Closed Chelsea 1 - 0 Barcelona

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

El Classico will surely take its toll on Barca. That is always their toughest match of the year, and this time it's their last chance to win La Liga.

Hopefully Madrid show up and give Barca the match of their life, running them ragged and hopefully a few of Farca's players will pick up a knock.

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Hopefully Madrid show up and give Barca the match of their life, running them ragged and hopefully a few of Farca's players will pick up a knock.

I know Jose will help us. He kicked us out of Europe in 2010 and we went on to win the league it is all an elaborate plan. mourinho will tell his players to kick the hell out of messi and we will go through. mark my words

[English Freak 456]

Since when has playing at home been equated with finishing chances? That's not a given. They could turn up and be rubbish again, they lack natural finishers now that Villa's out for the season.

Well...when you get 2 penalties at your home ground (like Barca did against Milan), it gives you a much greater chance of 'scoring goals' & hence winning the match...and what's to say Barca's players don't take a few dives in the penalty area against Chelsea?

[ulsterchelsea 3,213]

they lack natural finishers now that Villa's out for the season.

eh Messi! 63 goals this season and an extremely natural finisher

[capriccioso 2,545]

eh Messi! 63 goals this season and an extremely natural finisher

Forgot to mention him :P/:Goober:

[Krypt 241]

Just got these for a few people. Uploaded just now, enjoy!

Hey Steve

Any chance i can use one of these as a new Avatar ?

[Steve 10,227]

Hey Steve

Any chance i can use one of these as a new Avatar ?

Go for it!

[Milan 17,835]

Another encouraging stats - we have managed to score in every away game in this Champions League season so far.

[Jase 43,479]

Another encouraging stats - we have managed to score in every away game in this Champions League season so far.

IF you want more encouraging stats:

1. Chelsea have scored first in all 11 of their Champions League games this season.

2. Chelsea have opened the scoring first in 12 of 13 matches under RDM. The other was a 0-0 draw against Spurs at SB.

3. Barcelona have conceded in all Champions League home games this season except against Bate Borisov & Viktoria Plzen. Milan scored 3 in 2 matches against them at the Camp Nou while even Leverkusen got one there.

[Jase 43,479]

Just checked the UEFA site. Seems that after picking up a yellow card on Wednesday, Ramires is one away from a UCL suspension. Not good.

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Just checked the UEFA site. Seems that after picking up a yellow card on Wednesday, Ramires is one away from a UCL suspension. Not good.

Drogba as welll

[Jase 43,479]

Drogba as welll

Nah. He is fine. That was his 1st yellow of the competition this season. Luiz(out injured anyway), Ivanovic, Meireles, Cole & Ramires are the ones 1 YC away from a UCL suspension.

[capriccioso 2,545]

They have a piss poor defence these days what with injury taking its toll and all. We should score 1, then we have that vital 2 goal buffer to shut them out a la Inter 2010.

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

They have a piss poor defence these days what with injury taking its toll and all. We should score 1, then we have that vital 2 goal buffer to shut them out a la Inter 2010.

Yep. We need a goal at the Nou Camp if we are any hope of going through

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Chelsea “studied Milan” in order to beat Barca

ROBERTO DI MATTEO explains Chelsea have managed to beat Barcelona by looking at Milan.

Chelsea surprised the world last night after beating FC Barcelona with a great defensive display (or an example of anti-football – depends which side you support), taking the advantage in the UCL semi-finals.

The Blues performance was similar to what Milan did against Barcelona in the previous round, but the difference is Didier Drogba’s goal from a counter-attack. Chelsea admit they learned from Milan.

“Our preparations for the game against Barça were based on the tactical approach that Milan used when they played versus Barça,” Chelsea’s Swiss-born Italian boss Roberto Di Matteo said, as reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport. “By studying how Milan played against Barça, we were able to stop them last night.”

Chelsea vice-captain Frank Lampard said: “We watched the 2 matches that Milan played against Barçelona, and then we understood what we had to do against them. The second leg will be a great one.”

Milan’s brilliant home display (defensively) was not enough as they conceded three goals at the Camp Nou Stadium also due to a poor refereeing. The second leg will be played in Spain next Tuesday.

I assume they'd do this anyway? In any case, well done to Di Matteo for setting up in a more effective way.

[Jase 43,479]

They have a piss poor defence these days what with injury taking its toll and all. We should score 1, then we have that vital 2 goal buffer to shut them out a la Inter 2010.

Depends on who score first. The longer we can keep it at 0-0, the more chance that we have to go through. Key thing here is not conceding early.

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They have a piss poor defence these days what with injury taking its toll and all. We should score 1, then we have that vital 2 goal buffer to shut them out a la Inter 2010.

we wont score with torres, mate

drogba has to start. even an 80% fit drogba

[Jase 43,479]

I assume they'd do this anyway? In any case, well done to Di Matteo for setting up in a more effective way.

Saw someone mentioned on Twitter that RDM went to talk to Hiddink about this game. Not sure if it is true because no one picked up on it but it makes sense if he did anyway.