Hazardesque

Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show

The Athletic

Sports, Chelsea News, Chelsea Fc, Soccer,, Chelsea

4.9 • 871 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Matt Davies-Adams is joined as ever by The Athletic's Chelsea experts - Dom Fifield, Liam Twomey and Simon Johnson to give their verdict on a rainy night in Madrid.

There's full analysis of the 1-1 draw with Real in the Champions League semi-final first leg, your questions answered - and Alvaro Romeo has the view from Spain ahead of next week's second leg showdown.

In the Premier League, we look back at the crucial 1-0 victory over West Ham - and preview Saturday's latest London derby as the Blues welcome Fulham to Stamford Bridge.

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0:00.0	The Athletic
0:02.0	The Athletic
0:04.0	Poulosick in behind and the flag stays down for now.
0:14.0	Verna's up there with him. It's Christian Pulisic. He's away from Courthoir.
0:18.0	He scored. What a star for Chelsea! A goal in the semi-final, inside 14 minutes! And Christian Prulashek gets it for them! It's Champions League semifinal, you can... Nothing is sure. Even if we had a win here, everything is possible. It's half-time. And we need to fight for every centimeter and for every advantage that we want to have.
0:37.9	We need to fight and deserve it.
0:39.6	I'm a real Madrid player, so I just want to win.
0:42.4	It doesn't matter if it's Chelsea against us or another team.
0:46.0	I just want to win, but yeah, it's always good to see some good face, you know.
0:54.5	It's straight out to Cobham, the Chelsea FC podcast from The Athletic.
0:58.6	On this episode, reflections on Chelsea's draw in Madrid, which leaves the Champions
1:03.1	League's semi-final perfectly poised after Pulisic Pousers.
1:06.4	We'll look back on one London Derby and ahead to another, round up the rest of the Chelsea
1:10.2	news and see your questions and more available for free. Wherever you get your podcasts and ad free on the... back on one London Derby and ahead to another, round up the rest of the Chelsea News and
1:10.8	see your questions and more available for free.
1:13.1	Wherever you get your podcasts and add free on the Athletic, this is straight out of
1:17.2	Cobham.
1:20.8	Welcome along then, listener Matt Davis-Adams back to talk all things Chelsea again.
1:25.2	Liam Toomew is with me.
1:26.6	Hello.
2:02.6	As is Simon Johnson. Hello. And of course, Dominic Fyfield. Hello. Well, let's not mess about. Let's get two Tuesday in Madrid. Real Madrid won. Chelsea won in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final. Then the bulk of the action came in the first half as Karen Benzumar cancelled out, Christian Pulisix opener. It means that away goal gives the Blues a slight advantage going into next week's second leg at Stanford Bridge. If you want to read a tactical breakdown of Chelsea's approach to the first leg, the godfather of tactics writing Michael Cox has one up on the athletic for perusal now. Before we get to the game,
2:08.2	how about the team selection? Liam, we surprised there were no changes from West Ham on Saturday?
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