Yesterday Chelsea lost to Atletico Madrid of Spain 1-3. Surprisingly,Atletico Did not score a goal at home against Chelsea FC of England.After the first leg barren draw of last Tuesday,Mourinho praised his tactics and had no kind words for those opposed to his game plan.
The defensive tactics of Chelsea Manager worked against PSG of France in the quarter finals.It worked in domestic league against Manchester City and Liverpool.It has been working in crucial games against big teams.
Everything went wrong yesterday. The defence was tight but attention was not placed on the need to score.The challenge for Chelsea was inability to score plenty of goals consistently ; defence was not coordinated with Chelsea's defenders ball watching.
Another undoing of Chelsea was underrating the cut edge scoring potential of Atletico Madrid.The club is league leader in La Liga not by chance but by sheer hard work.The club managed by Argentine,Diego Simeone,has had an impressive season.It is no mean fit given the quality of players of Barcelona and Real Madrid.
So with goal aggregate of 1-3,Athletico play another Madrid club,Real in the in final of UEFA Champions League 2013 in Lisbon,Portugal later this month.The final is a match to watch. The two teams have scored at least. 3 goals away to defeat the home teams.Real beat Bayern Munich,the defending champion away 0-4 after winning 1-0 at home.One thing is clear,Real has psychological advantage over Athletico having beaten them recently,but to underrate the work rate and efficiency of Atletico, is to do the Chelsea mistake
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