Chelsea vs Barcelona thread

[Crayo]

Who's that?

 

[Tombstone Piledriver]

You're good friend HOLGER BADSTUBER, DEFENSIVE BEAST.

 

[Crayo]

Aka - Fail defender no one knows

 

[Tombstone Piledriver]

Badstuber is a very solid defender, in addition to having the highest pass completion rate - 88%- of any player on the pitch in versus Real. But I think that pic was photoshopped but I ain't sure.

Anyway:

Italian tactics utilized by DI MATTEO.

 

[Crayo]

Clever man. He should definitely get the Chelsea job - Chelsea's team is so bad now, yet they're winning all the time under Roberto.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

They should have saved the Italian tactics for Camp Nou IMO. Yea, they won 1-0, but they needed to get another goal or two to give themselves a realistic chance of advancing IMO. Yea, they would have opened themselves up and Barca likely could have put a couple in the net themselves, but that's the risk they had to take. No way Chelsea is going to Spain and containing Barca.

 

[Crayo]

Inter Milan went to spain and contained Barca, when Barca were in their prime. Also Inter had 10 men.

Chelsea are a strong squad, I think there was no point "saving" them tactics. They'll simply re-use them at Camp Nou. Winning 2-1 is much worse than winning 1-0 in the CL.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Inter Milan went to spain and contained Barca, when Barca were in their prime. Also Inter had 10 men.

Chelsea are a strong squad, I think there was no point "saving" them tactics. They'll simply re-use them at Camp Nou. Winning 2-1 is much worse than winning 1-0 in the CL.

True not conceding the away goal is important. Still don't see Chelsea advancing with only one goal in hand.

 

[Crayo]

Neither do I. I think they can contain for a while but Barca score loads once they score one. However, can it be much worse at the Camp Nou? I saw on Sky Sports that Barca had 79% possession in first half and 83% possession in 2nd half yet Chelsea won with one shot on target. What's going to be different at Camp Nou? Barca will attack attack attack, Chelsea will defend defend defend and counter attack, it's do-able.

We saw Barca's best team yesterday, well, minus Pique.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Chelsea was also incredibly lucky to not concede yesterday. The shot off the post in the first half and the chances Barca had to equalize in the closing minutes are opportunities that will result in goals 90% of the time.

Barca will win something like 3-0 or 4-1 I think.

 

[Crayo]

Not sure how many Barca games you watch but they miss a ton of chances every game, lol.

It won't be 3-0 or 4-1 no way in my opinion, Chelsea are too strong at the back for that. It'll be a tense nervous affair. 2-0 or 3-1 I think.