two goals on debut from the Senegalese striker and goals from Moses,Ivanovic and a Lampard penalty followed Southampton's opener.
While Demba Ba's first goal was a simple tap in from Mata's effort, the second goal showed the real striker's instinct in Ba as his delightfully ran in to a through ball from Hazard and passed it past the Southampton keeper. Lampard won a penalty late in the game and chose to take the penalty himself,denying what would have been a debut hat-trick for the Blues most recent signing. Based on his debut, we can very well say that Ba will get more opportunities for a lot more goals with the likes of Hazard,Mata,Moses,Marin and Oscar behind him. He just needs to keep applying the finishing touches to the passes and he may well go on to become one of Chelsea's best signings. It would be interesting to see how Rafa manages both Torres and Ba. Based on this game, Ba has surely earned his right to start the next game, but Rafa will need to start the Spaniard up front against the Swans in the mid week Capital One semi final as Ba is cup tied. The same problem will arise when the Europa League starts as Ba played for Newcastle in the earlier stages of the tournament. So basically Ba will be available only for the PL games and the FA cup,but if Torres's inconsistency continues, Ba will surely surge ahead of him as the club's main striker.Playing both of them together will also be another option that Rafa might need to consider.With Torres finding the back of the net much more and Ba a proven goal scorer,the selection dilemma is obvious ,but a nice problem to have for the manager.
While Demba Ba's first goal was a simple tap in from Mata's effort, the second goal showed the real striker's instinct in Ba as his delightfully ran in to a through ball from Hazard and passed it past the Southampton keeper. Lampard won a penalty late in the game and chose to take the penalty himself,denying what would have been a debut hat-trick for the Blues most recent signing. Based on his debut, we can very well say that Ba will get more opportunities for a lot more goals with the likes of Hazard,Mata,Moses,Marin and Oscar behind him. He just needs to keep applying the finishing touches to the passes and he may well go on to become one of Chelsea's best signings. It would be interesting to see how Rafa manages both Torres and Ba. Based on this game, Ba has surely earned his right to start the next game, but Rafa will need to start the Spaniard up front against the Swans in the mid week Capital One semi final as Ba is cup tied. The same problem will arise when the Europa League starts as Ba played for Newcastle in the earlier stages of the tournament. So basically Ba will be available only for the PL games and the FA cup,but if Torres's inconsistency continues, Ba will surely surge ahead of him as the club's main striker.Playing both of them together will also be another option that Rafa might need to consider.With Torres finding the back of the net much more and Ba a proven goal scorer,the selection dilemma is obvious ,but a nice problem to have for the manager.
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