Get set people, for the biggest game that Chelsea have played since the Champions League final in 2012.
We of course went on to lift the trophy in that one, and what we would all give to be lifting it again on Saturday evening against Manchester City right?
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It is the biggest trophy you can win in domestic football, and the players and the fans will fully be aware of that. It will be a massive occasion, with fans inside the stadium again over in Porto, and thankfully Chelsea are the underdogs.
It’s surely not just me who has noticed we seem to do better as underdogs when the pressure is not on us this season? I actually feel more confident playing the better teams rather than the weaker ones!
Anyways, who will start in midfield for Chelsea this weekend? It is probably the biggest decision Thomas Tuchel will have to make, and luckily for him (because he definitely reads my articles!), these Chelsea fans have helped him out with this one.
We ran a poll yesterday asking what double-pivot you would start with against Manchester City on Saturday, and the results are in…
The favourite choice, although I wont say clear favourite, is N’Golo Kante and Mateo Kovacic with 57% of the votes after 12,700 odd votes.
Closely followed by N’Golo Kante and Jorginho with 36%, then way down the list is N’Golo Kante and Billy Gilmour with 5%, but that is still ahead of the pivot they call ‘Jovacic’.
Says it all here right? Kante has to start if he is fully fit, and it needs to be Kovacic alongside him, or Jorginho as the next choice. I fully agree with these results, feel this gives us our most dynamic option and gives us the pace and intensity needed to beat City and try and control the game.
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