Ha! True that!

He went down a crap load of times I thought they would have added more time at the end, he did score a nice goal though and was Chelsea's biggest threat

Busquets and Drogba actually train together sometimes

Agreed that Busquets goes down often, but Drogba - seriously? Spent more time crying on his @ss than on his feet. If big ol' Didier has trouble staying on his feet with little Mascherano, god help him and us all next week when Pique is back

If referee gives you a last minute penalty then, , , ,

I don't think they will need it^ they put a large amount of pressure on Chelsea just not enough clear cut chances but at Camp Nou those chances usually come in numbers I find it very hard for Chelsea to concede less then 2

@ KidRobe I was surprised by Chelsea's disciplined defence if they manage to do the same job on defending then its possible to hold on

I agree with you but Barca at home have been superb this season it's a longshot but definitely possible

Actually they had a lot of clear cut chances. They just didn't finish which is what counts. It was pretty crowded in the area around the box but Barca did open up Chelsea quite a few times. Camp Nou won't be the same. Besides I do think that the ref allowed some roughing up. Early cautions makes defenders nervy. Cahill and Terry should have been booked very early. Then it wouldn't have been that easy to crash into offensive players

Chelsea held Barca to 0 goals at Camp Nou 3 years ago. Totally different team and status, but it can be done

Derp

f**k you moron!

Yep lol.... We have never won a game without paying the referee.    Good brain on you son!

@Parham44666 F**k you too C**T, didn't you watch the game and still don't know the score?  Wake up lol chelsea won the match

Utd fan making jokes about refs favoring a team? LAWL

Why not man? I would like to say Barcelona are in front on every aspect of game including diving, cheating, getting referee's favor and I would like to be honest they play beautiful football too

The camp nou pitch is larger?

Yes, Stamford Brige is a relatively small pitch compared to the Camp Nou it doesn't seem like much but for Barca's style a large pitch helps them out more

You would think at a professional level that pitches would all have a standard size. According to Wikipedia, apparently this isn't the case!

Interesting that you pointed that out, KidRobe

Won't be easy to cover the back from killer balls at Camp Nou

Camp Nou is actually wider by about 1. 3 meters and longer by about 3, the goals are consequently larger making bigger and better targets for Barca players. Much like training wheels on a tricycle

Thanks mate^

112. 6 x 73. 3 yd - Stamford Bridge
115 × 74 yd - Camp Nou

Doesn't seem like much of a difference but trust me it is, especially for Barca that big bitch give them a bigger space and since they are used to it a team that visits and are used to a smaller pitch tend to run more thus starting to feel more tired faster

^ Plus 90+ thousands supporters behind them

Yea probably one of the most intimating fields in world football along with the Bernabeu, Allianz Arena, And Borrusia Dortmunds home all huge stadiums with a huge fanbase

Not so funny though. Mistakes generally happen but the biggest mistake Messi made today was not scoring the goal

Just like ronaldo's goal at the copa del rey final last year, messi lost the ball at the beginning, and ronaldo puts it to the back of the net at the end (this time it was drogba)

And just like Maicon's goal(Inter)in Semi final 2010

You mad bro?

No, don't see anything mad about that comment at all actually.  

Its called defending mate

You gotta' give credit where it is due, Chelsea did put in a great defensive performance what did you want them to do go all out on attack versus Barcelona? They would have conceded alot of goals, it's not about how they play it's about doing what you have to do to win

At home for 90 mins, parking the bus, sure barca looked like the home team. I would call it desperation, not defending. And at the end of the day it's a 1 goal difference is not gonna' be enough to help chelsea. Lets be honest chelsea didn't play football, they practically put the whole team behind the ball, I wouldn't call that great football, but that's just my opinion

Just shut up your terrible at trolling

@Jazze: You mad bro?

LOL you are such a hater. Just because you guys can't defend on the counter doesn't mean you can bash our defence

For all those people drooling over statistics, here's an interesting one.

With regards to shots on target Chelsea had an effectiveness ratio of 50% compared to Barca's 0%

Lol, chelsea only had 5 shots on goal, we had about 20.  

We actually only had 2

Its called defending in epl.... Well you don't know cuzz your league defenders don't do that often but in epl.... That's how its done.... Throwing bodies on shots.... Pure defending

Barca had 6 shots on target out of 21 shots: No goals.

Chelsea only had 1 shot on target out of 4 shots. Result: 1 goal.

