Barcelona v Chelsea

[Superphil]

Do you think we can stop all this Barcelona are the greatest team ever bollocks now? Yes they are good, yes Messi is the second highest scorer in the Spanish league, yes they have some great players, but they are a Spanish team, they are currently the Rangers of the Spanish Monkey Tennis League, the 6th best team in England just put them out of the CL. Spanish football is not as good as the EPL, FACT.

 

[Originunknown]

Beautiful, those tossers at Barca thoroughly deserved that

 

[stss30]

Hope Chelsea are truly annihilated in the final. They are terrible to watch. People only like Barcelona as they're good? I like watching them because they play lovely football (which is incidently the style we are trying to emulate).Don't care if they lose but I know I'd much rather see them than Chelsea who are boring and play unattractive football. And as for English ha ha ha, English football died for me when the premier league came along. Having a couple of bit part Englishmen in the squad doesn't make the team English in my book.

As others are saying, what the hell do you want them to do, go all out attack with a makeshift defense and when down to ten men? They created almost as many opportunities and their goal was by far the best.

 

[Wilko]

Hope Chelsea are truly annihilated in the final. They are terrible to watch. People only like Barcelona as they're good? I like watching them because they play lovely football (which is incidently the style we are trying to emulate).Don't care if they lose but I know I'd much rather see them than Chelsea who are boring and play unattractive football. And as for English ha ha ha, English football died for me when the premier league came along. Having a couple of bit part Englishmen in the squad doesn't make the team English in my book.

I am not sure how you can watch that game of football and not have respect for Chelsea and what they acheived tonight. To get back to 2-2 at the Nou Camp from 2 down with 10 men and no centre halves is OUTSTANDING. I do not like Chelsea by any means but I have to applaud that performance, even the Barcelona fans did FFS.

 

[CP 0 3 BHA]

Normally would support the English team ... but would rather see Newcastle or Spurs in the Champions League next season.

Good point.

..but its good that an English team has made the final as cronic underperformance across the board could reduce the number of English qualification places from four to three.

 

[Bwian]

I don't think they all made orgasm noises though.

I think that was Gus.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

As others are saying, what the hell do you want them to do, go all out attack with a makeshift defense and when down to ten men? They created almost as many opportunities and their goal was by far the best.

No. Didn't watch as haven't got sky. Sounds as though Chelsea played admirably. Just a general observation that Chelsea are not, in my opinion, good to watch. And how people can complain about Barcelona cheating I don't know. I presume they weren't watching the match last week. Drogba's display was the worst display of cheating I've ever witnessed.

 

[Frutos]

the 6th best team in England just put them out of the CL. Spanish football is not as good as the EPL, FACT.

The 10th best team in Spain ripped Man United to bits, twice, earlier this season...

 

[SeagullSongs]

This. I hate the Barcelona adulation, surely it is the equivalent of being a Man Utd fan, people like them cause they are good.

I always like to support the under-dog, tonight Chelsea were 2 down with 10 men and they got through, fantastic stuff.

If anything, I think it's worse, at least United are in this country..!

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Magnificent effort

 

[Acker79]

The point is why spoil the moment and point it out on live tv

Sound bites? Sentimentality - the heroics of the player who played a part to the end, knowing he wouldn't be in the final? The Emphasis of how important the win is for chelsea, despite personal failings? An expression of the importance of teamwork over personal glory to help build to the final? An attempt to maybe get a fresh new hook to the post match reporting (he is meant to be a reporter, after all)

He should know that booking cost him his place, and as such asking him about it shouldn't be a surprise, and shouldn't spoil the moment. Honestly, they have just made the champions league final, that's a major achievement, especially given their season and the opponents, that such a question shouldn't spoil the moment for them.

 

[Bwian]

Hope Chelsea are truly annihilated in the final. They are terrible to watch. People only like Barcelona as they're good? I like watching them because they play lovely football (which is incidently the style we are trying to emulate).Don't care if they lose but I know I'd much rather see them than Chelsea who are boring and play unattractive football. And as for English ha ha ha, English football died for me when the premier league came along. Having a couple of bit part Englishmen in the squad doesn't make the team English in my book.

I'd agree-so long we have a plan B. Barcelona didn't have one, played against 10 men and look what happened.

 

[Weststander]

Hands the EC to Bayern or Real.

Will be so many missing, and persistent Alamo tactics will lead to lady luck running out.

 

[melias shoes]

Why do people blindly support teams because they're English is my question.

Is there anything you like about English.?

 

[Max Paper]

I predicted bolton win, chelsea draw, wrexham win, Legia Warsaw win and Luton win. £5 would have won me £550 quid. Luton drew 1-1. Gutted.

 

[Pudding]

1-0 to the Engerland

 

[Market Porter]

Hands the EC to Bayern or Real.

Will be so many missing, and persistent Alamo tactics will lead to lady luck running out.

Remember the Marseille / Red Star final? Worked for them.

 

[Weststander]

Good point.

..but its good that an English team has made the final as cronic underperformance across the board could reduce the number of English qualification places from four to three.

English TEAM? Drogba, Boswinga, Torres, Kalou, Ramirez, Cech, Ivanovic, Meireles, Mikel.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Remember the Marseille / Red Star final? Worked for them.

That was the worst game of football ever FACT. Well except for Rochdale v Brighton winter 1998.

 

[Billy the Fish]

I don't think they all made orgasm noises though.

Just heard that again on the replay

Personally I think it sounded more like he'd been forcibly raped up the pooper by racehorse!