24 April 2012 Second leg: Barcelona: 2–2 (2–3 agg.) Barcelona 2-0 Chelsea, 2-1 agg (Iniesta, 44 min): That, ladies and gentlemen, is that. Given that I'm trying to actually do some work while this whole thing is going on I'm not sure how successful I'll be before I cave in and *cough* go down the pub. No one would have been hailing a defensive masterclass from Chelsea last week if Barcelona had taken just one of their glaring opportunities. There are several players one booking away from missing the final: For Barcelona, they are Javier Mascherano and Carles Puyol and for Chelsea they are Ashley Cole, Branislav Ivanovic, Ramires and Raul Meireles. Get a summary of the Barcelona vs. Chelsea football match. Head to Head information (H2H). Chelsea Barcelona; 28%: Possession: 72%: 254: Passes attempted : 776: 117 (46%) Passes completed (success rate) 660 (85%) 7: Attempts on goal: 22: 3: Attempts on target: 5: All stats provided by Uefa Will he ever score against Chelsea? Guardiola has ever-so-slightly strayed away from what has made Barcelona so brilliant now, and there are certainly questions to be asked about how Busquets-Iniesta-Xavi triumvirate has been disrupted by Cesc Fabregas. 89 min: If they reach the final, Chelsea will have four players suspended. 1 fixtures between Chelsea and FC Barcelona has ended in a draw. Chelsea are 90 minutes away from reaching the Champions League final. Fortunately it skips off the surface and away from Sanchez, allowing Cech to catch it. He cut it back for Sanchez, whose finish was low and true. Barca can be stopped; they could not break down the Blues and desire showed through in the end. "There, sounds easy when put like that.". 28 min: The atmosphere is muted. The incredible Cech pushes it wide again. The home fans then demand a booking for Cech for timewasting and the referee obliges. Xavi dinks a pass over the Chelsea defence. "What a list," says Patrick Darcy. He should be ashamed of himself, but knowing him he won't think he's done anything wrong. Operation blame the foreign ref begins: Alan Parry has just noted that the Turkish referee is "inexperienced". Twenty minutes that will feel like 20 years. Fortress Camp Nou tests Chelsea mettle. It's been that sort of night. Ramires, Branislav Ivanovic and Raul Meireles. 48 min: PENALTY TO BARCELONA! Drogba caused the jittery Mascherano to concede a corner. How fast is he meant to go? The hyperactive Brazilian is on the bench. With Chelsea's makeshift back four, now featuring Ivanovic and Bosingwa at the heart of it, floundering, Messi finds a crucial pocket of space 30 yards from goal. "2-2, Chelsea go through, and Fabregas accuses Chelsea of anti football. Full time: Barcelona 2-2 Chelsea (agg 2-3): Barcelona have nothing left. Compare Barcelona and Chelsea. If they manage this, it will be one of the greatest performances of all time. For reasons best known to Chelsea, their defence failed to push up and Alves poked a pass to Cuenca on the left. Final score? Cesc Fabregas is Juan Veron. That is pure catharsis for a player who has had a dismal 15 months or so since joining Chelsea. Summary; H2H Comparison; Commentary; ... Baltic Cup; UEFA Champions League. "How has the referee handled himself today?" Christian Tello, Adriano and Thiago are also removed and in come Gerard Pique, Cesc Fabregas, Isaac Cuenca and Alexis Sanchez. Superb defending. Barcelona have never been as bad in a big game as they were against Real Madrid on the weekend. Chelsea won 4–3 on penalties: Date: 19 May 2012 () Venue: Allianz Arena, Munich: UEFA Man of the Match: Didier Drogba (Chelsea) Fans' Man of the Match: Petr Čech (Chelsea) Referee: Pedro Proença : Attendance: 62,500: Weather: Partly cloudy 20 °C (68 °F) 38% humidity ← A strange lack of conviction in that one. Maybe even more astonishing. View the starting lineups and subs for the Barcelona vs Chelsea match on 24.04.2012, plus access full match preview and predictions. And spare a thought for Fernando Torres, the subject of so many jokes over the past year, who sealed it for Chelsea. Barcelona debuted their new and first paid shirt sponsor Qatar Foundation after an agreement was reached in 2010 with the non-profit organization for a five-and-a-half-year, €170 million deal. A punt forward sends him racing clear of the non-existent Barcelona defence. But Barcelona are going nowhere. 