Chelsea get my Efficiency high-five

Keep tossing out all of the stats you want Jazze. Barcelona dominated no one, not even Chelsea fans will deny that. At the end of the game the only stat that matters is Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona

A bit like you did vs Bayern

Trololol

Who is "they"? Barcelona? Or the fans? Are you stupid

Have to admit that was a good one lol

Completely false.... Madrid fans didn't underestimate bayern

@Osman2793 "I" & "we" did not?

DaGaza.... Real Madrid (pun intended) fans like yourself didn't. Your bandwagon post 2009/Ronaldo fans did. Those fans give your great club such a bad name unfortunately. Encountered a bunch of them at the pub yesterday while wearing my Bayern tie (I was at work all day ). Basically what I am saying is that the real fans know your history and the history of football and the bandwagon fans don't know anything before 2009. You can always tell who has been following your club for a long time and who hasn't. Cheers mate good luck next week!

The Ref didn't really favor any team. It was a fair game. Minus Drogba's antics of course

Completely agree

Yeah that's right, maybe tiki-taka without referee's help doesn't win a champions league for you

Yes, the ref was very bold today gave some very good calls even when Drogba fell down easily the ref didn't budge and didn't call a foul, good performance for the ref

Yes true, I think its because they were playing on Chelsea's home. Don't worry they will get enough favor at Camp Nou

Are you serious? The referee favourited Chelsea by far. Hardly any players were booked for their fouls (Terry body slamming Alexis for example) Plus Iniesta should have got a penatly but typically no one mentions that....

Plus why wasn't Drogba booked for his continuous diving?

Drogba played injured most the game that's why he was rolling around I think he hurt his ankle in the beginning of the first half (I'm not shur though)

Glennyboy: People expect Barcelona to overcome obstacles and win. Referee and UEFA favors them when they get lucky decisions but when their opposition gets them, its all their opponents hard work. I thought you'd know the rules of engagement with Barcelona by now?

Actually thought that Barcelona's penalty party against Milan was more undeserved...

A win versus Barcelona no matter how is always deserved I don't understand why everyone want's to play offensively versus Barcelona, you would get hit hard on the counter attack, you say they play bad I say they played great

Hey, what's your win - loss ratio against Barca again?

Real Madrid wins - 68
Draws - 31
FC Barcelona wins - 64
Real Madrid goals - 264
FC Barcelona goals - 255
Total matches - 163

Let's make it more relevant to the current teams then:


Link: www.checkyourodds.co.uk/football/stats.php?tm1=Bar...

Your win ratio for this season is at 18%

I'm not sure where you get your "facts" from mate not trying to be rude or anything. Although Barca has more wins versus Madrid in total matches including Charity friendlies, in official matches Real Madrid still have the lead

You asked what was our win loss ration against Barca I gave it to you now your changing your question to current teams? Because you don't like my answer maybe? Lol

They deserved it. It was master class defending and they took their one big opportunity. Give credit where credit is do. You played well

Kidrobe: How far back are these stats from? From the Franco years? I remember reading history of Spanish football when Barca lose 8-0 to Real Madrid when Franco's men went into Barca's locker rooms and threatened them before the game. Juicy tidbits!

Those stats are all the official games that they played he asked this "Hey, what's your win - loss ratio against Barca again? "
I simply answered he never mentioned current teams in his question.

I think "undeserved" is a very harsh word to use, dude. Chelsea are the only team to beat Barca in the champions league this season because they used the necessary tactics to do so. Barca knows they can beat anyone who uses any type of attacking/hybrid tactics, and Chelsea knows it too. So why would Chelsea go out and try to play attacking/attractive ball (and get beat!)? This win was "fully deserved". I think you've lost your commenting privileges

Think they're gonna' try and pull a Mourinho-Inter in '10

It was 100% efficiency - 1 shot on target

Umm 2, thanks

Heck no, I didn't like where he played some players Mata is a good winger but a better creator, playing Mata behind the main striker is a much better option then playing him on the wing, Di Matteo did that AVB didn't

No Chelsea would have been out against Napoli. That's for sure

AVB is a good coach but he isn't a defensive coach, Chelsea is a defensive team

DrTruth, you speak such truth about Chelsea being a defensive team. Even when we scored over 100 goals in 09/10, it was based out of our solid D. Also, AVB was thrown into a situation at Porto where the type of players he had happened to match up with the style of play he desired. He tried to force it when he came to London. To me, this is not good coaching. He only knows how to play one way. Lost my respect the minute he came in and started yapping about his project. Total lack of respect for the eldest players of the club and the club history they were a part of. Good riddance