There was 2 legs, which is what I was referring to. We were better over the tie, although not by much. I will say, that was a great Chelsea side, despite having little respect for it. Obviously they played better than us at the Stamford Bridge leg, at Camp Nou though, Chelsea were disgraceful with their tactics. At least Man U tried to play some football against us in the final.
Anyways, thats old news, hopefully the upcoming tie is a great one and Chelsea decide to take us on.
That attitude is a bit high and mighty. Sure Barca play more attractive footy, simply they have much better players better equipped to play that way. However there are different ways to win games. As a loose example It's like Wests Tigers are a very attractive league side and Saints are extremely methodical and boring. Doesn't mean Saints are less deserving or have a worse way of winning games.
Man U played football against you in 2 finals and got spanked in both. SO I would argue that their tactics were disgraceful to their supporters more then Chelsea's. Chelsea tactics in the Nou Camp were not disgraceful, they were defensive, however they were spot on. They marked Messi out of the game and were exceptionally organised and very powerful.
Why should Chelsea come at Barcelona and play a open game to their strengths? Chelsea will get hammered if they play an open game against Barca. They don't have the speed, the skill the technique or the team work to come at Barca with free flowing attacking football. However they can be very well organised, powerful on the ground and in the air and swift in the counter attack and strong at set pieces. Thats what they were at Stamford Bridge in 2009 and they created 5-6 great chances to 1. They dominated the game in a different way.
Not sure why you don't respect that Chelsea side. Sure they have a few C.... in their side but which side hasn't over the years. They are now in their 6th Semi final in the last 9 years and with an ounce of luck they would have played in 2-3 more finals.
Whilst Barca have so many brilliant individual players and brilliant team work teams simply have to find ways to win a football game with inferior players and team work. Those ways are not always going to be pretty. Sadly for Chelsea, their side in 2012 is not half as powerful and strong as it was in 2009. They could get thumped if they play generally anything like they have in the last 6 months. The only chance I see for us is that the hurt and the drive of being so close so many times drives them to an unbelievable performance and result. Because I think quite clearly, and unusually we are the worst team left in this years draw by a distance.
