The Football.....

[dellzeqq]

Far FAR too early to come to that conclusion. Let 'em rest their legs a bit and see what happens next season. Really, all they needed last night was to still have Ivanovic to nob one in. Alas they were running into walls.

I'm afraid, Dan Bo, as Charles V had it, 'you can't argue with history'

 

[mangaman]

What? The Chelsea team contains one of the biggest play acting, diving cheats I have ever seen. Didier Drogba. As for playing football, you surely cannot be serious in thinking that over the 2 legs, Chelsea played better football than Barcelona?

Come on!

Every time a puff of wind came near a Barcelona player he fell over. They surround the referee after anyone has the timerity to tackle them.

Fabregas blatantly dived for the penalty.

EUFA have done everything in their power for years to help them, but last night they showed what a 1 dimensional manager they have. Against 10 men for most of the game and they still just passed it around in the middle of the field in little triangles allowing Chelsea to just sit back and defend.

Any decent manager would have tried something different - using more width, stretching chelsea, whatever.

The problem is they haven't the players to create a Plan B. (eg a big centre forward and some wingers on the bench)

Over the 2 legs chelsea deserved to win. It's not a beauty contest, it's a football match and Di Matteo and his team realised this.

 

[User169]

Come on!

Any decent manager would have tried something different - using more width, stretching chelsea, whatever.

The problem is they haven't the players to create a Plan B. (eg a big centre forward and some wingers on the bench)

Over the 2 legs chelsea deserved to win. It's not a beauty contest, it's a football match and Di Matteo and his team realised this.

A bid for Grant Holt in the offing, Mangles?

 

[Maz]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!

Didn't get to see the Chelsea/Barca game last night! Will have to make do with the highlights tonight!

 

[dan_bo]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!

Didn't get to see the Chelsea/Barca game last night! Will have to make do with the highlights tonight!

It was rubbish. don't bother.

 

[dan_bo]

Right. I'm no fan of Terry (who is these days?) but that sending off shouldn't have happened.

this

is bloody ridiculous.

 

[mangaman]

A bid for Grant Holt in the offing, Mangles?

He's not for sale at any price DP (although it would have been a better bet to sling him on with 20 minutes left and try a pass of more than about 5 yards or, heaven forbid, a cross)

 

[dellzeqq]

Every time a puff of wind came near a Barcelona player he fell over.

I don't think that's a nice way to describe John Terry...

Come on!
Fabregas blatantly dived for the penalty.

with Tom Daley looking a bit iffy, we should sign him up

Come on!
EUFA have done everything in their power for years to help them

see sending offs passim........The Special One is right - they've won one Champions League straight - the rest have been helped

Come on!
last night they showed what a 1 dimensional manager they have. Against 10 men for most of the game and they still just passed it around in the middle of the field in little triangles allowing Chelsea to just sit back and defend.
Any decent manager would have tried something different - using more width, stretching chelsea, whatever.

absolutely.

I remember the Nottingham Forest / Hamburg final. Forest pretty much parked the bus. It was received, rightly, as a glorious victory by scufflers against a much more accomplished team

 

[Smokin Joe]

Barcelona could have done with Big Sam taking charge for the second half. Tippy tappy football all across the park looks pretty, but there are times you need to "Stick it in the f*ckin' mixah" to liven things up a bit.

I suppose Terry was only being true to form really, it's not the first time he's suddenly taken someone from behind (allegedly).

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

HOOF!

 

[Ajay]

Drogba is one of the top 5 players in europe in the last ten years.

I first saw him at Anfield in 2004 when he got the equaliser for Marseille in a Europa League game. He looked a real player even back then, gave Carragher and Hyypia a torrid time.

 

[Maz]

Predictions for tonight's other semi?
I reckon Bayern will get through. Bayern win 2-0 tonight.

 

[007fair]

Predictions for tonight's other semi?
I reckon Bayern will get through. Bayern win 2-0 tonight.

I really hope so .. I hate the 'Special one'

But I think that Real will win 3-1

 

[ceepeebee]

I really hope so .. I hate the 'Special one'

But I think that Real will win 3-1

Holding out for a Bayern win, a Real vs Chelsea final may be the final straw and cause a divorce between me and football...

I thought the irony was particularly delicious when the player that "brought down" Cesc was king of gravity Drogba himself.

 

[PaulB]

Predictions for tonight's other semi?
I reckon Bayern will get through. Bayern win 2-0 tonight.

No, I see Real winning on the night and over the two legs.

And as with everything, you should look for the silver lining in every cloud and as we have to play Chelsea at Wembley in the FA Cup Final (my tickets arrived this morning - any of you Lahndahn boys have some spare rooms for the evening of 5th May by any chance? There's no way of us getting back with the railway works you see) last night's result has to be seen as a positive.