It's simple. Let's beat Corinthians and we're crowned WORLD CHAMPIONS.

 

It'll be a tough contest but I expect us to edge it. I reckon 2-1 Chelsea. 

Still think it will be comfortable for us tbh, Corinthians weren't that impressive in their first game, and I think they'll sit really deep against us.

On tonight display I would go with:

 

Cech

Azpi, Cahill, Ivan, Cole

Luiz, Ramires

Oscar, Mata, Hazard

Torres

Gotta have Lampard in it to be honest. 

Gotta have Lampard in it to be honest. 

Would you put lampard in your current strongest 11? That's what we are going to put out sunday and for me lampard has 2 or 3 players ahead of him in his position. He is a good sub to bring on when we need a calming influence but he is no longer a starter in big games anymore unfortunately.

Edited December 13, 201213 yr by Bluehatter

Are we gonna win this?

Scared of getting my hopes up.

I've watched both games and we look a class above the other sides in it.

Only question is our application, if that's right we'll beat them comfortably.

I never imagined I'd be this hyped up for this game, I always thought it would be a nice bonus.

But now it's finally rolled around, I'm well up for it.

Ramires alongside Mikel and Luiz back in CB

I've just been looking at the fixtures on the Sky Sports Score Centre, for all the other games, and it says

ours is postponed?

Surely a mistake?

The team I'd like to see start is as follows:-

-----------------------Cech------------------------

Ivanovic----------Cahill--------Luiz-----------Cole

-------------------Mikel-------Ramires-------------

Mata---------------------Oscar---------------Hazard

------------------------Torres---------------------

Well excited about the prospect of becoming "World Champions", that should shut up my scouse friends once and for all about their 5 bloody european cups.

 

Interestingly enough, Liverpool lost all 3 CWC/Intercontinental finals they appeared in, and declined to participate in the other 2.

Tricky decision about the two central midfielders. Ramires and Mikel are both banned for our next game after this one so they could play since they don't need much rest, but on the other hand, with them gone it'll probably be Luiz and Lampard together in the next game and both might need to play seeing as one has been out injured for quite a while and the other hasn't played much in that position.

Corinthians don't really strike me as a great side- they have some really good players, but they seem really disjointed as a team. We need to be at our attacking best because they could easily snatch a win at the death and have a few players that are capable of something special, but if they were to get an early goal or more I wouldn't bet on them to hold out against us.

 

I think the winner will be the team that scores the most goals.

My observations on Corinthians:

 

1) Their attack of Guerrero, Martinez, Emerson (Qatar) and Liedson is not to be sneezed at. Guerrero's off-the-ball movement will need to be watched, while Martinez is both quick and tricky. Liedson is a good finisher, but Emerson presents the biggest threat. He's tricky, reasonably pacy, fairly creative as a second striker and has excellent movement and has excellent off-the-ball movement.

 

2) I therefore suggest a physical approach be taken against these guys, to exploit their relative lack of strength and in the case of Guerrero, a volatile temperament. If we get up Guerrero's nose enough, then he may act out and get himself sent off. There is a good chance Azpilicueta will get beaten if forced to take on Martinez by himself, so he will need some defensive support. That should probably come from Mikel or even Moses if necessary - I don't really like the idea of dragging our CB's out of position. 

 

3) Tite, like many Brazilian coaches, favours a 4-2-2-2, or the 'magic box' notoriously used by Wanderley Luxemburgo at Real Madrid. This formation can be hard to penetrate because of the 2 holding midfielders in front of the 2 centre backs and is a pretty good counter-attacking formation because the 2 centre midfielders are free to move forward, but for width they rely exclusively on the full-backs. Their full-backs aren't as impressive as their attack, so if you stop them from coming forward, Corinthians would therefore have no width and would see relatively little possession. It would therefore not surprise me if Benitez deployed Moses on one of the flanks. On the other hand, Benitez may choose to try and simply overwhelm their weaker defence by committing Mata, Oscar, Hazard and maybe even Luiz forward. That wouldn't surprise me, either - it would distract Paulinho from getting forward, at least. 

 

4) Corinthians were surprisingly mediocre against a modest Al-Ahly side. They need to play much better than that to beat us. 

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Are you sure?

Will be a tough one as they really want to show up as 20k of their fans have flown in. That is incredible to be honest.

I think the fact we have brazilians will help us. They can prepare our boys for this one.

Perfect time for a game, sunday luchtime and it is on TV.

It will be interesting to see what role Luiz plays in this game, given his good performance (by all accounts, unfortunately work got in the way of me seeing this) against Monterrey

I don't think we should take Corinthian's too lightly, but I do think they may sit back and try to hit us on the counter, so we'll need to make chances count....oh my

This is 1030am GMT Sunday morning, so that'll be 2.30am for me, after a part I am attending? I will apologise now for my language during match chat

Thanks

Corinthians don't really strike me as a great side- they have some really good players, but they seem really disjointed as a team. We need to be at our attacking best because they could easily snatch a win at the death and have a few players that are capable of something special, but if they were to get an early goal or more I wouldn't bet on them to hold out against us.

 

I think the winner will be the team that scores the most goals.

You reckon?

I have to disagree, I think the winner will be the team that concedes the most goals.

Would you put lampard in your current strongest 11? That's what we are going to put out sunday and for me lampard has 2 or 3 players ahead of him in his position. He is a good sub to bring on when we need a calming influence but he is no longer a starter in big games anymore unfortunately.

 

He was a massive factor in us winning the Champions League. He deserves a spot. It's not like he's a youth player we're taking a chance on. He's the captain for this tournament. He's the most experienced player in the squad and one of the most talented. He starts. No excuse or do you honestly think Luiz deserves that midfield spot over him? 

 

Let's not give them too much respect. We're miles better in terms of quality. If I don't see Super Frank lift that trophy on Sunday then, it would be a massive upset. 

Edited December 14, 201213 yr by JoeyN

Don't really care about this match or competition. Was much more interested in the super cup.

Yeah, but at least we've won a Super Cup in the past, this is something new, something else to

cross off the list.

Don't really care about this match or competition. Was much more interested in the super cup.

 

The Super Cup is the community shield of Europe. 

 

The CWC is a major trophy. It also brings £4 Million in prize money. 

If we win, do we replace the champions of Europe chants with champions of the world chants?

If we win, do we replace the champions of Europe chants with champions of the world chants?

 

Don't see why not, but we'd have to edit it slightly. Champions of The World just doesn't sound as good to the beat of the chant as Champions of Europe does.