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Jumat, 15 Juni 2018

World Cup 2018 Rusia : Chelsea Players Preview (First Match of Group Phase)

Sebanyak 14 pemain Chelsea FC bermain di Piala Dunia 2018 di Rusia yang kemarin telah dibuka oleh pertandingan pertama antara tuan rumah Rusia dan Arab Saudi. Dalam pertandingan tersebut, tuan rumah menang telak 5-0 atas wakil Asia dan berhasil meneruskan trend tuan rumah piala dunia yang belum pernah kalah dalam laga pembuka (termasuk Jepang dan Korsel)

Anyway, as a passionate Chelsea Fans, selama kurang lebih satu bulan kedepan, blog ini bakal berisi tentang bagaimana aksi para pemain Chelsea di Piala Dunia, pada main ga sih sebenernya atau cuma jadi penghangat bangku cadangan saja. Kalaupun main, sebagus apa performa mereka? Yes semua dibahas di beberapa postingan kedepan. 

Postingan ini akan membahas tentang seberapa besar peluang ke 14 pemain Chelsea yang berlaga di piala dunia 2018 ini untuk berada di starting line up pada pertandingan pertama mereka di Grup masing-masing. 

Kita mulai dari Grup B (karena ga ada pemain Chelsea di Grup A ya bapak-bapak),
Azpilicueta, satu-satunya wakil Chelsea di timnas Spanyol mengingat Alonso, Pedro, Fabregas, Morata yang tidak dipilih oleh Lopetegui untuk menjadi 23 orang wakil negaranya memiliki peluang untuk main di starting line up sangat kecil meskipun Azpi sangat versatile di lini belakang. Azpi bisa menjadi bagian dari back 3 bila di perlukan hingga menjadi fullback baik disisi kiri maupun kanan (Versatility yang memang sering dia alami ketika menjadi pemain Chelsea). Memang sih selama ini Azpi lebih sering menjadi back up di timnas Spanyol meskipun di Chelsea dia menjadi satu-satunya pemain yang pada musim pertama Conte selalu bermain di 38 pertandingan liga. Namun, pemecatan Lopetegui membuat adanya harapan Azpi akan main meskipun masih sangat kecil. Tapi mari kita lihat saja nanti malam.

Selanjutnya, Grup C

Kante dan Giroud menjadi wakil Chelsea di squad Perancis dan menurut saya hanya Kante yang posisinya terjamin di starting line-up Prancis di laga pertama ini. Kante, siapa sih yang ga mau jadiin dia starting line up. Peluang Giroud sedikit menipis mengingat cedera kepala yang dia alami di pertandingan persahabatan terakhir dengan pemain Chelsea lainnya yang saat itu mewakili USA, Matt Miazga. Sementara itu, Christensen, meskipun di beberapa pertandingan terakhir EPL mulai jarang dipilih Conte, namun saya rasa peluang Christensen untuk berada di starting line up cukup besar mengingat atributenya yang sangat baik khususnya ball-playing. Mari kita lihat bersama pada 16 Juni 2018.

Grup D, 
Di tim Argentina, Chelsea memiliki wakil Caballero diposisi penjaga gawang. Peluang Caballero cukup besar untuk berada di starting lineup pertandingan perdana mereka melawan Islandia mengingat cedera yang dialami oleh Sergio Romero sesaat sebelum turnamen dimulai. Sementara disisi Nigeria, Victor Moses bisa dipastikan berada di starting line up mengingat perannya yang cukup vital di timnas Nigeria. Sementara rekan senegaranya, Omeruo, yang sejak direkrut oleh Chelsea selalu dipinjamkan hingga saat ini, sangat kecil peluangnya untuk dimainkan. Apalagi lawan yang akan dihadapi adalah Kroatia. 

Grup E, 
Di Grup E, hanya Willian yang menjadi perwakilan Chelsea di Piala Dunia kali ini. Lawan Swis sebenernya agak tricky sih melihat pemain tengah dan sayap yang dimiliki Brazil sangat banyak dan memiliki kemampuan yang luar biasa. Tapi saya rasa peluangnya cukup besar buat Willian mainin pertandingan pertamanya di piala dunia ini dari starting line up. 

Grup F,
Salah satu pemain paling ganas di sisi pertahanan Chelsea musim lalu, Rudiger menjadi satu satunya wakil Chelsea di Grup F ini. Meskipun begitu, namun peluang Rudi untuk berada di starting line up cukup kecil karena memang selama ini dia masih dipakai sebagai backup.

