Your madridismo is relevant because it prevents you from being objective. The defeats to Liverpool and United bear no relation to this year's side because those were Barça sides on a downward slide under Rijkaard, this team under Pep is on the up and is a cohesive team. Your madridismo is relevant again because you choose to resort to saying "la liga teams". Barça's style is far more effective in Europe than that of other La Liga sides, that's why we're the most successful over the past 6 years. The league styles aren't relevant here, nor are past seasons, we need to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of teams at this moment in time and a chelski side that lacks pace and tries to make up for it with physical intimidation doesn't strike me as an impossible task for Barça. Lyon played a very physical game in both legs and lost, Barça had a full strength midfield with some serious physical players and we overcame it, this side can live with physicality and Chelski's style doesn't have the zip and verve of Liverpool or United, hence why I believe we will defeat them in both games.
the dominance of the English teams in the CL is a fact and has nothing to do with me being a Madrid fan (it's so obvious i don't know how u can relate both ) ..
during the last 5 years every single final par Porto year had one English side in it .. again that's a fact and has nothing to do with my liking
last 2 years .. 3 of the last 4 were English sides... twice in a row... again my team preference has NOTHING to do with this fact
Barca side THIS YEAR till now has met a Lyon team in decline (this year closer then ever the other Ligue 1 teams are in a short distance from the Lyonnais squad ) their team has less quality then before (no Essien,Diarra,Abidal,Malouda..etc ) .. and you know Bayern case without their defensive pair.. so taking away your acclaimed " u say this because u love Real Madrid " and to answer your other analysis of your chances
Yes you are the most /only equipped team in the liga to stand against the EPL actual dominance due to your style of play..
as for Cheslea .. they are not using physical intimidation as they used to under Mourinho, in the past Jose used it against you there is no doubt about that.. the side that played yesterday was more tactical then a brutal 0-0 ala Mourinho side.. they dominated the game with tactics not physical strength.. that's the difference i'm trying to point out.. Guus Chelsea is far from Jose Chelsea.. if you think they played this way last night i ask you to download the game ..
it's not just about the pace that would hurt you .. u lost points in the liga (although irrelevant to the CL ) to teams without pace
Guus is in charge of this side for almost 2 month and their sudden display last night caught many people (including yours truly ) by surprise.. but Guus was able to do that with Korea,Australia & Russia .. three times in a row .. if we have an Australian , Korean or Russian member here he would tell you how he transformed their teams with zero superstars.. don't underestimate the man and his team simply because your team on paper is better .. many teams with better chances lost due to over confidence
of course it's your right to believe that you can but we are here discussing tactics and potentials not what i or u like to happen
