Chelsea - Barcelona. Big rivalry?

[HRiver 1,512]

Chelsea-Barcelona is a classic. Especially when we're the home team, the atmosphere is just brilliant when the two teams meet each other. Camp Nou doesn't quite make you feel that it's an European night, imo. The Bridge is a great venue for European nights.

[Term-X 7,891]

This 'rivalry' (broad term anyway), has actually been underplayed by the football world, non-chelsea fans and Barca fans. Granted the media pre & post match build up has been justly hyped up for what it is, due to the previous encounters. Barca fans (from what I've seen) like to shrug it off though, they don't want to dwell on it, or entertain the idea.

[Fhaarkas 39]

This 'rivalry' (broad term anyway), has actually been underplayed by the football world, non-chelsea fans and Barca fans. Granted the media pre & post match build up has been justly hyped up for what it is, due to the previous encounters. Barca fans (from what I've seen) like to shrug it off though, they don't want to dwell on it, or entertain the idea.

I think they are just in denial.

[Santiago. 1,500]

It is an intense rivalry when you look at the basic components that make one.

Past decade, what was it? 11 matches, Barca 4 wins, Drawn 2, Chelsea 5 wins.

The art and beauty that is the Spanish football vs the strength and the power of English football.

The fact that our own legends, di matteo, wise, zola, all have encountered barca and produced classic matches as well.

The fact that Messi has never scored a goal against us in 8 attempts, and literally taking down Barca's pathetic fan base by 15 percent.

Overall, in the past decade, think this takes the cake. You could even tell when the barca players step in at stamford bridge, they had a fear in their eye,especially messi. I think the style and way of football Chelsea have been playing the past 10 years, is too brute and frusturating for barca to cope with, and i think they all knew it before they approached the game. Just look at 2009, Lampard's slide tackle on Iniesta, i can guarantee you Iniesta had never had that done to him before. It is a totally different environment, style of football, and philosophy that is Chelsea fc, and i believe is every Spanish's bogey team.

Past decade

1. Chelsea vs Barcelona

2. Manchester United vs Bayern Munich

3. Liverpool vs AC MILAN

4. Arsenal vs Barcelona

5. Cheslea vs Liverpool

[pride of lions 59]

I still hate Barca in fact everything about them. They have the best players in the World and they still have to cheat, they have this holier than thou attitude that is vomit inducing. Total cunts, and as for Pep being a messiah, my mum could have won what he has won with them with that squad. Remember Avram Grant?

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

I'm just glad that we got our revenge. 3 years ago, after the Ovrebo match, they said 'Football' won. Well, 3 years later, 'Justice' has won.

[blue_swaggin_96 96]

the master of defense, meets the master of football.

tiki taka don't win you games, a good defense does!

We are a amazing team in Europe, we are feared has been feared ever since 2005!

if it wasn't for bosignwa mistake vs united in 10.11 season we would have been champions of europe for the second year running! but thas life!

[capriccioso 2,545]

We're not rival clubs. Nor will we ever be unless a European Super League is created. Just because both sets of teams and supporters loathe each other does not make it a rivalry.

Fulham and QPR are bigger rivals to us than Barcelona, IMO.

[Spike 12,049]

We're not rival clubs. Nor will we ever be unless a European Super League is created. Just because both sets of teams and supporters loathe each other does not make it a rivalry.

Fulham and QPR are bigger rivals to us than Barcelona, IMO.

So you say...

Rival

Noun:A person or thing competing with another for the same objective or for superiority in the same field of activity.

[nullabletype 987]

We're not rival clubs. Nor will we ever be unless a European Super League is created. Just because both sets of teams and supporters loathe each other does not make it a rivalry.

Fulham and QPR are bigger rivals to us than Barcelona, IMO.

Nonsense.

So you say...

Rival

Noun:A person or thing competing with another for the same objective or for superiority in the same field of activity.

Sense.

[royg 96]

Even during CL lotteries, almost all will smile and say another classic in the making. Only shows people perceives the 2 clubs are European rivals.

And we all know that Barcelona could only able to beat us whenever we are down to 10 men.

[capriccioso 2,545]

The day they chuck pigs heads at Romeu, Deco and Belletti is the day I will agree.

[Shane 2,275]

Big Rivalry? We've played them in a few ties over the last few years, Hardly a fucking big rivalry.

They are our competition, not rivals. I don't hate everything about Barca like I do about Spurs or The Arse.

[capriccioso 2,545]

Rivalry is a two way thing. Present this idea to Barca fans and they'll lol themselves to death.

On a semi-related subject, here's Xavi showing the world what a classy gentleman he is:

'Mourinho is not going to go down in football history. For me, Guardiola is the best and has been the best during the four years he spent in charge. He has revolutionised football. Chelsea won the Champions League this year and yet Barca remain the benchmark for world football'.

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

Xavi's recent comments have caused me to lose a lot of respect for him. He is a sore loser and all round prick it seems.