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That was hard work to watch, they just play such great football but for what they can do offensively, we can do defensively and yeah, we had a lot of luck but you need luck in these games because you're playing the best team in the history of football. Our defence were superb, Ashley Cole had his best game of the season and the rest were equally as good at the back, as was Cech with some crucial saves. Yes, they made 600 passes more than us and had 80% possession but that's because we had the goal, we had something to hold on to, they desperately wanted the away goal and they were not gonna get it! Immense courage, i don't know wtf was going on from October to January but something has clearly changed a lot. If only those 3 months were better, we'd be in the top 3 and could possibly relax a bit more in the league but there's no rest bite. On the other hand, because Drogba and Lampard didn't play that much under AVB, they are not so shattered and kinda ok at this stage of the season and i think they will be crucial for our run in. Barca have actually played more games than us and look how they played today. So glad we got the goal and held on, perfect performance.

This performance will make his Chelsea career, i'm so pleased for him, he must be feeling over the moon. He's just beat Barcelona ffs he's settled into the team and helped form that defence that was so good for so long. Unbelievable performance.

This site has more traffic than the M25! Messi could be injured too, amazing. Good ol' English rain. Anyway, i'm gone! Laterz!

Think i'm gonna have a heart attack, that was a scary fucker of a half and we're actually winning? My life. We've shown we can create chances and they do not have a good defence, we have to get at them again. Caution is key of course but we can't just defend, we have to try n score again. My heart is doing overdrive.

10 minutes to go, time for me to get off here and watch it properly. So nervous but hey.... What can we do? Nout. Be back at H/T i suppose.

I've had my Chelsea shirt on all day and will sleep in it if we win.

Great picture And there's Ferrer too in our front row, ex Barca and us of course who does punditry for la liga. Memories. 5-1 was actually a bit harsh too, we were actually 7 minutes from going through until they made it 3-1 and then actually done us in extra time.

"I think the refs gave you somewhat of an advantage tbf." Excuse me?

He scored against Forest too in the FA Cup so he's scored 2.

I've seen Mikel and Shevchenko score live in the same game so eat that! (vs Forest lol) The best case scenario would be 0-0 here and score an injury time goal there to make it 1-1 and go through on away goals after they are denied a blatant penalty or 2 prior to it. Can imagine Lampard smashing in Iniesta-esque. I think it would be good to see Drogba and Torres together, both have great records against Barca and history with them. Mata - Drogba - Torres.

Dirty challenges, long balls, 4 CBs and 2 CDMs, that's how we roll today. Counter attack football and what some might say 'anti-football', they dont like playing against that, never have done. Shame the pitch is looking nice, we shoulda ripped it to bits so the ball can't roll properly. Oh well. Strange to see that Martin Tyler and Ray Wilkins thinks Torres will start ahead of Drogba.... No fucking way will he! Getting nervous now anyway.... Still feels a bit strange after losing to Liverpool in the CC at home and Leverkusen away and feeling like i was supporting a bottom half bunch of retards, We're in an FA Cup final and the UCL Semi. It just doesn't seem right. That's why i booked this week off from last Friday for Tottenham, Arsenal & Barcelona. No work, just focus on this. 1 down, 2 to go.

The main fact that most people are mentioning is that Barcelona don't have the best defence so that's why a 0-0 draw is not a good result at all. They are the best team in the world but most of them have struggled and lost against us in the past and i know that if we go hard at them, we can score 2 or 3 unquestionably. Chelsea 3 Draw 4 Barca 3 Barca have never beaten Chelsea when we have had 11 men on the pitch (dunno if that includes matches prior to 2004/05) and Barca haven't beaten Chelsea inside 90 minutes in the last 5 games.

Petr Cech will be happy....

Congratulations to Reading. Back to the premiership they go. 15 wins in 17 games. Amazing run.

Glad i didn't put that on, can never rely on West Ham. I think Reading made you worry a bit tho didn't they lol. Winner with like 10 mins to go.

Decent result for both teams really. It will probably be a shit el classico final but football is a funny ol' game. Madrid have their away goal, 1-0 does for them. You dont really want to see a UCL final where one is actually at home do you? They should not even allow that.

I think the bet i just put above has a chance, maybe put Luton on that and could get to 20's. Never know

Can't post in the European competition thread. It's still in archive.

so tempted to put a bet on but just can't judge this crazy season. That's crazy, musta been a bit gutted when Malouda struck and sealed the yids biggest nightmare. Reading, Portsmouth, Cardiff, Southampton and West Ham to win, 10/1. Looks a good bet to me

I think he's been brilliant for us but i do fear him against Barcelona. On the other hand, he came to us for this so he should be more than enough pumped up for it. He joined Chelsea for this occasion. Would be a great story if he did play and break Messi in half with a good ol' crunching challenge (fairly).

Drogba has to be in somewhere, he's the most unplayable striker the premiership has ever seen. Imagine Henry and Drogba up front.... On a

No i do

If we draw 0-0 we'll get beat away so we have to win. Barca will score at the camp nou for definite. We need a 2 goal win to stand a chance. That being said, Arsenal beat Barcelona last season and were a Bendtner 1 on 1 away from going through with 1 shot in the whole game (had he scored). I think Barca were better last season, their away form hasn't been that great this season and i firmly believe we can win the first leg. Mata's interview is good, he seems confident, he's played these enough and has friends there, they're just another team to him. We're Chelsea, not Bolton. Of course we can win a home match against anybody. We have to win tho.

Think we regret buying you too so the feelings mutual

Soooo agree. This has been 23 years, it's now Liverpool's own history and if they want to grieve, they can grieve it. It's their grief, their history and their problem. Of course, in an official minutes silence, it should be observed but its just ancient history now like so many other things. Maybe there should be a minutes silence for every Liverpool game on the anniversary but that's all imo. Move on. It certainly adds to the Final though