First defeat of the season. Luckily for me, the internet stream was so screwed up that I ended up playing Winning Eleven with my mate, after the first half. No one likes to lose but I’m not stupid to get worried for a defeat in a friendly match. With what little I saw and what the various reports say, it was a very exciting match with opportunities for both the teams but they scored twice in the last 4 minutes, when Tal erred (?) and Hilario was on goal.
Chelsea played 4-4-2 with Cech (Hilario 45); Diarra (Carvalho 45), Ben-Haim, Terry (c), Johnson (A Cole 62); J Cole (Wright-Phillips 45), Sidwell, Lampard, Malouda (Mikel 45); Shevchenko (Pizarro 45), Drogba (Sinclair 70).
Assistant manager Steve Clarke had this to say about the loss:
We don’t select easy games pre-season. If we want to win 3-0, 4-0, 5-0 we can go to other places and find easy games. The matches we play are difficult games. Ibrox is a difficult place to play and we knew that when we selected them.
We have to think about the match on Tuesday, look at the game and take what we need to take from it, address it, hopefully win the match on Tuesday night and go into the Community Shield in a positive frame of mind. We’ll be ready for it.
I won’t read anything into this result. Rangers had a terrific turnout supporting them vocally. The intensity on the pitch and the decibel levels off the stands, were incredible for a friendly match. Like Steve says, we chose really really competitive matches for our friendlies. And they’ve done what they were supposed to.
First Goal (listen to the crowd!!!)
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSD7FQJoWIY[/video]
Second Goal (major deflection)
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuOiVpxVMwE[/video]
It’s a lot better to get a wake up call in a pre-season friendly than to get when it means business. Lots of positives from what I saw in the first half. This was easily our best game in a friendly this month, and we played with very impressive tempo. The flat 4-4-2 seems to fit in so well now, and may be this is the formation that ticks all the boxes.
Steve makes so much sense with the below remark:
[There were] a lot of pleasing aspects. As a club we don’t like to lose any matches, but at this stage of the season there are other priorities.
The last of friendlies against Brondby on Tuesday. I don’t mind even if we lose that one too as long as everyone gets a good game and good work out, so that their concentration levels, reaction times, reflex actions get back to their best. I’m over-joyed that JT signed an extension and this defeat means nothing when compared to that delight.
A win would have been nice but anyway, not worse than losing to mighty Southend United in a competitive knockout round in League cup. Now, get back to defending Chelsea for a friendly defeat, not from other fans (they know what a friendly means) but from our own demanding Chelsea fans. Goodluck!
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thnx…..pls keep it updated…………
yes do keep it coming. and do not wait till a goal is scored. keep us posted
I learn the match is streaming live on http://www.footballonsat.com
Click “Live TV” at the menu and check schedule.Tvants channel 6,28 or Sopcast channel 14 streaming the match after Asian Cup match.
let me know if you are lucky
sorry not live.
Why use websites that embed sopcast someone asks. use either
http://www.livetv.ru/en
http://www.freefootball.org
to get most matches it’s more reliable because those sites have costant updates on what games are to be broadcasted.
argh…………..a lesoon learned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In the end of the day, I find the result amusing. It was easily the most entertaining game we have played this pre-season, and I’m not too worried about our chances for the rest of the season. Anyone suggesting the impending apocalypse is grossly mistaken.
Jose will find our faults from this game and weed them out. No harm done. :)
still yet to watch. will pass my comments thereafter. But the doomsday prophets should remember that last pre season we lost to the The America all star team. So no big deal. What matters will be our game was structured and what lessons can be learned. Blue is still bliss.
any excuses from JM so far….
Chelsea is victim of Mour success. no wonder Chelsea is expected to roast every team in the world, pre season or not. What a cross to carry when you finally help a team that has for ages not premiership into an era of back to back successes.
maybe we should play all our next ones against unknown quantities in china and the Asia so we can whip them 6 goals and more tomake the Mourinho detractors quiet. But is that not a shame?
Chelsea is victim of Mour success. no wonder Chelsea is expected to roast every team in the world, pre season or not. What a cross to carry when you finally help a team that has for ages not won any premiership into an era of back to back successes.
maybe we should play all our next ones against unknown quantities in china and the Asia so we can whip them 6 goals and more to make the Mourinho detractors quiet.
Poor Hilario- Rangers had to wait for him to score both goals.
For those here who have not still watched the match, here is a min by min account on our the chelsea sites.