10 min: Confusion as play is stopped to allow Bosingwa to come on, but Cahill is insistent that he can play on. Now they'll be able to try their luck against a rejigged defence, Gary Cahill finally accepting the inevitable and trotting off to be replaced by Jose Bosingwa. Matches between teams. Barcelona, it's fair to say, are getting eggy, to use the parlance of the playground. The man brings enormous shame on his club and his country. Messi should already have two goals. 18 min: Pique is up again, gingerly holding the back of his neck. Raul Meireles is the latest to go into the book, despite his pleas to the referee. No winner, no ghost goal at Anfield and quite possibly no Miracle of Istanbul. They're all just walking around hugging anything that moves. The more chances they miss, the more you suspect the impossible really could happen. So what's the reason? Although Keita threatens with his first touch, darting on to a reverse-pass from Messi, but his shot is deflected and Cech claims. A clearing header falls short and lands to Busquets, around 15 yards out, but he leans back and scoops his volley harmlessly over. He has to cut back, unable to shoot, and eventually his attempted cross is deflected up for Cech to claim easily. 20 min: Maybe, you know. If Barcelona play to their best, they will win and they will go through. How are your nerves? "It's the camera angle at the Camp Nou that makes the pitch look so big," says Andrew Fletcher. Why don't England have a substitute goalkeeper? "That's my chances buggered from now on, then. It's the camera angle apparently. "I think there might be times tonight when Barca's defenders can get away with murder on him and it will go uncalled, a la Ovrebo in 2009, simply because the referee will have grown suspicious any time Drogba is on the floor, with good reason. This time, Barcelona don't turn on the sprinklers. Obtén el reporte del partido Barcelona vs. Chelsea 2011-12 UEFA Champions League, Semifinales. They have only ever lost two games in a row under Guardiola twice. Lampard knocked a sublime pass down the inside-right channel for Ramires, who had charged into the area. Puyol is caught underneath the ball and as it soars into the area, Valdes races off his line to punch the ball away and flatten both Pique and Drogba in the process. What a vicious, preposterous, pathetic red card that was from John Terry. That's quite weird. This is one of the most absurd matches of football I've ever seen. As Don Draper says, live like there's no tomorrow, because there isn't one. David Luiz, of course, is the one leading the celebrations. Subs: Pinto, Alves, Thiago, Keita, Pedro, Adriano, Tello. Yes, yes he is. The ball had barely gone behind by the time he was shown a yellow card. "How on earth am I going to win the MBM bingo if this continues? They've takena leaf out of Chelsea's book and the home fans are all waving plastic flags. Pique hit his head on the turf as he landed and he's come out of it worse than Drogba, who does have an excuse to go down this time. Fabregas plays a one-two with Messi and races into the area. It looked like they were going nowhere on the edge of the area. What a finish! When Chelsea beat Barcelona in 2005, it went unnoticed by the referee that Ricardo Carvalho had fouled Victor Valdes when John Terry scored the late winner. says Phil Sawyer. Barcelona make an almighty hash of dealing with a hopeful pass into their area, but Kalou isn't quick enough off the mark and eventually Valdes mops up. And when Barcelona are in the mood, be afraid. If Villa was fit Fabregas might well be on the bench but, based on the available players, rejigging the formation to include him is hardly that crazy a decision (haven't journos, not entirely unseriously, been saying that Barcelona's formation is essentially a liquid 4-6-0 for years anyway?)". He's booked. 