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At the start of the season, a major talking point around Chelsea under Xabi Alonso was:

How do you best utilise Levi Colwill’s greatest weapon, which is his laser-guided, line-breaking vertical ground passes into midfield?

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Liquid football from @ChelseaFC 😮‍💨

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The second goal was rather absurd because there are lots of questions to be asked

Because there were so many movements from Roma players besides the Madrid defenders, yet none of them was taking note; they were all focused on Rodrigo Mora.

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There's no goddamn way Valverde didn't notice the movement of Donny Malen because he started moving right in front of Valverde before he moved to exploit the space between Valverde and Tchouameni

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Roma's second and third goals against Madrid happened in the same way, with attackers running behind Madrid's defensive line, though we'll tag the second goal as an obvious error from Vinícius Júnior for attempting a silly backheel after receiving directly from the goalkeeper.

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The second goal was rather absurd because there are lots of questions to be asked

Because there were so many movements from Roma players besides the Madrid defenders, yet none of them was taking note; they were all focused on Rodrigo Mora.

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Cole Palmer's ability to have four players concentrating on him moments before Henderson's power shot is not talked about much.

The fact that he even drove the ball from the middle of the pitch to the box.

What a player.

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Palmer really drove the ball from the middle of the pitch to the box, got blocked by three Bournemouth players

He turned right inside the box and had four Bournemouth players just watching him before he passed to Henderson, and Henderson finished.

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Palmer really drove the ball from the middle of the pitch to the box, got blocked by three Bournemouth players

He turned right inside the box and had four Bournemouth players just watching him before he passed to Henderson, and Henderson finished.

Football IQ at its best

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One minute into the match... 🚀

#CFC | #CHEBOU

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PSG is actually making Manchester City pay for their sins 😞

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We can now agree that PSG is actually the best team in the world

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I really have high hopes for Vinicius Junior today in the Champions League

Since he can't play in La Liga until late next month

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Vinícius Júnior has been suspended for four games, including the first ElClásico of the season, after being red-carded for pulling an opponent's hair during his team's win over Villarreal on Saturday.

More:https://t.co/ifjQ2v1SYu

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The thought of replacing Cucurela with Hato really scared the shit out of me

Thank goodness for chavaria; it's really looking good.

And guys, what's up with the Premier League official page? They've been on Chelsea all through

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🔵 @ChelseaFC's latest Spanish left-back 🇪🇸

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Let's follow each other since we are all football lovers

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At the start of the season, a major talking point around Chelsea under Xabi Alonso was:

How do you best utilise Levi Colwill’s greatest weapon, which is his laser-guided, line-breaking vertical ground passes into midfield?

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Liquid football from @ChelseaFC 😮‍💨

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I actually thought that a post couldn't go past a thousand views without having a large following

Maybe this post will make me believe in X again and start sharing football content

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At the start of the season, a major talking point around Chelsea under Xabi Alonso was:

How do you best utilise Levi Colwill’s greatest weapon, which is his laser-guided, line-breaking vertical ground passes into midfield?

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@arrogantval Yeah absolutely

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@XabiChels His heat map still shows he plays LCB

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@XabiChels Playing LCB doesn't mean he would be close to the touchline like an LWB

His heat map shows his still playing as a LCB, but the switch mostly happens during build-up up

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With Colwill actively occupying the CCB role during build-up up

And Achebomg moving into the final third and drifting to the middle

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This clip made me realise that, just as Chelsea's front line actively swaps spaces, Alonso applies the same principle to his defensive structure, making it fluid.

In this clip, you can clearly see a backline of Henderson, Colwill, and LaCroix.