Grup G,
Grup G menjadi grup dengan pemain Chelsea terbanyak (5) dibanding grup-grup lainnya. Hazard dan Courtouis sudah bisa dipastikan berada di starting line up sementara Bhatsuayi harus bersabar memulai dari bangku cadangan karena striker utama Belgia saat ini adalah Lukaku, mantan pemain Chelsea. Sementara itu, di timnas Inggris, Cahill bisa jadi berada di starting line up meskipun tidak ada jaminan yang pasti. Pengalamannya sebagai veteran dilini belakang bisa menjadi poin plus yang akan membuat Southgate memilih Cahill sebagai starter. Disisi lain, meskipun tampil apik pada beberapa laga persahabatan, RLC tampaknya masih belum bisa menembus starting line up Inggris yang sudah diisi oleh pemain seperti Henderson, Dier, Lingard, Ali, dll. Tapi RLC bisa menjadi pemain pengganti paling penting di timnas inggris bila para starter buntu ditengah jalan.


Seperti itulah kira-kira peluang para pemain Chelsea di laga pertama piala dunia ini. Bagaimana menurut kamu? Mari kita sama-sama berharap yang terbaik bagi seluruh pemain Chelsea, tidak ada yang cedera ketika selesai turnamen dan ada yang bisa membawa piala juara ke negaranya masing-masing. Ciao KTBFFH!




Sabtu, 19 Mei 2018

Chelsea are the FA CUP WINNERS!

Chelsea 1-0 win is enough to claim the FA Cup Trophy of 2017/2018
Hazard's penalty at 22th minutes is enough to seal the FA Cup Trophy for Chelsea. After the goal, the Reds dominate the ball but Chelsea could hold the clean sheet after a good performance at both half. Chelsea players that come up big for 90 minutes: Hazard, Courtouis, Bakayoko, Kante (duh!), Rudiger. 


Minggu, 01 April 2018

Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspurs Preview (Gameweek 31 EPL 2017/2018)


Match Facts
  • Chelsea are unbeaten in 27 home league matches against Spurs
  • Spurs have surrendered the lead on each of their last 2 league visits to Stamford Bridge
  • The Blues are looking to secure back to back PL victories for the first time since last month of 2017
  • Spurs are the only team with an unbeaten PL record in 2018
  • Under Pochettino, Spurs have only 1 of their 19 away fixtures against the other established top 6 sides
Last Meetings
The last time Chelsea Crystal Palace was back in August where Chelsea won 1-2 at Wembley. The last time Chelsea played in Stamford Bridge vs Spurs, Conte's side also won 2-1. Will Chelsea win back to back this season against Spurs to maintain their hope for 4th place? or Could Spurs widen the gap between the two team? This must be really interesting.

Read our last match in Premier League against Crystal Palace here


Predicted Line Up and Scores
Caballero, Azpilicueta, Cahill, Rudiger, Alonso, Moses, Febregas, Kante, Willian, Hazard, Morata

I would put Giroud on starting line up because he can hold the ball upward and less fragile than Morata who keep diving unnecessarily although he might slower than Morata. Emerson and Zappa should both give chances. I put Cahill for Rudiger because Rudiger needs to rest for Barca game. 

Chelsea 3-0 Spurs
Hazard will contribute in Chelsea Goals.

Pre Match Interview
  • Conte says checks need to be made on Courtouis and Christensen to find out their physical condition and whether they can play on sunday
  • Ross Barkley will play for our Development Squad as he continues his recovery from injury (and he did play for 60 minutes)
  • We can get close to Spurs in the table if we can win this match. Nothing is impossible and we just have to try to win every game
  • David Luiz is out for at least another 3 weeks as he continues his recovery from a knee problem. Cahill is an option in central defence IF Christensen is not fit. Ampadu is out for the season
  • Conte says that the club must be proud that Willy and Alonso made their debuts during the recent break 
  • Morata has been working very well and needed to work hard. He is really fit now and ready to have an important end to the season for Chelsea (Good for him!)

Minggu, 18 Maret 2018

Leicester 1 vs 2 Chelsea (Quarter Final FA Cup) #RESULTS #GOAL



Chelsea progressed to the semi final of FA CUP after a 2-1 win over Leicester after additional extra time. The difference in our starting line up from our last game here are Caballero for Courtouis, Bakayoko for Fabregas, and Morata for Giroud.


Willian create a chance as he burst from Chelsea half and pass the ball through Morata who chipped the ball over Schmeicel to lead us for the first time



On the second half, Bakayoko is replaced by Cesc and Vardy equalized after Mahrez's mayhem on the box.

On 105th minutes, Kante supplied a cross from deep and Pedro nipped in ahead of two Leicester's back and goalkeeper to nod into the net. What a goal for the Spaniard as he scores with his head not that often LOL



MAN OF THE MATCH : KANTE
Assist our winning goal to Pedro, had most dribbles (4), passing accuracy of 88.5%, and perform a magnificent effort for both offensive and defensive movements

We will face Southampton for the semi final of FA Cup.


