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For those who never got the scoop, or refuse to get, Chelsea features prominently in Barcelona's recent history; if the four-time Champions League winners are not benefitting from controversial referee calls on their way to winning the Holy Grail of the European game at Chelsea's expense as in 2006 and 2009 in the Anders Frisk/Tom Ovrebo-gates respectively, they are getting knocked-out by the only Champions League winners from London.
How UEFA or fate apparently love seeing a Barcelona-Chelsea fight!Perhaps to buttress this point, former Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola, now at German champions Bayern Munich, today [Wednesday] has come out to intimate to everyone how Chelsea played the defining role in his career turn when they broke his heart on their way to winning the title in 2012.
The 43-year who was speaking in an interview included in the Audi car company`s annual report recalled on how the Chelsea defeat prompted him to end his reign as Barcelona`s most successful coach when he could no longer motivate his star players.
"If you can no longer reach your players, as a coach, the time has come to move on,"
Guardiola said in a rare opening up about his departure from the Spanish giants.
The Catalan maestro, who won several titles including one and two Champions League titles as player and coach respectively with his local team, said that defeats are "moments of great sadness" like when "the floodlights suddenly go out."
"Seeing Barcelona go out against Chelsea in the Champions League semi final in 2012 was just such a moment.
"We were better than our opponents, but then conceded an unnecessary goal in the return leg, and before we knew it we were out of the competition.
"That was a really tough defeat for me. I felt like I could no longer reach my team."
It could be recalled how Chelsea legend Roberto Di Matteo masterminded a 3-2 aggregate win in the landmark semi-final and Pep now says the defeat prompted his decision to end his four years in charge of Barcelona "to recharge his batteries", in faraway New York.
Now for those who argue Chelsea ain't the best English team in Europe...and all that, one wonders where the likes of Arsenal and Man Utd, who have both suffered embarrassing defeats in the hands of the Barcelona team that was popularly regarded as the 'best team in football history', were when Chelsea were busy chasing out the genius of Guardiola across the Atlantic to America.
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, who will be 4th 
(those? who frequently troll in MU page??), hopefully not us.
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