59 min: A free-kick for Barcelona on the right flank. Your support powers our independent journalism, Available for everyone, funded by readers, Support for Roberto Di Matteo to be appointed as Chelsea's permanent manager is building among influential figures within the club and in the dressing room, Chelsea could not show too much elation on their way home after beating Barcelona to reach the Champions League final in the face of John Terry's soul-searching anguish. It's that word again. The front three at the Bernabeu in December was Fabregas-Messi-Sanchez, and Fabregas and Sanchez both scored. Barcelona contrive to make an abject mess of it. 18/04/2012 Live Chelsea v Barcelona highlights. Valdes was way too far off his line and from 15 yards out, the Brazilian sumptuously chipped the ball over him and into the gaping net, digging it up on the run like a golfer chipping a stray ball out of the bunker! There's lack of tiki and a lack of taka. That's ridiculous. 12 min: How can Chelsea play like this for 90 minutes? Legend!' It's slightly callous, but the stoppages suit Chelsea; the game has become a tad bitty in the last few minutes. That was ferociously hit, but it was right above Cech and he would have saved it if it had been on target. This, it goes without saying, is far from over though. Shame Cahill went off as this would have been great experience ahead of the Euros. The teams are in the tunnel, Chelsea all in white, Barcelona in their traditional Qatar Foundation blue and red. Bahasa - Indonesia; Chinese (simplified) Deutsch; English - Australia; English - Canada; English - Ghana I'm confident that the referee can do a fine job with tonight's match, but there's absolutely no way that things can run smoothly and he can remain invisible.". No goal. 1 Wins. He muscled Cuenca deep in Chelsa's half, down by the left corner flag. 32 min: Mikel picks up the first booking for a clumsy foul on Sanchez on the halfway line. 23 min: Didier Drogba had Chelsea's only shot on target last week and now he's had their first shot this week. Immediately Chelsea highlight the space down the Barcelona flanks. But not past the always reliable Cole, who whacks it out for a corner. The corner itself wasn't a threat, Drogba powerfully heading it away, but only as far as far as Alves, 30 yards out. "A searching examination coupled with a very high probability of getting schooled is never fun- and from my experience I can say for sure that win or lose, this will be a long painful night for Chelsea.". DISCLAIMER : WE DO NOT OWN ANY CONTENT THAT WE POST OR ARE ASSOCIATED WITH. Injuries to key players at key times have not helped either and Eric Abidal and David Villa are sorely missed. This is astonishing! Barcelona in actual season average scored 2.34 goals per match. During his time at Chelsea, Claudio Ranieri's Tinkerman nickname was not a compliment, it was merely a comment on his propensity for fiddling with no good reason. Ivanovic will now miss the final if Chelsea get there. Yes, it's exactly like that. Roy Keane 04/04/2012. Did Chelsea use up all their Champions League luck at Camp Nou? The referee brings an end to what was, quite frankly, a ridiculous half of football. "I only just realised that Raul Meireles and Ramires are two separate players," says Rob Emmins. asks Jim Bach. Yes, yes, in all my excitement, I accidentally got the first goal mixed up. Barcelona 2-0 Chelsea, 2-1 agg (Iniesta, 44 min): That, ladies and gentlemen, is that. FC Barcelona VS Chelsea will start on . Easy. 15 min: There are just 75 more minutes for Chelsea to hold on. Chelsea are unchanged from the first leg. He's been anonymous since his missed penalty. Alves breaks clear on the right flank, Drogba going to sleep again. The rebound came back to Iniesta, whose half-hearted effort was blocked by Terry. 25 min: Barcelona are worried by Drogba. Through on goal, he drove it straight at Cech, who saved with his feet. "It was clearly not a moment of madness from Terry, neither did he loose his head," says Robert Combley. This is not a foregone conclusion at all. Not Barcelona, who went to sleep as Chelsea launched a rare counter-attack. They have these things called cameras, you see. You all know which one I'm talking about. More flabberghasting than Manchester United's act of escapology in this stadium in 1999. Chelsea players call for Roberto Di Matteo to be full-time manager, Mission implausible leaves Chelsea players on a high and in a daze, Stoic Barcelona fans refuse to say that the Pep Guardiola era is over, Geoff Shreeves's show of numbing joylessness on Chelsea glory night, Mikel John Obi calls on Uefa to overturn bans on 'devastated' players, Chelsea guaranteed record £45m TV windfall from Champions League, Gary Neville's 'goalgasm': a brief history of over-excitable commentaries. Their standards have been so stratospheric that maybe it's just a shock to the system to realise they are human after all. Subs: Turnbull, Bosingwa, Essien, Malouda, Torres, Kalou, Sturridge. 