RESULT from Ibrox Stadium
GLASGOW RANGERS 2-0 CHELSEA
Novo 85mins
Sebo 88mins
88mins: GOAAAAALLLLLLLLLLL
Rangers 2-0, Sebo
85mins: GOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL
Rangers 1-0 Chelsea – Nacho Novo
84mins: Late Rangers pressure. Hilario punches away, Novo completely misses and Sebo claims for a penalty, not given. At the other end Chelsea break and Frank hits a shot which Carroll saves easily.
82mins: Frank finds Sinclair on the left, he jinks and jinks and Cole overlaps. Cole puts a cross in – headed away. Rangers sub Burke on for Adams
TEN MINUTES TO GO
79mins: Nice passing from Chelsea ends with a shot from Pizarro which deflected for a corner. Carroll punches the corner away but the return cross from Shaunie goes over.
76mins: Great cross from Shaunie plum onto Pizarro’s head which went wide, but the effort was ruled offside.
75mins: Jose is not looking pleased!!!!!
74mins: Sinclair on Chelsea’s left wins a corner and Shaunie returns after receiving treatment. Rangers’ Novo getting lots of room down Chelsea’s left.
72mins: TV Pics showing Jose gesturing everyone forward. Shaunie in a bit of trouble after a knee to knee collision. OUCH!!!
71mins Chelsea sub. Scott Sinclair on for Didier Drogba. Great last couple of minutes of action.
70mins: Pizzaro shoots and cleared off the line. Mikel has a shot saved by Carroll, Carroll fumbles and the loose ball is cleared. Lampard was cut down but no penalty given. Straight down the other end, Ashley Cole defends well from a Ferguson shot. Corner to Rangers. Hilario gathers well.
65mins: Sidwell tries a slide rule pass to Pizarro, but just about cut out by Rangers. Sebo misses a glorious opportunity to put Rangers 1-0 up, but he scuffs his shot way past the post.
64mins: JT booked and could have been a red had it not been a friendly!!!
62mins: Rangers sub. McCulloch off, Sebo on. Chelsea sub Johnson off, A Cole on
60mins: Shaunie is buzzing again, playing down Chelsea’s right.
57mins: Still 0-0
55mins: Wright-Phillips has a shot from 30 yards, hits Drogba. Roy Carroll is sub in goal for Rangers. Nacho Novo also on.
54mins: Match clock returns. Happy Days!!!
Unfortunately the clock has been lost by the TV company. Rangers have had one break since the second half started but it was lceared comfortably by Chelsea. Looks as if Haim has moved to left back, Jonno to right and Mikel is in the holding role and he is holding very well
48mins: Its all Chelsea at the start of the second-half
Chelsea subs: Hilario on, Mikel On, Carvalho on, Wright-Phillips on, Pizarro on.
Off: Cech, Diarra, Joe Cole, Sheva, Malouda
Second-Half off and running
HALF-TIME SCORE
RANGERS 0-0 CHELSEA
43mins: The pace has dropped. Both teams settling for 0-0 half-time score. Malouda cracks one in from 20 yards which fizzes past the far post.
Five minutes until half-time. Still 0-0
39mins: Corner to Chelsea after a fast moving counterattack. Came to nothing. Chelsea still in possession.
37mins: Wonderful possession from Chelsea, sees Malouda break on the right, crossing the ball onto Drogba’s head and the header sails just wide.
35mins: Malouda gets a yellow card for his first tackle. Taking revenge for a couple of tackles on him me thinks.
32mins: Sidwell gets a talking to after a tough tackle. Close offside call that saves Chelsea from possibly going 1-0 down.
30mins: Shame Diarra’s shot didn’t match his approach play. The shot would have graced Murrayfield. Still 0-0
28mins: Great defensive play for Didier to stop McCulloch getting a clear head on goal. Successive corners for Rangers and Dids heads away again.
27mins: Rangers are tackling tough. McCulloch the latest culprit on Malouda again. Getting a bit fiesty.
25mins First ‘tough’ challenge of the game. Ferguson on Malouda. Drogba gets involved. From the free-kick Lampard scuffs a shot which was deflected for a corner. The corner took Rangers an age to clear.
23mins: Wasted free-kick by Rangers. Still 0-0
21mins: Joey is looking sharp. Was tugged back by Ferguson on a surging run. The free-kick came to nothing. Sheva is fighting for all is worth and Diarra looks extremely comfortable a right-back.
18mins: still 0-0
16mins: Although chances have been scarce. The football is open and I will be very surprised if this game ends 0-0.
14mins Wonderful 30 yd chip ball from Joey from the centre of midfield sees Rangers struggle to defend but they finally clear.
13mins Still 0-0
11mins Chelsea having lots of possession but no cutting edge at the moment. Drogba was unlucky trying to feed the ball through to Sheva.
9mins Seems that Malouda is out on the left with Joe Cole being given a free role. Frank with licence to go foward and Sidwell playing defensive, even thogh he had the first shot.
