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Post by MrFurious on Nov 27, 2019 17:25:44 GMT
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Post by staggerstag on Nov 27, 2019 17:38:36 GMT
Valencia: Cillessen, Costa Jaume, Garay, Gabriel, Gaya, Torres, Parejo, Wass, Carlos Soler, Rodrigo, Gomez. Subs: Domenech Jaume, Correia, Mangala, Gameiro, Vallejo, Lee, Coquelin.
Chelsea: Esadalager, James, Christensen, Zouma, Azpilicueta, Kante, Jorginho, Kovacic, Willian, Abraham, Pulisic. Subs: Pedro, Caballero, Giroud, Mount, Batshuayi, Tomori, Emerson Palmieri.
Preamble by Scott Murray : *Where is Barkley? He's had a niggling ankle injury since last month. All I can get out of the physio room is that he's "got ongoing issues." Nothing to do with that pissed-up kebab-all-over-the-taxi & police-escort-to-a-f***ing-ATM-to-pay-his-fare night out in Liverpool, is it?
Valencia 14/5 Chelsea 10/11 Draw 11/4
Kepa = nerves.
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Post by staggerstag on Nov 27, 2019 17:59:03 GMT
The ball flies too rapidly towards Willian's head on '3 and he misfires from 5 yards out.
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Post by staggerstag on Nov 27, 2019 18:11:59 GMT
Poor free-kick Willian on '9. 73% possession doesn't mean to waste deliveries like that. They'll sneak up and score in a minute if you're not mindful.
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Post by staggerstag on Nov 27, 2019 18:18:07 GMT
Valencia break on '19 with Rodrigo tearing down the right flank. He crosses a low one in and it only needs a touch from Gomez. He must pot. He misses it, just can't connect. That's one of the misses of Group H surely.
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Post by staggerstag on Nov 27, 2019 18:20:53 GMT
Here they come again. Soler with time tries his luck with a weak header on goal - no problem, even for Kepa. The nearby unmarked Gomez is angry, he feels Soler should have headed it to him.
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Post by staggerstag on Nov 27, 2019 18:27:58 GMT
Gomez has done it, or not done it, again on '29. What a miss, this time with his boot. Three yards out and he fires it point-blank at Kepa. One of these will go in sooner or later.
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Post by staggerstag on Nov 27, 2019 18:36:36 GMT
14/5 was always too big for Valencia. Rodrigo's cross in and Soler was there to pot home on '40. Poor marking there.
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Post by staggerstag on Nov 27, 2019 18:39:28 GMT
Kovocic has scored a minute later. Good work from Pulisic in the build-up and Kovocic drilled a fierce one past Cillessen for his first ever pot in the blue shirt.
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Post by staggerstag on Nov 27, 2019 18:42:28 GMT
Kovocic, surely not two? Superb run from Pulisic and he feeds Kovo who has every chance to net but in all the excitement of scoring the first his nerves get the better of him and he blasts a curler wide just before the break. It's all go.
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Post by staggerstag on Nov 27, 2019 18:47:35 GMT
Abraham has landed awkwardly. He's getting medical attention. Is he alright? I don't know because they keep showing replays of the goals instead. Wait, no, Abraham's coming off, clutching his side in pain and it looks like he's not gonna make the second half. That's a big blow. Felix blows up on a busy first half.
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Post by staggerstag on Nov 27, 2019 19:01:58 GMT
Tear-inducing pain there for Abraham as he was eventually stretchered off after trying to limp off doubled up in apparent agony.
The ref now blows up for part two.
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Post by staggerstag on Nov 27, 2019 19:09:41 GMT
Pulisic has bundled it in just after the break. No, it's gone to VAR. Offside, is it. Two minutes waiting now. Still waiting... Commentators saying no goal. This is more than 3 minutes now. It's a goal, it's given. Eat your words, commentators. "It was an optical illusion," they squirm in the commentary box. CFC gets a VAR decision. Stick that in one of yer Best of the f***ing Decade threads and smoke it.
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Post by MrFurious on Nov 27, 2019 19:12:26 GMT
CFC gets a VAR decision. Stick that in one of yer Best of the f***ing Decade threads and smoke it.
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Post by staggerstag on Nov 27, 2019 19:14:27 GMT
Rodrigo clear on goal! He only has to loop it over the misplaced Kepa but he's sent it too hard and it goes over the bar.
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Post by staggerstag on Nov 27, 2019 19:17:14 GMT
Penalty to Valencia. Come back in ten minutes for the outcome. VAR will be involved.
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Post by staggerstag on Nov 27, 2019 19:20:44 GMT
The ref gives the penalty for Jorghino's challenge on Gaya in the box. Has he? Yes, he has, I think. VAR is reviewing it. Yes, penalty. Kepa has saved it! Peraja has missed.
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Post by staggerstag on Nov 27, 2019 19:28:34 GMT
Kante is #5 to go into the book. Jorginho who was on a yellow makes way for Emerson. 15 to go and it's still a fast game.
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Post by staggerstag on Nov 27, 2019 19:38:39 GMT
Oh Pajera played a lovely dummy outside the box and it runs free to Wass on the far side. His cross/shot glides ominously towards goal. It fools Kepa, it bounces back off the inside of the post and dinks over the line for 2-2. What a remarkable way to net the equalizer with six minutes to go now.
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Post by staggerstag on Nov 27, 2019 19:39:33 GMT
Momentum is with the home side here in the few minutes remaining.
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