Nando Watch is a weekly post chronicling Fernando Torres' performance during his second season at Chelsea. Considering his one goal debut season for the club, the only way he can go during this season is up. Today was Chelsea's first match in their Champions League campaign and Nando & Co. kicked it off with a bang.
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By Kayla
Chelsea started off their Champions League campaign with a bang yesterday as they pulled out a 2-0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen. For a squad that is constantly accused of being too old, Chelsea controlled the pace of the match and that pace was set to light speed.
Before the match it was rumored that Fernando Torres would be benched due to his recent questionable performances, and reports that he colored his veteran teammates in an unflattering light probably didn't help his case. Despite reports to the contrary, Fernando Torres played the entire match. Again, Nando turned in another scoreless performance, but he certainly stated his case for Andres Villas-Boas. Not only did Fernando assist in both goals scored, the second assist was a result of unselfishly giving up a chance to score by passing to his fellow Spainard Juan Mata, who easily slotted the ball into the net.
It's easy to get caught in the fact that Nando has only scored one goal during his time at Chelsea. The job of the striker is to put the goals in the net after all. However, Fernando's performance yesterday showed flashes of the brilliance he's been lacking for some time. If he keeps playing that way, he'll be back to his goal scoring ways in no time. He doesn't seem to be too concerned since he gave up a chance for his teammate to score, so no one else should be too concerned either.
Kayla is a writer, co-editor & co-founder of The Captain's Armblog. She enjoys eating too many sweets, writing, and still defends Fernando Torres (mama always said to never be a quitter). Send her digital candies to thecaptainsarmblog@gmail.com
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