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Elber2k3;2662714 said:Nah he did get booked for it, but he shouldn't be, stupid rule.
http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15279/match=302812/report=ev.html
Mandieta6;2663126 said:I fail to understand how anyone can say that Barca deserved to win based on the 2nd leg. If this was the way they played all season, I also don't get why they're being praised so much. It was entirely one-dimensional. Pass the ball around and do absoluely nothing with it. 60+% posession, 1 shot on goal. Footie has 3 core elements, defending, attacking and maintaing posession, and Barca only did one of those properly. Chelsea did 2. When we attakced, we attacked properly, when we defended, we defended excellently.
I can't even praise Barca for attacking with any invention or intelligence. Every second or third ball was a cross for a header, which is retarded considering you had no one in attack who could compete with our defenders in the air. I'm surprised they even attempted crossing the ball, I mean, they knew not to do it in corners, why not just hoof the ball back to the defense and try over? Would've worked better.
Over the to legs, I really think we deserved to go through. We defended flawlessly, and attacked with real danger. I can't describe how disappointing it was to have the victory snatched away like that, as well as a classic fixture being marred by shoddy refereeing. If people wanna say that Barca deserved to be in the final because of their whole season, I won't challenge that, but the semis did not show them to be ao deserving, IMO.
And anyone who says Chelsea sat back in the 2nd leg either didn-t watch it, or doesn-t understand the sport. Barca, like Spain, is a possession team. Pass, pass, pass, until you find an opening. They keep the ball. You can't attack without the ball, so we didn't attack as much, but we did attack better. Bad finishing and some good keeping by Valdes saved Barca in both legs.
Anyway, good luck and win the cup while you're at it.
MaestroZidane;2663182 said:can anybody remember the last time a game created so much heat here in these forums??
Nady;2662948 said:Barca fans here are so biased. Not worth it reading this thread. This thread SUCKS BIG TIME!
big al;2663193 said:well i think its a rivalry thats been growing from some years now... and to be honest iam happy its chelsea cause its team i respect very much....
the modern rivalry.
Zakov;2663116 said:http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=644051&sec=uefachampionsleague&cc=4716
Meanwhile Barca coach Pep Guardiola has praised captain John Terry for his behaviour after last night's semi-final defeat.
Despite Terry's disappointment, he visited the Barcelona dressing room and shook hands with each member of their playing and coaching staff. It was an act of sportsmanship for which the Barca team and staff applauded him out of the room.
''I want to thank John Terry for coming into the dressing room and congratulating us,'' said Guardiola. ''He's a true gentleman.''
Really proud to have this bloke as our captain. He's probably the most disappointed of the lot but still managed to pull himself through. Legend.
Filipower;2663162 said:Well, the same way you can say Chelsea deserved it because they managed to keep Barça from shooting and scoring and defended well, you can say Barça deserved it because they managed to score at the Bridge with a single attempt... There's so many variables in this "deserve" game that it's hard to really settle the argument..
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thelordspawn;2663362 said:the ballack one reminds of the the arsenal player and van nistelrooy one forget which arsenal player ti was