CHELSEA Vs BAYERN MUNICH : LETS HEAR YOUR PREDICTIONS> MAY 19TH 2012

CHELSEA HAS SOME FANATICAL FANS IN NIGERIA, WHO TOOK HOURS TO PRODUCE THIS FOR THE MAY 19TH CLASH WITH BAYERN ONLY IF CHELSEA WOULD RECOGNISE THEM ONE WAY OR THE OTHER !!!

 If Chelsea and Bayern Munich both came into the UEFA Champions League with no suspensions, the quality of the match would probably be immense. With both first choice defenses and midfields on the pitch, both teams would have to work very hard to create scoring chances. Instead, because of suspensions, there might be a lot of goals that come off the back of sloppy defending.

Chelsea is missing Ramires, John Terry, Raul Meireles and Branislav Ivanovic. Central defenders David Luiz and Gary Cahill have been injured recently, but are expected to be fit to start the final. In any event, Chelsea is without their captain and their first choice right back, and they will be playing two central defenders who will not have started a competitive match in nearly a month.

Bayern Munich's problems are considerably worse. Luiz Gustavo, Holger Badstuber and David Alaba are all suspended for the Bavarians. That's their first choice left back, left central defender and defensive midfielder. One of Bayern's starting fullbacks will either be Rafinha or Diego Contento, neither of whom is terrific at defending. One central defender will be either defensive midfielder Anatoliy Tymoshchuk or aging, recently injured defender Daniel Van Buyten. All of their options are terrible.

Last week, Chelsea took it easy in the Premier League while Bayern Munich contested a cup final against Borussia Dortmund. They were outplayed to some degree in the first half of the game, but it's not terribly relevant to the Champions League final for two reasons. One, they were a bit unlucky. Two, Gustavo started the game. The second half instantly became relevant to the final and analysis of the final when Jupp Heynckes subbed off Gustavo for Thomas Müller, moving Toni Kroos back into the double pivot alongside Bastian Schweinsteiger. This put the midfield and attack on the pitch that most believe Bayern will field in the final. It went very, very poorly.