UCL: Barcelona vs Chelsea
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so the most "boring-est" match today -->
S.League
Young Lions 0 : 0 Tampines
no yellow cards
no red cards
whole match no nothing...
ok out of topic,back to the match,bout 10mins left... -
77' Giuly (in) - Gudjohnsen (out) (Barcelona)
82' J. Cole (Chelsea) is shown a yellow card. -
83' Iniesta (in) - Xavi (out) (Barcelona)
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yeah... play drag time
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87' Terry (Chelsea) is booked.
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wtf
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gone case la.ballack chance in the 80+ min big waste.
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What Drama Barcelona 2-2 Chelsea
its on form Drogba -
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OMG WTF WOOHIOO.. i think the chelsea players wanted to help mourinho saveface.. that at 11v11 barca has never ebaten chelsea.
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the referee was really bad...
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another night of great europena football
conclusion: Group C with liver n psv cruising for bruising.
Group A and rather Group B tough group. -
dirty match with 10 yellow cards. marque should have been sent off for putting his studs on essien.
calvarho was horrible too!!!
drogba's injury time equalizer was really good.
every team still in the competition will be hoping that barca fail to qualify. but if they do i believe they will be favourites to win the CL. -
congrats to ten pointers aka fore runners chelsea, bayern, psv, liverpool and valencia. more or less secured a place
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Sucks big time!!!!!Originally posted by zocoss:the referee was really bad... -
why leh?Originally posted by Patrik:Sucks big time!!!!!
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the referee made a lot of wrong decisions.
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bias to which sideOriginally posted by dragg:the referee made a lot of wrong decisions. -
Barca will be out of UCL. They have great players but their defending and midfield play was horrendous. Too much play acting also. Deco is such a great player but he play acts too much. Wish he were like Zidane.
Chelsea played well and with excellent spirit. They never say die but defence was rather suspect and let down by Barca's quick passing. I noticed how easily there were undone by Ronaldinho, Messi, Deco etc.
Some inferences:
1) Cannot beat Chelsea in the air. Sending crosses into their penalty box will get nowhere. But with quick passing, they would be unsettled.
2) Lampard scored a wonder goal. Amazed even his critics like me. He's a key player for Chelsea and was, for England. If he rediscovers such form for England, I'll have no complaints.
3) It is part of Drogba's game (even Robben) to go down on the slightest of touches. Well, I won't overlook that Barca does it too, esp Deco. Sham.
4) Drogba is a very special player. He's got that x-factor on the field. He is seldom injured, very very fit and Chelsea's chances will depend on his form.
5) Chelsea to hit q-finals at the very least. Semis highly likely once again. -
Drogba....
90th min.....
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yeah, had barca lost this game or lost at bremen. chelsea knowing mourinho would definitely purposely help barca get knocked out.
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Bremen 7
Barcelona 5
bremen have to face chelsea and barca
barca have to face levski and bremen.
bremen might get a point against chelsea and definitely barca can get 3 pts against levski.
it all depends on the bremen game but its at Nou Camp this time. advantage Barca still. Never write them off -
BARCELONA, October 31 (Champions League) - Didier Drogba rescued a dramatic point for Chelsea with an equaliser in the third minute of stoppage time.
The Ivory Coast international striker pounced for his 10th of the season just when Jose Mourinho's team seemed to have been sunk by old boy Eidur Gudjohnsen.
Mourinho had poked fun at Gudjohnsen on the eve of the game - but the Icelander answered with a goal in the 58th minute.
It looked like being the winner until Drogba slid the ball under Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes in the final moments.
Deco had fired the European Cup holders into an early lead but Frank Lampard equalised with a fantastic chip from the tightest of angles.
Mourinho's team are now virtually assured of a place in the last 16 of the competition.
It was a stormy game with 10 yellow cards - six for Chelsea - while Barcelona thought Ashley Cole should have been sent off.
Italian referee Stefano Farina appeared to show the England left-back two yellow cards in the first half - but it later emerged the first had been for Lampard.
Chelsea fell behind in the third minute when Deco dashed down the left, twisted inside onto his right foot and netted.
Mourinho had called for Farina to be strong - but he was not. He was poor.
The crowd were quick to react when Drogba made a meal of a little nudge in the back, early in the game.
Then Drogba was in the thick of it again when he bumped into Motta as the Brazilian midfielder climbed to his feet.
Motta threw himself to the floor and Rafael Marquez grabbed the Chelsea striker.
This time Drogba crashed to the turf and players rushed to the scene to jostle each other.
Referee Farina failed to take control at this point and the tension crackled away.
Ronaldinho tried to get Michael Essien sent off, claiming he had used an elbow on Gudjohnsen when he had actually caught him in the face with his wrist.
Farina was reaching into his pocket for his yellow card, a few minutes later, to book two Chelsea players for dissent.
He flashed the first yellow in the direction of Cole after giving a foul against Drogba. Lampard was standing near Cole at the time and it later emerged that he had been the one cautioned.
The booking for Lampard was his third of the competition and he will be suspended from Chelsea's next game, away to Werder Bremen.
The seriousness of the confusion became clear, 10 minutes later, when Cole mistimed a tackle on Motta and was booked.
He showed the defender a yellow card but did not produce a red - and memories of Graham Poll in the World Cup were rekindled.
Barcelona players crowded the referee to convince him that the full-back was already in the book.
Farina went to the touchline to talk to Mourinho. He came back and booked Messi, presumably for something said - but still did not show Cole a red card.
Drogba needed lengthy treatment at the start of the second half after taking a blow to the face in an aerial clash with Carles Puyol.
Valdes made another excellent save to keep out a good header from Robben, destined for the bottom corner, then made further good stops to deny Robben and Essien.
Robben fired a glorious chance over when he should have scored but Lampard levelled in the 52nd minute with a delightful piece of skill.
The England midfielder initially miscontrolled a pass from Makelele and was driven wide of goal.
It looked an impossible angle, tight to the touchline, but Lampard somehow curled a chip over Valdes and inside the back post.
Chelsea were well on top and looking for the win when Rijkaard made a change, bringing on Edmilson for Motta.
Barca were soon back in front with Ronaldinho dancing past Boulahrouz before finding for Gudjohnsen, who had the simplest of tasks to slide the ball into an open goal.
Lampard wanted a penalty for a pull on his shirt by Xavi in the 65th minute but his appeals were ignored.
Gudjohnsen's night ended early when he was stretchered off with 13 minutes left after falling awkwardly following a challenge by Ricardo Carvalho.
And after Ballack had squandered a glorious chance to pull Chelsea level, on-song Drogba found the target, with captain John Terry assisting. -
i think even shamsul could have done a better job