time for some Blues...

To give a background of events i'm gonna talk bout, we go back to 28 Apr, Champions League semifinal, Barcelona Vs Chelsea at the Nou Camp which ended 0-0.

And it is imperative that i post this before the second leg of the semi, coz honestly, i think it would be nothing short of a miracle if we survive the Barca onslaught once again, hence, i'm currently in a slightly better position to handle the criticism.

So the night ended level for the stylish B and not-so-beautiful C, which disappointed football fans across clubs n countries, except perhaps the Blues. Legends of the game and managers went on record to say that they were appalled by the quality of football(the lack of it, rather) they witnessed in that match. Barca players groaned that they weren't two teams on the pitch that night....n so on...

Now for my opinion...and i'm glad i've found support in one non-Chelsea football lover..
*Barca have scored at every game played at Nou Camp this season, until Chelsea
*they have scored 100 goals in 34 matches in Primera Liga, this season
*they have scored 29 goals in 10 matches in Champions League, this year

so i would like to point out, very humbly, that the team which scores almost 3 goals per game on average, wasn't allowed a single goal against Chelsea.

Barca currently are the most fearsome attack in the game, they make the best of teams look like a bunch of schoolkids....goalscoring is for fun and its not bout will they or won't they score....its about how many can they possibly score....winning against them is not by playing beautiful football, its by not letting them play beautiful....it is folly to think anyone can match them. It is likely that we head to our doom tomorrow night, but atleast we made the second leg of some consequence! Remember Bayern?? 4-0 in d first leg...no chance of return.

We have to admit that Chelsea played to stop them, they played to shake the Barca tempo, they played to shackle Messi n Henry....they played it smart!! NOT NEGATIVE. It was a tactic that the 'great team' was unable to break. Period.

Football is not all about playin stylish n scoring aplenty, if that were the case, we would be switching club support every year, depending on who's peaking then. The game does not necessarily require the 'Joga Bonito' all the time...sometimes it simply has to be played with intelligence.



"All warfare is based on deception. If your enemy is superior, evade him. If angry, irritate him. If equally matched, fight and if not: split and re-evaluate"....The Art Of War