CL ~ Oh O, El Nino is back.. Torres is Chelsea's pass master
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Bayer Leverkusen’s Sidney Sam asks ‘Who the XXXX are Chelsea?’
CHEEKY CHAPPY ... Sidney Sam gives Chelsea thumbs-downChelsea vs LeverkusenUEFA Champions League 11/12Wed, 14 /9 / 2011
Ch. 102 / 110 - Time: 2.45 am (Live)BAYER LEVERKUSEN star Sidney Sam warmed up for tonight's Champions League showdown with Chelsea by sneering: "Who the f*** are you?"
The German striker posted a picture on Facebook of himself next to a Chelsea shirt, smiling and making a thumbs-down gesture.
And he accompanied his visual taunts by writing in English: "Who the f*** is Chelsea London?"
Sam can expect some fearful stick from irate Blues fans at Stamford Bridge tonight.
And he has effectively written a pre-match team talk for Chelsea chief Andre Villas-Boas.
Sam, born in Kiel to Nigerian parents, has scored 15 goals for Leverkusen since joining them last year in a £2million switch from Hamburg.
He added: "Chelsea are clearly a hard nut for us to crack.
"But we can go over there with a lot of confidence. We don't intend to hide away, and I am feeling fit and ready."
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Who the F is Sidney Sam?
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Sidney Sam - a winger/SS
in fact
in Bayer Leverkusen (if Vidal didnt leave for Juventus) the players that i knw
Ballack
Adler Rene (GK)
Castro
Rolfes
Barnetta
Renato Augusto
Kiessling
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HE'S THE CREATORR
£50m Fernando Torres is Chelsea's pass masterChelsea 2 v Bayer Leverkusen 0
He's the man: David Luiz (right) celebrates with Torres after his opener
THANKS FER THAT ... Juan Mata hails Fernando Torres after his assistFERNANDO TORRES may have forgotten how to take them — but he certainly knows how to make them.
The £50million Spanish striker drew another blank last night to extend his woeful scoring record to just one in 23 games in a Chelsea shirt.
But Torres the provider was a different story altogether as he set up David Luiz and Juan Mata for the goals which broke the Germans' resistance.
The former Liverpool man had brought huge pressure on himself with a much publicised interview in which he criticised his team for being too old and too slow.
Torres, 27, wants quicker players around him and he hailed the arrival of Mata as an example of a signing he believed would bring the best out of him.
Manager Andre Villas-Boas decided to see if his actions could back up his words.
The boss paired Mata and livewire Daniel Sturridge as the support act to Torres while dispensing with some of the old guard.
Of the over-30s club, skipper John Terry was omitted from the squad altogether, while Frank Lampard and Nicolas Anelka were left on the bench.
It was a pragmatic decision with one eye on Chelsea's big Premier League visit to Manchester United on Sunday.
But the Blues only took the game by the scruff of the neck when Lampard and Anelka joined the action midway through the second half.
This was Villas-Boas' first Champions League match as a manager. But his team selection suggested he regards domestic matters as the priority — whatever the desire of owner Roman Abramovich to land Europe's biggest prize.