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chelsea v barcelona....

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score predictions....

2-0 chelsea.

in the words of mighty banzai!

bet now!
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Good old Banzai :)

I'll go for 3-1 Barca (and be pretty happy if that is how it goes...)

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I soooo hope much that barca will lose. And I hate Chelsea.

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Drogba!!! He has done everything this half. Come on you blues I want a Chelsea Real Madrid finale

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Not the greatest game I have ever seen, but a result is a result.

Wish drogba had played like he did vs spurs.

I dont like to see his theatrics, and I know that barcelona got away with it the previous time, but there was no need tonight.

Nice to see a ref manage a game well (for both teams pretty fairly to be honest), and not in centre stage.

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When Drogba is on form there really isn't any defense in the world that can contain him. And he always does well against Barcelona. The result isn't that surprising to be honest. Barca's away form in the knock out stages especially against top teams isn't that good. They either draw or lose. They couldn't beat Milan, Bayern, Real, United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Inter despite dominating Europe in recent years away from home. The Camp Nou is where the real action happens. They're a different team at home, there is a different kind of urgency and aggressiveness to score.

Wasn't really impressed with Chelsea either with all due respect. This game was different from the previous meeting at Stamford Bridge where Barcelona struggled to even get one shot through the Chelsea defense. This time chances were plenty, hit the post twice, Cech made some great saves, Ashley Cole cleared off the line and Busquets missed an open goal. It was more a case of 'bad finishing' rather than 'good defending'. Still a 50/50 chance either side could go through. If anyone could do it at Nou Camp its probably Chelsea. They have got to improve defensively though.

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I agree with Kabaddi, it wasn't good defence, it was bad finishing.

I just hope that Chelsea pass to the Final :D

Prediction : Barca 2-1 Chelsea
The blues pass on away goals.

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Next game is Barca: 3 vs Chelsea: 0 , Chelsea was lucky yesterday not to lose, but Santa Claus only comes once a year........

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i think there was a reason behind it. he didnt have much to do so when he did. hed throw himself on the floor to give the blues a chance to breath. didnt expect anything else from chelsea an i think we cud do the same at the nou camp.

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Chelsea = Anti - football , probably left over from the teachings of Mourinho...

but like it or not is the way it is ...

I think it will be very difficult for my beloved Barça to beat them soundly... 1-0 is the worst possible score.

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Chelsea never had the ball, what are they meant to do...

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it's not anti football.., they still attacked, they had the ball, why dont you guys actually watch the game...

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2-0 or 3-1 Barca. They haven't been great away all season, I think Chelsea really needed to take advantage of that, at least a 2-0 to have much chance. Their best hope is a scrambled/lucky away goal, which would make things more difficult for Barca. But I'd still expect them to overcome.

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rockstarroberts has made a pretty good point.

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Btw, sorry for the double post, I wanted to reply to KJ's comment.

True, it's very difficult for Chelsea now, but if they improve a bit on their defensive side, they might still go through if they manage a 0-0 draw.

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chelsea can only win if they score an early away goal.otherwise have no chance.

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I don't think Chelsea will score early but hit them in the break early 2nd half I think it will be 2-1 Barca with a tense climax and Chelsea bodies flying to defend their goal

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@rockstarroberts

...because I actually watched the game and know what I'm talking about.

Of course you may have your taste on football and I have mine as simple as that.
For some people is win at all cost fine..is just a philosophy and Chelsea did what they could with what they had, play good defense and counterattack with sometimes a single forward...if you like that football fine ...

Some people love root beer for me is disgusting ...I prefer Malbec.

About the coming game my guess is that Barca will win 2-1 with this one goal score by Chelsea towards the end of the game and it will not be enough for Barça..

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0-2 or 1-2 loss for chelsea.

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Hai Barqa!!!

I have all the respect for Di Matteo, but this semi-final is the end for this year.
Hope Chelsea, Abramovich, will keep him on the bench,becouse he is a good coach.

3-0 Barqa - Chelsea.
Guardiola is the best coach at the moment.

Chears.

