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.
CL | 1/8 Finals: FC Barcelona - Chelsea 4-1 agg.
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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.
FinBarcelonafan
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True but that's what I am saying, if we want to win CL he need to get them to play on higher level. There's no other way.
Any draw would have suited him , we only had one attack all night.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
It is not on Valverde it is on Semedo.
Givenchy
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serghei
Senior Member
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
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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
We respected Chelsea so much we didn't even have a shot on target for so long
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
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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.
That Vidal gets rated above Dembele is a joke.
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
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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.
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
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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FinBarcelonafan
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True I agree with this. Time to put in the new guys. We are not going far with this.
Giginho75
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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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