The European Super Cup is seen as a chance for two clubs to show why they are the top team in Europe. The competition puts the winner of the Champions League and Europa League against each other. This season saw Chelsea, the winners of the Champions League, go up against Atletico Madrid the winners of the Europa League.

There had not been much hype surrounding the game with Chelsea being seen as firm favourites and expected to comfortably win the game. However, some pundits are a bit more sceptical and expect Chelsea to find the game more difficult than they think with Radamel Falcao expected to steal the show. Falcao has been reportedly seeking a move to a different club and this match provides him with the opportunity to show his true potential.

Chelsea on the other hand has had a very positive pre-season and a good start to their league campaign. The team are expected to come into this game and dominate from start to finish and score goals galore as they did in pre-season. It will be Dennis Wise’s first experience of European football as a manager and it is going to be interesting to see if he goes about this type of match differently.


Unfortunately for the relatively small crowd of 18,521 the match did not live up to expectations with neither side looking like they wanted to score. Chelsea matched expectations in terms of dominating possession and the control of the ball in the middle of the pitch. This control did result in a number of chances being created but they seemed to find it difficult to get the shots on target. It was Robert Lewandowski’s first experience in European football with Chelsea which did result in him scoring the only goal of the game in the first half.
The match will not go down in the history of amazing European finals but it is the second piece of silverware heading to the Chelsea cabinet which will please the Chelsea fans.

My At. Madrid! Nooo! Good result anyway

Couple of good signings there and good results.

Ayew is a great player on FM, I got him for Newcastle in my first season, after two seasons he had a prem title under his belt and had been crowned best african player.

JLOO: I would apologise for beating your team but it was important that I won the trophy. I will try not to beat them if I come up against them again.......or I might just have to.

Toon: The signings have done well so far. Ayew has done ok so far but hasn't been impressed with Wise's team talks (more to come on that later) so he hasn't had much game time. I have a feeling that he just isn't going to turn out to be the player that I hoped.

John Terry has not been a Chelsea regular so far this season with him only having made one first team appearance. Terry has kept quiet on this fact and has refused to comment on whether he is considering his future at Chelsea while Dennis Wise is manager. The media are under the impression that this lack of game time has been a big contributing factor in his decision to retire from the international scene. It is not looking likely that Terry is going to be seeing regular first team action as Gary Cahill and David Luiz have formed a solid partnership in the heart of the Chelsea defence.

The 31 year old central defender made his debut against Serbia back in June 2003. Over his 9 years involvement in the England set up he made 79 appearances. Terry has released a statement which reveals that he has found this decision a difficult one but he feels that it is the correct one. Terry has thanked the England management for their support during his international career and has expressed his honour in having been England captain and it was an achievement he was extremely proud of.

When the draw was made for the Champions League Schalke was seen as the team that would be the biggest challenge that Chelsea would face. However, it did not appear that Schalke were going to cause any problems for the Chelsea defence at any point during the game. Chelsea dominated possession of the ball for the whole game which appears to be a vital element of the Dennis Wise style of play that the squad have adopted. The control of the play allowed the team to score the goals they required; the goals came from Juan Mata who also received the man of the match award, Demba Ba who started a match for the first time this season and Victor Moses who is trying to gain a first team place ahead of the preferred Oscar.

Dennis Wise:This match was the perfect way to start the Champions League campaign. It was great to see Demba Ba score a goal and repay the faith I showed in him to give him the starting striker position. I feel that he has accepted he won’t be starting many games with the form that Lewandowski is in but I have the upmost respect for him to come into the team and put in 100% for the club.

Great win, nice to see Ba getting on the scoresheet.

Great win, nice to see Ba getting on the scoresheet.

2013-08-07 14:08#126021 Arvind : Great win, nice to see Ba getting on the scoresheet.

Everything seems to be going according to plan at the moment which is great. Ba really doesn't get the game time he deserves but every time he does play he plays so so well.

Always nice to see a Chelsea story from a writer of this quality, even better since it's with Wisey!

YAAAAAAAAAAY, WISEY. Also I know this story will be quality. You will do the little man proud, I'm sure of it.

Louis O: I am glad that my choice of team and manager have gone down well. Stay tuned for more updates.

Jozef: Another fan of Dennis Wise?!? I hope you have enjoyed reading the story so far.

Dennis Wise speaking to Chelsea TV:

When reflecting back on this past month all I can see is positives. My first experience of a match against Tottenham is one that I will certainly remember. Nobody gave us a chance. Everyone was singing the praises of Gareth Bale which is understandable...but one person cannot win you a game. The team performed extremely well with us showing great creativity which was reflected in the goals we scored.

I cannot praise the defence, particularly Petr Cech, highly enough as we did not concede a single goal in five games which is a tremendous achievement for the club. The defence seemed to have formed a solid understanding on the pitch which will stand us in good stead for the remainder of the season. Of course we may have to deal with injuries as the season goes on but I have no worries about any sudden drop in form. The players are training well and put in 100% into everything.

I have to say that the most significant result was the one at the end of the month against Manchester City. City will certainly be near the top of the league come May time so it is a great result for us to get at the early stages of the season. I felt that the correct tactics were used with the team taking a back step on the attacking side of the game which we need to do at times. We aren’t going to be to go into every game and attack from the outset but instead we need be a bit cleverer with our play and slowly get into a game.

It has been a very good start to the season. It is way too early to start discussing the title but if we carry on like this then I am sure we will be thereabouts at the end of the season.

I would also like to thank the manager’s association for choosing me as the English Premier Division Manager of the Month.

Great update, what a set of results, Schalke, Man C and Tottenham all losing to the mighty Wise man. Sorry I haven't commented much on this before. I was in Italy for 2 weeks so I must of missed quite a few updates.

Great updates mate! Ayews 30% transfer fee seems skeptical to me... Good luck with Terry!