The Chelsea team and fans are happy that they didn’t concede a goal against Barcelona at the Nou camp. Even the british press are going gaga over the 0-0 result; they somehow believe that the Chelsea team that had just one shot on target yesterday will suddenly become a world beater at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea was an embarrassment wrapped up in disappointment yesterday. One shot on target against Barcelona is poor. First half possession was 80-20 to Barcelona; reminded me of the 3rd round of the FA cup when the premiership sides take on conference teams.
One shot on target and that one shot came from a short back pass to the goal from Rafael Marquez. They probably wouldn’t have that shot on target without that mistake.
Nine defenders and the man of the match goalkeeper is not how to win the champion’s league. If Chelsea wins this competition I will stop writing this blog. Football played this way is just ugly and I can’t believe that Guus Hiddink feels he can win this tie playing this way.
Some believed that Chelsea’s only chance of scoring was from a set-piece but they only got two in the whole game so that wouldn’t have worked. Employing Michael Essien, Mikel Obi and Michael Ballack as holding midfielders was a plan to stifle the midfield which didn’t work too well but really frustrated the Barca players and the TV viewers worldwide.
Chelsea fans might think that tactical fouls to break up the flow of Barcelona’s passing was the proper thing to do but this is what is expected of teams in the championship and not a team with pretensions of being a powerhouse in Europe.
Is Chelsea playing for penalties? In a two-legged tie, can one team do that from the first leg?
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