90 min: Mascherano strides forward and spanks a low drive towards the bottom-left corner. 3 min: The first let-off of Chelsea. Messi might not score against Chelsea, but that doesn't mean he can't produce gorgeous assists. 85 min: It's all too tight around the area for Barcelona, and they are struggling to pick the lock. When did the rules change? Chelsea will need plenty more of that. "The Barca pitch just looks bigger because a prone Drogba always looks smaller while lying on it in Chelsea's black away kit, which tends to have a slimming effect," says Justin Kavanagh, who hasn't noticed Chelsea are all in white. Compare form, standings position and many match statistics. Chelsea FC-FC Barcelona: 1:1 (0:0) 2011/2012: Semi-finals: FC Barcelona-Chelsea FC: 2:2 (2:1) 2011/2012: Semi-finals: Chelsea FC-FC Barcelona: 1:0 (1:0) 2008/2009: Semi-finals: Chelsea FC-FC Barcelona: 1:1 (1:0) 2008/2009: Semi-finals: FC Barcelona-Chelsea FC: 0:0 (0:0) 2006/2007: Group A: FC Barcelona-Chelsea FC: 2:2 (1:0) 2006/2007: Group A: Chelsea FC-FC Barcelona: 1:0 (0:0) 2005/2006 33 min: Cech is engaging the wick of the Barcelona fans, taking as much time as possible over goal-kicks. 88 min: Messi can't stop giving it away. Chelsea have barely been out of their own half. If Chelsea go out, he won't be able to look any of his team-mates in the eye again. Those stats though. 19 min: What a save from Cech! He didn't need to shoot and could have held on to possession but instead tries an ambitious hooked volley that drifts over. Well David Villa was starting on the bench around the time he broke his leg. Gerard Pique is still feeling the effects of the earlier blow to the head, which perhaps explained why Drogba outmuscled him there, and he's replaced by Dani Alves. Barcelona: Valdes; Puyol, Mascherano, Pique; Cuenca, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta; Sanchez, Messi, Fabregas. Chelsea won 5 matches. Drogba is caught napping, panics, goes to ground and brings him down. But there is, of course, a final to be negotiated and these are the players they will be without due to suspension: John Terry, "No suggestion of blunders from the MBM, but are we going to hear years of whinging if Chelsea squeak through?" Put your bets on now.". FC Barcelona got 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in the past 2 games, and the winning rate is 100%. He's a very underrated, effective player and they've missed his ice-cool finishing. Fernando Torres scored. Fernando Torres, so often a tormentor of Barcelona during his Atletico Madrid days, is on for Didier Drogba. Chelsea lose Luiz for Barcelona tie. The knockout phase of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League began on 14 February with the round of 16, and concluded on 19 May 2012 with the final at Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany.. Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses). Tonight and maybe this season. Has anyone broken the news to Millings? They survived Gary Cahill's injury, John Terry's red card and going behind, and still had time to see Lionel Messi, the greatest player in the world, miss a penalty. We'll see how long that lasts. This is up there with the Miracle of Istanbul. When he tried to tackle Sanchez there, Cahill's leg went from under him and he seemed to pull a muscle. Or is he? "Like Ronaldo's last season as, basically, a right winger to prepare United for his exit?" That was the Champions League anthem. He lofts a cross to the far post and Sanchez plants a free header wide of the left post. That makes two for Chelsea now. This was a superb move from Barcelona. "Are UEFA regulations different than the regulations for FIFA international