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I hope it will be Barcelona v Madrid in final seeing as Barca failed to beat their rivals but try and put it all behind them.

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Congrats to Chelsea.

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Well done Chelsea.

Platini, Barca and diving,.... nuff said.

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Well done chelsea they did everything with 10 player well done chelsea!











Forza Milan

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@jamie1976, clearly you haven't seen Drogba play. Chelsea won and rightly so. Stay classy...

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Revenge for being cheated 3 years ago, Platini will be livid :-)

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Across the 2 legs, a mystifying result. Sloppy letting in a goal so late in the 1st half and Messi misses a penalty... I just... As much as I ever let football make me depressed, this result depressed me.

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Even though I'm a Spurs fan, I'm kinda glad Chelsea made the finals. I actually hope they go on to win it too. I'm hoping it'll be Bayern Vs Chelsea in the final, and I'd like to see Torres score the only goal, what a fairytale end to what's been a woeful season in the Premier League. Torres having sucked so much to begin with earns legend status all of a sudden, and Di Matteo SHOULD get the job from that (I stress should because nothing suprises me with Abramovich), imagine bringing the Champions League and the FA cup titles home, surely Di Matteo would be more loved than what Hiddink was.

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typical, got up at 5am ish to watch the game, discover chelsea 1-0 down with terry been sent off, watched the 2nd barca goal go in, and thought, meh well this is over, so went back to sleep. Great result for Chelsea, bloody annoying for me lol

I hope they do win it, De Matteo deserves to, and it will be great to watch what Abramovic does with the job next season. He will lose whatever respect he has left if he went with anyone else over the manager who won him the champ league.

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Unfortunately the Final is in silver platter for the arrogant Mourinho one more time...
Four Chelsea players among them two central defenders Terry, Ramires, Meireles and Ivanovic will not be able to play the Final.

I don't think Bayern Munich will be able to escape Mourinho's scheme , Real Madrid will win 1-0 and advance...unfortunately...

And in the Final they will destroy the decimated Chelsea.

And we will have to tolerate one more time the antics of the arrogant Mourinho and worse than arrogant pretty boy Christin'a' Ronaldo.

Sad very sad...

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the torres goal is a great piece of football that seems to have been overlooked, he loses possession but then decides to run forward to the huge void left by the attack minded barcelona, amazingly the ball breaks to a chelsea defender (dunno who) when he tries to control it, the ball ricochets up onto his arm and there is a huge shout for handball from barca, but then he looks up and passes into the void, torres, still in his own half runs onto it and controls well, before advancing calmly and rounds the keeper,there is great anticipation and execution from both players in the move/goal..

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@jamie1976, you mean like how Benfica were cheated in the quaterfinals? Or Wigan? or Tottenham? And im sure if Platini or UEFA wanted Barcelona to go through they could have easily allowed the offside goal. Deluded.

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wont be easy, but they can win it without those four

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cjHyjnCfls

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Wigan were robbed, Spurs, well that is a 5-1 win, so I am sure Chelsea could give them one back. In 2009 Platini said that Barcelona were the model for all football clubs and Chelsea were a bunch of financially doped cheats just before the second leg to Barcelona, the ref for last night's game was selected by Platini's number two personally. Thankfully we came through it, to be fair the ref was not too bad, he fell for a few dives and gave some soft bookings but that was about it.

Over two legs Barca should have won, but they did not take their chances.

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My problem with Barca is the diving and play acting, check the above link. Every game, and Messi is over rated, great player in a team that is great and with a team afraid to tackle him, but other than that average.

Xavi, Inista, great players in any team.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYEy5XWKpnY&feature=fvwp&NR=1

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Seriously? Youtube? Are you kidding me mate, im not even going to click on those. Those videos are all made by someone who hates Barcelona, probably someone like yourself. There are countless videos like that against Chelsea, Droga, Terry or any other team/players. A ten year old can make them in less than 5 minutes in Sony Vegas or Movie Maker. Take my advice - don't take them for a gospel please.