Leicester vs Chelsea Preview (Quarter Final FA CUP)



Match Facts
  • Leicester have never beaten Chelsea in FA Cup competition
  • The last three times the club met, Chelsea have gone on to win the FA Cup
  • The foxes are unbeaten at home in 2018
  • Chelsea have lost their last 5 away games in all competition
  • Olivier Giroud has hand a hand in 21 FA Cup goals since his competition debut in 2013 (14 goals and 7 assists) more than any other player in that period
Last Meetings
The last time Chelsea met Leicester City in FA CUP was back in 2012, the year Chelsea won Champions League and FA Cup where Chelsea won 5-2. Other than that, the recent result against the two teams is when Chelsea held draw at Stamford Bridge by Leicester 0-0 in January 2018 at Premier League match.

Also read our last match in FA Cup against Hull City: here

Predicted Line Up and Scores
Caballero, Azpilicueta, Ampadu, Cahill, Emerson, Zappacosta, Drinkwater, Kante, Pedro, Willian, Giroud

Leicester 1-3 Chelsea
Giroud goal for Chelsea

Hoping for these two on the line up again for their second game in FA Cup

Pre Match Interview
  • Conte says his aim is to have his players in the best form for Chelsea, and then it is up to national team managers wheter they select our players for the squads (Asked about Morata and Cahill who both dropped from the national team)
  • We have to try to go to the next round of the FA Cup and then try to get into the top 4 of the league. He is not prioritasing
  • We have two good goalkeepers and he will pick the team tomorrow
  • It was pity to go out of the Champions League, but this is life and now we must have great confidence and trust in our strength to move on

Jumat, 16 Maret 2018

Barcelona 3 vs 0 Chelsea (Round of 16 Champions League) #RESULTS #GOAL


A defeat that I think we can proud of. Messi 2 goals and Dembele goal just more than enough to make Barcelona go through quarter final of Champions League. Let's talk about line up first. Compare to the first leg, the only difference is that we actually play a striker this time, on an away games! From this, we could possibly hope the "attacking Chelsea team" at Camp Nou and that's what supporter want, right?

Read our first leg performance here



Overall, our performance was really good. Barcelona just couldn't play the way they usually play as Chelsea domination to grab a win from the first minute made Barcelona to sat down most of the time. However, the blues was not clinical enough and the best player in the world right now steps up as he score 2 goals and assist one.

Our best chance come from Alonso's free kick at the end of first half and Rudiger's header in the second half. Messi's two goal was suppose to be "a must save" action from Courtouis but the Belgian just not good enough as Messi nutmegs him twice, one from the impossible angle in the first 3 minutes of the game. Chelsea dominate the midfield as Kante come up as the brightest player on the mid. 

MAN OF THE MATCH FOR THE BLUES : KANTE
Most tackles (8), Most interception for the blues (3), the second highest dribbles for the blue (3), and have a shot is just some statistics that show what Kante has done on the mid

Selasa, 13 Maret 2018

Chelsea vs Barcelona Preview (Round of 16 Leg 2 Champions League)

Match Facts
  • Chelsea is unbeaten from the last 8 meeting with Barcelona, winning 2 of them.
  • 68% of away sides to draw the first leg of UCL knock out tie 1-1 progress to the next round
  • This season of Champions League, Barcelona is remain unbeaten and conceding only two goal. One against Chelsea 
  • Eden Hazard have contributed in 6 Chelsea goals in his 6 last Champions League games.
  • hazard has set up his team-mates for a shot on 23 occasions in UCL this season, the joint-most alongside Neymar
Last Meetings
The last time Chelsea met Barcelona in Champions League was back in 2012 where Chelsea won 3-2 on aggregate. Other than that, the last time Barcelona win against Chelsea in the competition was on 2006 where Chelsea lose 3-2 on aggregate. Our first leg game versus Barcelona at Stamford Bridge ended equal for both team although Chelsea had a better chance

Read our first leg against Barcelona  : here

Predicted Line Up and Scores
Courtouis, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Rudiger, Emerson, Moses, Febregas, Kante, Willian, Hazard, Giroud

Barcelona 0-2 Chelsea
Giroud will score our first goal. Willian contributing in one of our goal.

Pre Match Interview
  • Willian: We expect Barcelona to come with a lot of possession and we have to do a perfect game
  • Willian: I am happy with my form at the moment and the goals I scored but I want more, with the team as well. We respect Barcelona, they are a big club like Chelsea, and we want to do our job to go to the next round
  • Willian: We are fighting for the top 4 in EPL and want to do something special in UCL. 
  • Willian: (about 2012 game) Tomorrow is a new game and a different story. We must have the perfect game to go through
  • Willian: We have to be clinical because he expect Barcelona to have more possession tomorrow night
  • Conte: Camp Nou is a fantastic stadium with a big pitvh and every player wants to play this type of game. We must be excited and try to do our best
  • Conte: If you want to have a hope against Barcelona you have to play the perfect game and we nearly did this in the first leg
  • Conte: Rudiger is contention for the game and there is no injury news to add. Morata is also in contention for a place and he has seen a great will from the player to fight for that place