Alves too. He had a bad game I think. Cole defended well against him.

This post has been edited by ahaksz28: Apr 19 2012, 04:49 AM

hopefully barca dont conceed goal at camp nou

boring but effective I'd say

Beg to differ there. That shows we have found through their defence a number of times, although we weren't at our highest intensity. I think we played absolutely well. We just didn't have luck. The players knew it, hence the wry smiles on their faces.

I'm absolutely positive for the return leg

wasteed soooooooo many chances. alexis and cesc both had clear goalscoring chance. too bad.

nvm so far we never fail to score in camp nou.

anyway, congrats to chelsea. may the best team win

I think he did alright up till the point sanchez got subbed. Dani and alexis on the right can deal loads of damage. Once alexis left, all the work on the right is almost exclusively dani's. Sorry pedrobear, i love you but you are just not finding your feet this season.. Of that 20 mins on the pitch i think i saw him slip at least 3 times. AT LEAST.

That depends on personal perspective. For me Chelsea's defence was not that effective. If so we wouldn't be able to hit their post twice, and squandering other chances as well.

No doubt Barcelona had the better of chances but they had so much of the ball but when I see Messi gets the ball, there's 8 players he has to get passed!!

Two shots hitting the woodwork, goal bound shot cleared off the line and opponent scoring from their only shot on target. Sums up Liverpool's season XD

effective ma @ss.

Just to prove we aint sore losers, or oni know how to complain etc etc (idea that jose plants into you fanbois heads).. Chelsea deserved it, luck played a massive part, but you won it fair and square, unlike some other teams (u know who) who stamp and shove at the first opportunity. So i think, and i hope many here will agree, they deserve all the credit, good game, and see u in camp nou, if that game is played cleanly like this one, and we lose, i will be the first to congratulate you.

This post has been edited by myhotgary2: Apr 19 2012, 05:03 AM

fact!

u gotta give chelsea some credits. they did well. we screwed up. and the tie is far from over...

pep said so

Guardiola: "Deserved more? Result is what it is, you've to congratulate Chelsea. Probably our semi with most chances, but we didn't score."

This post has been edited by sepulse: Apr 19 2012, 05:04 AM

True that, everybody have their own opinion. No harsh feelings k bro.
=)

Not to forget excellent refereeing today too

I tot we played alright, and we can hold our heads up high, we took the game to chelsea, played the same way from start to end. Could've done better with the goal but remeires did extremely well there too so credit to him. And we definitely need to be more clinical, esp this saturday.

Btw did Messi got his shot on target tonight?

i beg to difer bro, if there is ever a scoreline Chelsea wants to bring to Nou Camp is 1-0 is the perfect advantage, 2-0 is almost impossible ain't it..its Barcelona we are talking about
heck to start things off, despite the first leg stamford bridge, Barcelona was still favorites to win...but left with a defeat
Keep in mind if Chelsea can defend like that, they can do the same at Nou Camp....a goal for Chelsea @ Nou Camp
simply means Barcelona need "3", Chelsea will park the mighty bus in front of their goal and unleash people Torress for counter attacks
I may be wrong, it may go horribly wrong for Chelsea at Nou Camp, but as it stands definitely advantage Chelsea.


Beg to difer as well
The amount of passes intercepted, shots block..etc etc was just excellent from Chelsea POV
of course Barcelona would still have their chances, it's Barcelona after all, the best attacking side ever imo...that's a compliment.
And considering from Barcelona perspective their chances was kept at Minimal, the fact that Barcelona failed to score simply means Chelsea tactics and defensive was all in all spot on, Ugly but brilliant.

You are right in a way but i think you got his message wrong, we did not mean to take credit away from them. They were phenomenal, but trust me, I have seen other teams (yes, in la liga too, and yes teams in la liga do defend) defend better. I could easily name a few of the top of my head, bilbao, getafe, sociedad.. It probably wasnt because chelsea's defence were not as good as these other teams in those games, it could be because barca kicked it up a notch in intensity, afterall those were league matches and this is UCL semis. Which was a positive point for us, cause even on a messi off day, which is quite a rarity, we did create a good number of chances. Then again, all i can say is chelsea made a gamble, stuck to it, played hard and never gave up, with just a bit of help from lady luck and it has succeeded. So, well played.

You are right about that possible away goal advantage, but we'll see if it will be scored. The key word is POSSIBLE. Nevertheless, you ARE leading one goal to nil, of course you are at advantage la..

On an unrelated issue, at least we can have some breath of fresh air after all that accusations of diving/match making/uefalona.
I know, i know i am just being too optimistic.

This post has been edited by myhotgary2: Apr 19 2012, 05:37 AM

I don't believe in relying on the final score to judge the performance of a team.

For the number of interceptions Chelsea made, it is not a revelation. In fact, it is expected by everyone, considering the number of bodies they threw at the back. And despite of the bus, we still had found our way through their defence. Do you get my POV?

And how was our number of chance kept at minimal? If we convert one of our chances you won't be singing the same tune. Yes the fact is we didn't score. I just want to point out that how ordinary and brilliant gameplays (especially defending) are only separated by a very very thin line these days.

In Nou Camp, hopefully we got an honest referee just like this game. Amin. Still remember Ovrebo? No? We still remember him. How many penalty did he did turn blind?

Exactly. People are quick to judge based on the scoreline. Of course football is all about goals scored, since points come from it. But the teams you mentioned, they defended against us much better than Chelsea did. They did it in such a way that they constructed their defensive tactic that allow them not only to defend effectively, but allow smooth transition to attacking mode. For me that is much better way of defence.