Hear me out.
The "best team in the world", with the "best player ever", have just spent over 126 minutes (70% of 180) on the ball, at least 30 of those spent against 10 men.
But they only scored 2 goals...
Chelsea on the other hand, a team that apparrently doesn't play football, scored 3 goals (2 with 10 men) in less than 54 minutes of time on the ball...
They may look nice when they play but should they just stick to a 4-4-2?
Barca overrated?
posted on 24/4/12
TBF on another day they would have easily won those games, missed so many chances. But not today
posted on 24/4/12
I don't think they've mastered the art of quantum tunneling a ball through a bus. Can't give them too hard a time.
posted on 24/4/12
posted on 24/4/12
Lady luck deserted them
Messi 0 in 8 against Chelsea
posted on 24/4/12
Of course they're overrated!!!
Look, at what they do they are undoubtedly one of the best, if not the best team ever. They play the game in it's purest form, there's actually nothing extraordinary about them, they just do the basics EXTREMELY well. But they're naive and arrogant. They could've finished us off in that second half at ANY team, if only they were willing to pay the small sacifice of expanding their game. Overlapping runners, drilled crosses into that 'corridor of uncertainity', and we'd have been finished. Messi's space would've freed up, Xavi would've been able to drift into the box, etc... in a word, we were helpless. But no, they CHOSE to stick to an ideal, and it's blown up in their face.
Real or Bayern would've NEVER lost that tie tonight.
posted on 24/4/12
Agree with Torres Pshycologist. Xavi could've played in Alves so many times but decided against it.
As much I hated the way Chelsea played, I got to say their mental strength is top notch.
posted on 25/4/12
Barca's trouble..& Souness got it spot on..was they are one dimensional - quite a dimension but no plan B
Not once did they change their style - pure arrogance tat was