7mins 1st corner of the game to Chelsea. Nice work from Malouda wins Chelsea another corner
5mins Rangers are enjoying lots of pressure down both flanks. They are a fair turn of pace
3:30mins Cech saves well from a Kris Boyd break (Boyd was Rangers top scorer last season)
3mins Whipped in cross by Rangers – hits the side netting. Capacity crowd of 51,000
Chelsea are playing in the wonderful yellow shirts again
1min Two Chelsea attacks. One shot just wide by Sidwell
Chelsea Team:
Petr Cech
Lassana Diarra
Ben Haim
John Terry (c)
Glenn Johnson
Joe Cole
Steve Sidwell
Frank Lampard
Florent Malouda
Didier Drogba
Andriy Shevchenko
Out and Out 4-4-2
manish – yes he will come up with an excuse but he won’t be the first manager to do so in more than 100 years of football history. he won’t say anything that fergie, wenger, benitez, capello, rijkaard etc have not already said before. have i answered ur question in comment #8?
bc – nice title for the post! a slap in the face lol!
Trying to console ourselves are we.a loss is a loss.are rangers not also in preseason?
yes its a loss . . you can cry as much as you want to, but i have better things to worry about in life than consoling myself for a pre-season friendly loss! get a life gguys!!!!!!
David
david – it would be a lot better if you know where to type your name and where to type your comment.
we aren’t scoring which is bad but it’s ok. things will be allright. guys will have more motivation than today, for the ‘real’ games.
Sorry bit high
I know it is preseason.but we still should be scoring more goals.we scored what 4 goals against the crap american teams.
that’s what I call a good friendly match.
I wished we lost wrose than this. If we lose at thiat stage, we will have time to learn from that.
Mourinho does not need to have excuses for FRIENDLY games.
I like to watch the game , I don’t care abot result . I wanna see sidwell , be hiem , Pizzaro and Sinclair.
David you are an idiot this is pre season wait till the season starts to judge the team.we will start scoring soon enough.
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Hi mates , I’m a big Chelsea fan and I often visit this site but i think this is the first time I left a reply , and is not in the best moment :( , our team just lost a game and to tell U the truth i was waiting for this to happen , not to lose against Rangers , but to lose . In all the world there is no perfect team to always win 5-0 , 6-0 and every team will and has lost a game some day and this was one of those days for Chelsea . Now I am not going to say that we played very very good or very very bad , it was a good game and Pizaro had one great chance so dit Frank and Sidwell ( i think ) but it wasn’t meant to be . One thing that has to concern us is the Arjen Robben story . Now I’ve been a Chelsea fan since I started to watch football and in these last years my favourite player is him but i don’t know if his injury is just an excuse to get him to Real Madrid or what but I would be very sad if we lost him . Every time Arjen came in the game he gave something more to the attack and most of the times he asisted or got a goal and prity much saved the day . I will always love Chelsea with or without Robben but I would really love it if these two stick together . I hope I will have more time to share my thoughts with you from now on and hope we Chelsea fan’s will have something to cheer for like we did till this day . Blue4Life: Menndim..!!
You’re speaking like we lost against Barcelona or Milan but that was Glasgow Rangers. Sure that was a friendly match but don’t say we lost it was a difficult match and don’t say that’s not worrying especially when there’s Lampard Drogba Cole Sheva on the pitch.
Moreover we didn’t lose 3-2 or 2-1, We didn’t score any goal.
I’m really hoping that the team will be ready for the community shield and will show to MU what CHELSEA is really able.
Sorry if there are some mistakes.
L : goals all are socred after 85 th . if Rengers scored at first minute and chelsea could not do anything , maybe you were right but I diasgree with you. there is nothnig to be wooried about.
This result does not show chelsea is not ready or Rangers is a great team . it is just a friendly match. coaches use all their players or use them in different position to see how they can use them in real games. they don’t play for result. I hope eventhough they lost, they played well. that’s more important. specially players like Sidwel and pizarro .
Mendim : I hoppe Robben does not leave chelsea. I feel like you. to be honest with you I thnik all of these stories aobut his injury are fake. he is leaving chelsea. , maybe not. we will see.
I was there at Ibrox today, with a huge Northern Ireland contingent. I support Chelsea in England and Rangers in Scotland (it’s a “Blues Brothers” thing).
Gotta say that Sidwell looked great, esp in the first half. Sheva was a waste of a shirt, and Lamps not far behind.
Rangers already look like a far better side under Walter Smith, even with the 8 or so new players that have come in over the summer.
