SSC Napoli vs Chelsea | Tuesday | Champions League |1st leg

Should be a great game. San Paolo will be rocking, forza Napoli.
I think Napoli will line up with this

And for Chelsea
Terry's a doubt so I put Cahill in there, not sure if he'll play.
Napoli have just found their form and are favourites, which is why I'm not confident Still though, it should be a good game.

3-3

Napoli will probably do well, they seem better geared to play counter attacking football against big teams.

Chelsea to get destroyed.

drivescore wrote:3-3

Stop predicting 3-3s

The midfield will be interesting, I hope AVB plays Mikel again and not Romeu.

Kuled wrote:The midfield will be interesting, I hope AVB plays Mikel again and not Romeu.

Why do you support every single Italian team?

BladeGunner wrote:

Kuled wrote:The midfield will be interesting, I hope AVB plays Mikel again and not Romeu.

Why do you support every single Italian team?

Because he watches the league so he can pretend to be knowledgeable about it whilst talking to English people.

3-0 to us, Torres hat-trick.

Run at me.

Expecting a midfield of Ramires, Essien and Lampard. Anything else would be a disaster waiting to happen.

My lineup would be;

Cech
Ivanovic-Luiz-Terry/Cahill-Bertrand
Ramires-Essien-Mata
Sturridge-Drogba-Torres

Then Kalou comes on and scores 6 goals.

Marvin wrote:Expecting a midfield of Ramires, Essien and Lampard. Anything else would be a disaster waiting to happen.

My lineup would be;

Cech
Ivanovic-Luiz-Terry/Cahill-Bertrand
Ramires-Essien-Mata
Sturridge-Drogba-Torres

Then Kalou comes on and scores 6 goals.

Very confused.

HOS worthy.

That's just my dream lineup though, he would never actually pick that. I meant disaster as in the combination of midfielders he normally picks.

BladeGunner wrote:

Kuled wrote:The midfield will be interesting, I hope AVB plays Mikel again and not Romeu.

Why do you support every single Italian team?

Cause Italians are awesome and I don't support English teams after we're out.

Kuled wrote:

BladeGunner wrote:

Why do you support every single Italian team?

Cause Italians are awesome and I don't support English teams after we're out.

Do they still play 3 at the back when facing big teams or does it end up being 5 and them just counter attacking?

Marvin wrote:

Kuled wrote:
Cause Italians are awesome and I don't support English teams after we're out.

Do they still play 3 at the back when facing big teams or does it end up being 5 and them just counter attacking?

Yeah, last big game was the one against Inter in the Coppa Italia and they played the same back 3 as the one I posted.
Edit: And the same against Milan in the San Siro a few weeks ago.

Theo Filippo wrote:

drivescore wrote:3-3

Stop predicting 3-3s

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16779082

Marvin wrote:

Kuled wrote:
Cause Italians are awesome and I don't support English teams after we're out.

Do they still play 3 at the back when facing big teams or does it end up being 5 and them just counter attacking?

It always does. And then the other midfielders end up collapsing very quickly so you're essentially dealing with eight guys behind the ball.

Udinese is another side that's extremely good at that sort of tactic.

Kuled wrote:

BladeGunner wrote:

Why do you support every single Italian team?

Cause Italians are awesome and I don't support English teams after we're out.

So you're basically leeching off the success of an entire league because the team you support, which isn't even part of said league, failed miserably to qualify from the group stage? You're, for a lack of a better word, a parasite.

I'm not 'leeching' anything. I only support Man United and that's it. I just like seeing Italian teams doing well because I have a soft spot for the Serie A.

Kuled wrote:I'm not 'leeching' anything. I only support Man United and that's it. I just like seeing Italian teams doing well because I have a soft spot for the Serie A.

You were celebrating and bragging for days when Milan beat us. It seems like it's more than just a soft spot.

Nah, I was only happy because I found the Arsenal fans underestimating Milan too much. I don't support anyone apart from United.
Hmm, this is how it must've felt to be Jamie here

I highly doubt that Chelsea are going to be able to cope with the atmosphere at the San Paolo.

Kuled wrote:Nah, I was only happy because I found the Arsenal fans underestimating Milan too much. I don't support anyone apart from United.
Hmm, this is how it must've felt to be Jamie here

Doubt it. He supported another team, not an entire league.

ilJuventino wrote:I highly doubt that Chelsea are going to be able to cope with the atmosphere at the San Paolo.

Why do you say that? I'm sure Chelsea have played in much bigger atmosphere.

Napoli win though, would love to see Pandev come on and wreck shit.

Whatever. I'll say it again one last time because this conversation is boring me. I only support Manchester United.

Either way, what's wrong with Kuled being a fan of Serie A teams?

chiboygeorge wrote:

ilJuventino wrote:I highly doubt that Chelsea are going to be able to cope with the atmosphere at the San Paolo.

Why do you say that? I'm sure Chelsea have played in much bigger atmosphere.

Napoli win though, would love to see Pandev come on and wreck shit.

They don't have the mental toughness and heart that their coach has been trying to instill in them.

Sure, many of these players have played on large stages, but the San Paolo is a different animal.

If Napoli beat Chelsea I will probably taunt Chelsea fans with a few Cavani chants at campus too, does that make me a Napoli fan? Nope.

Just because Juve didn't win in San Paolo don't mean........

Well, I think it's not the atmosphere that will worry them, Chelsea are just shit atm. Would be highly surprised if they dominated Napoli and win.