CL | 1/8 Finals: FC Barcelona - Chelsea 4-1 agg.

serghei

Senior Member
It is not on Valverde it is on Semedo.

Easy there. Roberto brough nothing in offense, had a Gomes cross, and gave the ball away 3 times, in bad situations. He was one of the worst players out there.

Based on the recent Roberto performances, which are rather poor, Semedo should get more game time in the next weeks.
 

5ergio_Busquets

New member
Semedo needs to show a lot more. That is on him not Valverde.

If Semedo played instead of Roberto and had the same performance people here would be shouting "sell now!"
But Roberto is a fan and Catalan press favorite because he is Catalan, from la masia and scored that remontada goal.
 

Cule4life

The Culest
I'm not sure what were you guys watching tbh. Barcelona showed respect to Chelsea, as they should, and acknowledged thier own strength and weaknesses. Barcelona played actually a good tactical game overall and so did Chelsea; neither sides played a horrible nor an amazing game. Valverde chose to take the battle to the Camp Nou even before the game started, or so it seems, and it is very much mature of him and the team to choose to do that instead of rushing things. It is humbling yet beautiful to see Barcelona willing to play tactically and let go of their ego; the 442 formation is another resemblance of this. This level of maturity is what made us lead la liga this season, and it will be the reason to win the champions league if we somehow end up winning it.

We respected Chelsea so much we didn't even have a shot on target for so long :lol: Wtf did i just read? What tactics. We had no penetration, no fast transitions. We didn't look like scoring at all. We should also respect Atletico in la liga by not having shots on target against them either.
 

raskolnikov

Well-known member
Valverde clearly doesnt rate semedo and dembele with his safety first approach. His boring 4-4-2 works vs the likes of eibar but not cl top quality teams. I say play with Semedo at rb, roberto at cmf and Dembele up frint. Suddenly we are more balanced and not as toothless and slow in attack. Paulinho or rakitic could be subbed in for control and killing the match but should not be starters.
That Vidal gets rated above Dembele is a joke.
 

eaman

Active member
This game was beyond lucky and valverde should be happy that Chelsea mad an error in their defense. did we even create a chance in this game beside the goal? We cant keep on playing like this it horrible to watch.

Yes that brilliant chance Messi created for paulinho who should have headed in early on. Chelsea only had long shots so we created more clear chances
 

behindbrowneyes

Well-known member
Perfect result. Would've taken that before the game and after it even more.
Wouldn't be too worried about our game. Can't remember a really good game at the Bridge and let's not forget it's February. If you want to win CL you look to be in form in March and April. We weren't lucky with that draw.

Let's not forget we still have some raw diamonds in our squad. Let's talk about Dembélé and Semedo. Don't count Coutinho as one since he is cup-tied and already more than a raw diamond. I still have faith in that squad, although we didn't look any good today.
 

serghei

Senior Member
Valverde clearly doesnt rate semedo and dembele with his safety first approach. His boring 4-4-2 works vs the likes of eibar but not cl top quality teams. I say play with Semedo at rb, roberto at cmf and Dembele up frint. Suddenly we are more balanced and not as toothless and slow in attack. Paulinho or rakitic could be subbed in for control and killing the match but should not be starters.
That Vidal gets rated above Dembele is a joke.

May have a point. 4-4-2 just doesn't give you enough chances to score. And our defensive solidity is not that INSANE. We gave away so much space to Willian to place his shots. A super tough team in defense doesn't make those mistakes. Maybe does it once, but it doesn't happen like 3 times in 30 mins.

Are we so strong in defense that we can bank on us to draw games 1-1 or win them 1-0, 2-1 max against even the strongest teams? Or we can potentially be the victim of another 3-0 loss or so by playing like this, against a real elite attacking team on full form?

Based on this game, our issues going forward and creating chances were more obvious than our solidity in defense. And Chelsea, let's face it, is not even a top 5 team in CL this season.
 
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Ursegor

World Champion
Too many ppl bitching here.

There is no going to Stamford Bridge and creating chance gallore. First shot on target in 2009 came in the 93rd minute.

1-1 with Chelsea's best chances coming from Willian trying his luck from outside the box? I take it.
 

FinBarcelonafan

Well-known member
Valverde clearly doesnt rate semedo and dembele with his safety first approach. His boring 4-4-2 works vs the likes of eibar but not cl top quality teams. I say play with Semedo at rb, roberto at cmf and Dembele up frint. Suddenly we are more balanced and not as toothless and slow in attack. Paulinho or rakitic could be subbed in for control and killing the match but should not be starters.
That Vidal gets rated above Dembele is a joke.

True I agree with this. Time to put in the new guys. We are not going far with this.
 

Giginho75

New member
Even this game is not a certainty , Chelsea know how to play against us and we haven't a clue how to change any game recently. Its going to be more of the same in the second leg.

Last year we took four in paris and three in turin...
this evening bad performance...
but each match is different and there is always a return match...

last week I've seen an horrible real madrid
but they won with three random goals...
keep calm!
 
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