Devastating defeat!

The high hopes of battling for a top 5 spot in the Champions League took a huge blow last Sunday all in a span of two minutes. As Newcastle stormed the Blues early on to take a 1-nil lead mugging the ball off of Romeo Lavia and converting it to a Sandro Tonali goal. The lead wasn’t insurmountable, but Nicolas Jackson compounded matters by forearming defender Sven Botman in the 36th minute, leaving the squad short a man the rest of the match. Not only that, Jackson is automatically suspended the next three matches, essentially ending his Premier League season and leaving the squad without a centre forward for the next two crucial matches. The lads fought back dominating Newcastle in the 2nd half but to no avail as they could not find a way to goal. Bruno Guimaraes sealed it in dramatic fashion with a shot deflecting off Malo Gusto and over Robert Sanchez’s outstretched arms ending it 2-0 in favor of Newcastle essentially putting 2nd & 3rd place out of reach in the league table for the lads.

The final two matches are still controlled by their own destiny: win out and you qualify for Europe. Anything less, you leave it in the hands of your competitors with another chance to overtake, First up, the final home match of the season against Manchester United. It’s been an awful campaign for the Red Devils but they have a shot to qualify for the Champions League via the Europa League final. They may have their eyes focused on that match on the bigger prize, but still need to finish out the league campaign, and nothing is ever easy. The last time marked an unbelievable Cole Palmer winner at home vs United coming back to win 4-3. Will it be another memorable match, we’ll find out!

Come down to the Londoner Addison this Friday afternoon and kick it with the Shed End Dallas crew. We look forward to seeing you there!

Cheers,

Shed End Dallas