English FA Cup 16/2/2008 - Chelsea vs Huddersfield

This English FA Cup live commentary and play by play soccer match will provide a fascinating look into the priorities of Chelsea especially since they might only realistically be able to win the two domestic cup competitions this season as their only trophies and that starts tonight in earnest against Huddersfield. Chelsea have performed admirably over the Christmas and holiday period despite having almost the entire team out at one point or another due to injury or international duty at the African Nations Cup. The perplexing thing is that once these players have been returning over the last week or two, Chelsea's performance has slipped, even with their biggest star players returning. In fact, they have performed better and soldiered well with their fringe squad players. Even those that had previously underperformed such as German World Cup star Michael Ballack, had played well and scored a few important goals. But with Frank Lampard back they seemed to struggle last weekend. Didier Drogba should be back tonight although he might be rested by Avram for the Champions League but frankly if you have seen his play in the African Nations Cup, you know he has made a bad move by rushing back from injury as he played way below par.


No one would reckon that Huddersfield has any chance in this live commentary and radio broadcast English FA Cup soccer match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. However, Chelsea has been the victim of huge major upsets before in this competition so nothing can be ruled out. It will also depend on what kind of team Avram puts out but so far it seems that he does not believe in a rotation policy (which makes him a better manager than Rafael Benitez) and has generally fielded his best team in each and every game. The only problem Chelsea might have in this live commentary and TV telecast English FA Cup match and that Huddersfield might be able to exploit would be if Lampard and Ballack plays together again. They have always failed to click and Lampard should really leave the playmaker role to Ballack as the latter, though German, actually has better vision and technique than Lampard.


An emphatic win for Chelsea lies in wait and without doubt for them in this live commentary and radio broadcast soccer match in the English FA Cup the oldest knockout cup competition in the world. Unless they get 4 players sent off or Huddersfield actually builds a wall in front of their goal, it is hard to see anything beyond a four or five goal thrashing for Huddersfield at Stamford Bridge. Drogba might want to lay rest his African Nations Cup nightmare and with Jole Cole still humming to the tune of Muhammad Ali's fly like a butterfly sting like a bee, this live commentary and TV telecast English FA Cup soccer match should be a walkover for Chelsea against Huddersfield.