matches?" CHELSEA ARE IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL! 58 min: Salomon Kalou is introduced for Juan Mata. "All your own work, or a team of expensive Guardian researchers? ", 47 min: Messi's chip finds Fabregas in the area. 52 min: Old chums Fabregas and Lampard lock horns, the Chelsea man hacking away at Fabregas who was on the turf. 60 min: They've got this far. That's right. Barcelona 1-2 Chelsea: The young Chelsea side gave Frank Lampard plenty to … Barcelona have not lose three games in a row since 2003. The list goes on. 70 min: Chelsea have 20 minutes. Chelsea produced one of the most memorable UEFA Champions League performances in history as they defeated Barcelona 3 … Team news: Guardiola has not been able to resist the temptation to tinker again and has altered his line-up again, although he is still using a 3-4-3 formation despite Real Madrid exposing its weaknesses on the wing on the weekend. With Barcelona pushing everyone forward, they forget to leave anyone back to mark Fernando Torres. Chelsea must feel like they've already won the Champions League. The small one with the big meaning. He starts motoring and then, with all the attention on him, he slips a cute pass to the left for the unmarked Iniesta. "So you can honestly say you know the words?" We would have just had to stop the sport right here, right now. I'm not sure, I'm going on what the important people on Twitter have been saying this evening. It's not for nothing that The Guardian is two-time Opta Football quiz champions. asks Alex Netherton. GOAL! "This reminds me of when Harrogate Railway hosted Bristol City in the FA Cup a few years ago," says Fraser Thomas. On the other hand, I expect Barca, much more than in the first leg, to exaggerate contact and pressure for cards and send-offs, because in the rare instances that they've been backed into a corner--Inter in 2010, Arsenal last year, the Spanish team in the World Cup final--they've resorted to that strategy quite comfortably, and it's not a bad one, especially at home. Or what turned out to be the decisive goal from Diego Milito in the first leg had been flagged for offside, as it should have been. "Why does Gary Neville keep on emphasising that the referee is Turkish?" In 2010, Mourinho would not have become the third manager to win the European Cup if Bojan's last-minute goal for Barcelona in their semi-final against Inter had not been disallowed for a dubious handball by Yaya Toure. The door is being firmly slammed in their face every time. Messi slams a dismal effort straight into the wall. Immobile full backs, overcrowded midfield and Iniesta forced wide on the left. Barcelona beaten by 10-man Chelsea with Messi missing penalty. 5 min: Meireles, inside his own half, tries to spray a pass out to Mata, but it drifts out for a throw to Barcelona. Leg 2: Chelsea vs. Real Madrid, 3 p.m. Barcelona vs. Chelsea 2 - 2. In that context, it only makes the victory even more remarkable. Cole and Ramires combine excellently on the left, and the former very nearly gets the Brazilian clean through on goal, but the pass is overhit and Valdes is out to smother. The European champions are out. There would have been nothing left to see. asks Marc Howlett. "He is a disgrace. 56 min: Barcelona have been so careless throughout this tie, it's not a stretch to say they may need more than one more goal to go through. It was a contest that saw the Blues dig in, man the trenches and batten down the hatches like never before. "We're a few minutes in and there's still been no email from Naylor and no mention of tiki-taki," honks Guy Hornsby. We're routinely told that the Nou Camp pitch is bigger than Chelsea's. Again a raking long kick from Cech causes problems for the Barca defence. A discernible lack of belief is growing in the Barcelona ranks. Andres Iniesta and Branislav Ivanovic have both been booked by the way. "Regarding Adeniyi Ajiboye's comment, emails to the MBM need to be of a high standard to be published?" 77 min: "At this rate RDM will probably have to suit up and play, in the unlikely event Chelsea make it to Munich," says Shawn T. 78 min: This is Barcelona's best chance for a long while.
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