After crashing out of the Champions League at the group stage before Christmas, Chelsea are in grave danger of being eliminated from UEFA’s secondary competition following a limp 1-0 defeat in Bucharest.
The Blues’ main aim this season, we are told, is to secure a top-four slot in the Premier League, and the team’s lacklustre performance in the Romanian capital certainly suggested that challenging for the Europa League does not rank anywhere near as high in their list of priorities.
From a Chelsea perspective, there were few, if any, positives to be taken from a pretty dismal match. Oh, here’s one: The Blues only lost by one goal and have an excellent record in overturning deficits from away legs in European games.
In fact, on the last four occasions that Chelsea have returned to Stamford Bridge in arrears, they have still managed to progress every time except once—that one blip coming in 2010 when the Blues were knocked out of the Champions League in the last 16 by Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan.
So, history would suggest that this tie against Steaua is far from over.
Now read on for more thoughts on the game…
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