Champions League Round of 16 (13th Feb - 14th Mar)

Barcelona really struggling to get through Chelsea's defence and Chelsea have had two great chances.

Could go either way this match
 
Chelsea might regret these missed opportunities. They look much more likely to score first at this moment.
 
What a borefest, Barca just causally passing the ball around at a snails pace doing feck all.
 
Wayne's World said:
Barcelona really struggling to get through Chelsea's defence and Chelsea have had two great chances.

Could go either way this match
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It's when Chelsea have defended higher up the pitch they've really capitalised. When Barca have the ball with their keeper and defenders they've struggled to find midfielders, and when Chelsea do turn it over Barca haven't the time to reset their own defense.
 
Chelsea coming into it now. They've come the closest to scoring. Barca seem to be missing something. They are keeping the ball for the sake of just keeping the ball. There's nothing in the final third. Courtois had nothing to do despite Barcelona monopolizing possession.
 
Chelsea will be happy
Game plan gone well and could be leading
 
Without the goal from Müller that would have been a disappointing 1.half.
 
Paulinho is atrocious. Slows every counter down because he isn't good enough to get the ball out from under his feet and play the pass.

He has no business being alongside Messi and Suarez. From Neymar to Paulinho :eek:
 
Chelsea have done very well to come back into the game after hardly touching the ball in the first thirty minutes.

They look more likely to score.
 
Has there been a team who gives more problems to Barca? I remember them facing each other 4 times, with each team eliminating the other twice (although it should have been 3-1 in favor of Chelsea), and neither the form, nor the quality of teams seem to matter. Chelsea always seem to be a very prepared team for Barca. They must absolutely hate facing Chelsea.
 
Chelsea grew into the game very well.

Barca's possession is so aimless and boring to watch.
 
Iniesta is a player to bring in the last 30 minutes this kind of games, he's going to be a waste for 60 minutes, and once Chelsea are a little tired he will be in a worse condition than them to do something
 
Barca look very limited in games like this when Messi doesn't have the ball. do they have at least one player that can dribble like Hazard or shoot like William or Alonso?
 
How have Chelsea been the better team? Because Willian should have scored two screamers? Both teams are playing within themselves which fits Barcelona. If Chelsea are relying on a rocket from Willian then it's bad news when they go to the Camp Nou.
 
God my heart is pounding from that half from the jumping around. This feels like one of those matches where we'll have great chances and Barca will capitalise. I hope I'm wrong though. :nervous:
 
Revan said:
Has there been a team who gives more problems to Barca? I remember them facing each other 4 times, with each team eliminating the other twice (although it should have been 3-1 in favor of Chelsea), and neither the form, nor the quality of teams seem to matter. Chelsea always seem to be a very prepared team for Barca. They must absolutely hate facing Chelsea.
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There's not a team in the world I'd like to torch more than Chelsea, just score 4 goals in a half and be done with them, it's alaways the same and yeah, I hate facing them
 
adexkola said:
I would like to reiterate that hitting the bar is not a great shot, and is as useful as skying it into row Zed
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... Hitting the post from outside the box means the shot is pretty damn good, just unlucky.

No fecking shit it doesn’t count as a goal. Thanks for the insight.
 
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