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Have Chelsea ever lost a semi final at Stamford Bridge?
UEFA Champions League/Europa League 23/24/25 April *** Spoilers ***
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Deserved result after that penalty decision.
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Moptop should've been off for that leg break attempt but comical keeping to allow him to score at the end 
So tonight it's Chelsea who score a last minute goal from a player (Luiz) who should have been sent off. Ah well, never a pen for Basel.
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Deserved lead, and its justice for the penalty.
Chelsea were pretty ropey in the last 20mins, seem to have a mental breakdown where they think something could go wrong and then it does..... Not sure whether Jose can solve this problem because RM have their own mental issues which he wasn't able to solve. RB constant rotation doesn't help.
Cant believe people seriously think Abramovich is going to go running back to Mourinho, I know all the Chelsea fans want it to happen because lets be honest it's the biggest **** up a top tier club have done in terms of managerial changes in probably decades but everything we know about Abramovich suggests his ego is never going to admit he did wrong and bring Jose back...
Probably right Tom, it's a dream of the fans to have someone who can deflect attention from the team and let them focus on the games. At the moment the players are bigger than the manager which is a recipe for disaster. You need to look at SAF and Wenger (pre '04) to see a manager much bigger than the team.
Abramovich's ego is the problem but if they do land up winning the Europa league and qualify for CL then RB will be considered a qaulified success. He might even move on FL and JT which has been needed for some time, even though they still preform like lions they need to move to let the clubs new players estbalish their personalities e.g. Mata looks like a future captain with his quiet leadership and love from other players.
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The only way barca have a chance is if Bayern display the same can't be bothered attitude they showed in the 2nd leg against arsenal. But hopefully the occasion will not let them.
I don't want to write anybody off just yet as football is a funny game, however Real really are all but out themselves, it's going to take something utterly spectacular from Barcelona and Real to get back in to the tie and something terrible from Dortmund and Bayern to let them back in.
Dortmund were totally in control of that game and only through a mistake from one of their own players did Real get a goal, other than that, Real were limp when the moment called.
I would talk about Barcelona and how lazy they have become in regards to Messi, but I'm too sleepy and I've had a drink
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