Chelsea got great support from the Rangers fans today – hope any of you who travelled up to Glasgow experienced a warm reception. The communal singing of “Rule Britannia” was mighty!
As a Rangers fan I’m not looking to much into the result so I don’t know why any Chelsea fans should be, remember it’s a pr season warm up game to try and get a bit of match fitness in and maybe try out a few players, nothing else
Dougie thanks for that. Anyone freaking out about this result has 0 football IQ.
Any highlights for those of us unable to watch the match, BC?
It seems team has forgotten how to score goals…..
It seems they haven’t really needed to. When they need to, they do.
Adonis,why to play these pre-season matches if players don’t ‘need’ to score….
I mean we don’t really need to as a serious matter. Not like we’ll be eliminated from a competition or lose a title race or something. We haven’t needed to give 150%. You wait till August 5th and watch the first few games of the BPL and then judge. Don’t be so negative just about preseason. It’ll probably cheer you up a bit :D
manish . . if you think that we play these pre-season games are there because we need to score, your understanding is wrong mate. for a friendly has a comlpetely different set of objectives than a normal match. being so pissed off for small things like this could be injurious to your health, in general
Guys! I couldn’t get the highlights video. Anyway, just posted the goal videos.
Thanks for the vids BC
but if it was preseason for us then same is true for rangers….
hey manish here you are . . .
if you’re playing (tennis, football or whatever) with your little brother for fun, one of you would be more motivated to win. who do you think that would be?
Mourofsame-
Thanks for
copying and pasting my min-by-min blog LOL (well two-mns by two mins).
At last sensible people acting sensible and not panicing over the result as if it were the last act in the Doomsday book.
At least we were beaten by Rangers ‘Our Brothers’ as Mark said above and Rangers have been in preseason longer than us because they have a Champions League qualifier to play on Tuesday.
so
KTBFFH!!!
Did you all hear the crowd when the first goal went in. Beating chelsea even in a testimonial match means a lot to every team in the world. For me this shows that Chelsea has really become a HUUUUUUGE Team.
of course I did I was watching the game live!!! and the noise was even louder when the 2nd goal went in!!!
KTBFFH
Glorious display from the gers, reminds me of the Battle of Britain in the 1990′s , Rangers V Leeds (Rangers winning both legs). Looks like Walter Smith coming back to his heritage was a brilliant idea, good to hear the Rangers & Chelsea fans singing together, and seeing the “Blues Brothers” flag in the chelsea end. Rule Britannia!
You say that Rangers had to wait untill chelsea brought on their sub goalie for them to score, you do realise Rangers played the same length of time with their sub goalie, but Chelsea didn’t score against him! ;)
@ Donkamero
If you’re referring to my words, you’ve misunderstood me. Any chelsea fan would be surprised to knwo that Cech has let 2 goals in, so i had to make that clear.
And, we all know that you won and we lost. If you’re very very proud and happy about it, enjoy your moment.
I think @ Donkamero was rather referring to a statement i had made earlier. Take it easy brother. we are not taking anything away from our blue brothers. you beat us fair and square.
However, Hilario is not exactly our sub goalie though
And the second goal was just the bounce of the ball, it could have deflected out, but it chose to go in. I mean the goal is deserved, but there’s a little asterix there. Congrats, Rangers, very well done.
We still haven’t lost anything serious, have we. A good experience, I’m glad it’s out of the way.
Oh… How many of you guys said, YES CHELSEA IS SURE TO BE CHAMPS when you saw the Arsey, Loserpool, or Manure lose? I doubt it was too many. These games don’t mean very much by their score. It’s just about the performance.
IBrox is not a easy place to go and win, but to loose 2-0 is bad. I think chelsea should play a easy team and test their strike force. We are struggling a bit there. Neither Sheva nor Pizzaro have found the net yet.
well its had to happen some time, i mean we all have 1 loss in a season, all this can mean is a blemish free season from the blues and maximum points…..Now the LSD has worn off its time for a little reflection haha.
Rangers played well they closed us down and really did push for the goals, we were a little patient and lamps and sheva were almost completly useless! lamps was missing tackles, passes and shots, as for sheva…..better left unsaid! was impressed with sidwell (a player i wasnt 100% sure on) had a good oppertunity and showed his presence well, great chance for Pizaro, would have loved to see him finnish his oppertunity! but unfortunatly he didnt!
while watching the game i grew restless and began to be alittle frustrated at the players, they didnt seem to flow as they did in the US and also they seemed abit out of character!
ne ways well done to our scottish counter-parts got us this time!!!
shame we wont see you in the Champions League hehe :P (cheep dig)
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rangers ur shyt ranked 150 hahahahahaha
face it u chelsea scum yous got beat 2-0
jad ybtoi