David Beckham slipped and missed a key penalty for England against Portugal at Euro 2004 and now John Terry’s loss of footing has handed the Champions League to Manchester United.
Is it nerves or a lack of technique? Vlog on the pitch regulars Owen Wyatt and Jon Bramley are joined by Pedro Redig to discuss Wednesday’s final, with some fan reactions also included.
Jon thinks Chelsea deserved to win and Pedro wonders if Andriy Shevchenko should have played. Let us know your views.
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Players should be judged not by how many games played and goals scored, but minutes played and goals scored, and Sheva here has better stats than any of Chelsea players:
- Posted by Yurahttp://www.footballanorak.com/Andriy-She vchenko-pid-1526.html
The problem Chelsea FC has is the proprietor of Chelsea that thinks that having money to buy the best players in the world is the solution.Let him handle the club for just one season and see if he can achieve any meaningful result.I promised if he trys it the club will go on relegation next season.
- Posted by ALIThe problem Chelsea FC has is the proprietor of Chelsea that thinks that having money to buy the best players in the world is the solution.Let him handle the club for just one season and see if he can achieve any meaningful result.I promised if he trys it the club will go relegation.
- Posted by ALIfootball has a spirit. Even if Andriy Shevchenko played,it wouldnt have changed the result.This season is for Manchester united.Where was this Shevchenko when Liverpool came from 3-0 down and levelled up 3-3 and eventually won the CL final on penalty shootout?Result of soccer can go either way if decided on penalty. Sacking Grant or getting the best coach in the world would still not have affected the result.After all Grant is the first coach to have taken CHELSAE FC to CL FINAL.I CONGRATULATE Grant for that wonderful achievement thank you.
- Posted by SundayJohn Terry has no business taking penalties, especially when the stakes are so high but he is not to blame. Anelka should have given a better account of himself as a striker.
This boils down to a mental block as I believe a Chelsea team under Mourinho may yield different results in a shootout.
- Posted by JohnSTThe only reason why Drog scored so many goals last season was because Sheva played regularly and was double and sometimes triple teamed….Drogba is great, but not near where he was last year……Coincedence?
- Posted by KrisI think not…Sheva was underplayed this year and Drogba fans know it….What a joke! How do you have a guy like sheva sit on a bench in the CL final?
Couldn’t agree with you more Natik. I think Grant was paid NOT to put Sheva in. Shevchenko was bred to score goals especially in CL….Just doesn’t make sense. Im not a huge fan of the guy either, but you have to give respect when it is due. I think we haven’t seen the end of Sheva in CL….he will come back and haunt or Blues. I just hope Grant/Jose are around to watch what they missed……
- Posted by TommyboyI thinks Sheva still being one of the best strikers in Europe, but he’s been pushed back by Jose Mourinho,due to ambitions against his talent,and unfurtunally now Grant following with Mourinho’s plan. I’m not a mamber of Shevchenko’s fan club,but I respect him as well as Lampard,Ballack,J.Cole and I think if he would play instead of Drogba then Chelsea would not need even play an extra time and penalties,because Sheva has much more experience in Champions League and especially he was the best in big games. Also seems to me that Grant forgot that Andriy scorred a goal at last minute at the same stadium in Moscow and kicked out Russia team from the way to World Cup Championship. I think Shevchenko should go to another FC as none of Chelsea coaches respect him as big player and then to prove himself again as he did in Dinamo Kiev and then in FC Milan. All the best to him
- Posted by Natik