And about the diving and playacting. The last time i checked Drogba did more than all of the Barca team combined in the semi finals. As for cheating and ref bias. Here is what Benfica coach said after they were knocked out by Chelsea, and i quote - "I want to congratulate my players because they played against Chelsea and the referee." He said a lot more.

If you want to criticise Barcelona, disrespect the club, call them cheaters, divers etc atleast be fair in doing so and not use double standards or else you're just going to look like a hyprocrite. The same stick that you use to measure Barcelona can also be used to measure Chelsea as well.

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@river - Surely if chelsea can overcome Barcelona at the Camp Nou with 10 men then they can overcome a Real Madrid with a few starters missing and time to prepare. Gawd i sound like i might be a closet Chelsea fan, im not, i swear.

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so I do hope that it will be Chelsea v Real Madrid final

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Chelsea vs Real Madrid will be the final. That's what I think.

@jamie - Messi overrated !?!?!?! You don't say !!! :P

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kabaddi21

Stick to cricket mate, football isnt for you.

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Barcelona are a great team, but they do cheat, it is there for all to see. They are not alone but it is awful stuff. I do not hate Barcelona, when they play football and stay on their feet and do not cheat they are a joy to watch.

Messi is a great player with the right players around him, against Chelsea they shut him down, he could not rise above them on his own. That is why I say he is over rated. People talk about him like is better than Maradona, Pele and Ronaldo (the real one), but he is more on the level with Zola. A great club player in the right team.

Look at Messi for Argentina? Does bugger all.

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I was at the first leg in London, once Messi ran into Terry, and threw himself over and held his face and rolled around. Then Sanchez did something similar on Meriles.

It is a special type of cheating they have.

But when they play well, great team. Had Villa played for them I am sure they would have won.

Football is about taking chances, Chelsea played like heroes and got what they deserved.

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@ivorylegend

lol neither is it for the English. Stick to darts.

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People like to over exaggerate when it comes to Barcelona. They're either amazing or cheaters. Chelsea have enough cheaters of their own. Anyway agree with you that Chelsea deserved to go through. They gave a lesson to Barcelona in finishing. In the first leg i felt Barca were unlucky but the second leg Chelsea defended AND attacked better than Barcelona. I hope they go on and win the whole thing now.

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with a decent amount of players out, no team really has an advantage, but i do think that chelsea will overcome bayern in germany and do it

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@kabaddi21

don't bother discussing with the the 'dart' experts is always the same thing ....you can say whatever you want about Messi , but to say that he cheats or exaggerates is just ridiculous, he keeps running even if they shot him , one can see time and time again. The problem is that many of the people that give opinions all they watch about Barcelona is a premade youtube video and a game or two during the Champions that's it ... but as I said forget it

Changing subjects against my prediction, Mourinho and Cristina are crying! what a pleasure . The two most arrogant subjects in the world lost fortunately.

My hat goes to Bayer Munich , what a team they are, well deserved win. They should have won/advance in regulation time , if it weren't for I guess the only mediocre to bad player they have that is number 9 Gomez, OMG how many goals that guy missed in the first leg and this one simply because he lacks the skills and technique. But they have first class players like Robben, Ribbery, Schwizegger (or something like that) Muller, Lham, a good defense and awesome GK.
Unbelievable Real Madrid playing at home and mostly waiting in their half of the field, for a counterattack. That is the courageous Mourinho. The initiative was mostly from BM. So happy RM is out.

Chelsea in my view has no chance in the final in Munich at home for BM. BM looks far superior , too bad that both teams will be missing so many starters (that is the only uncertain variable)

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bayern definitely doesn't look far superior

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superior is ok with you rockstarroberts? or a little bit superior? a bit superior? just tell me.

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Chelsea only played to defend themselves and even recognized by them, their coach and several players in multiple news outlets indicated that they saw that way as the only way ( i.e. two lines of one of 5 defenders and another of 4 and fast guy up there to run) to play Barcelona and have a chance.

Regardless of that the display of football by Bayern Munich in the first leg match and today was to me of excellent quality and yes far superior than that of Chelsea...again is matter of taste... (root beer is awful , Malbec is my drink :)
 
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