Greatihex:
stop deceiving urself. Go and make research. Chelsea have won barca as many as d number of times barca has won them head to head. Chelsea even have won more.

ClintonNzedimma:

even if am wrong, you are happy the way ur team plays barca right?
A 10 man defence?
Crappy football, i wish barca met chelsea, messi will nutmeg terry and ur defenders like groundnut.

Greatihex:
it wl be childish to start brag on hw our team players wl play if they are to meet barca. You dnt knw if messi wl hv a bad day on dat day. Barca hv a style of football the play, they play a possession type of football, it is in the DNA of the team, no team wl beat them at it. Bt, chelsea does nt base their football solely on that pattern, bt chelsea play according to the opponent. For barca, it is to be conservative, patient, discipline, gv them the ball to play around and hv their fun, then hurt them on the counter attack. This is a weapon no body wl deny that chelsea are one of the masters of. Barcelona cannot beat them at it. Chelsea is a force to reckon when it cums to counter, even messi wont deny it, wt the likes of Eden Hazard leading a counter attack, there is a big chance for a goal(how i wish i hv his type two in my team). Football is a game of passion, the result is the ultimate. Barca vs chelsea is a match that half of barca fans wl neva bet their money for.

Greatihex:
it wl be childish to start brag on hw our team players wl play if they are to meet barca. You dnt knw if messi wl hv a bad day on dat day. Barca hv a style of football the play, they play a possession type of football, it is in the DNA of the team, no team wl beat them at it. Bt, chelsea does nt base their football solely on that pattern, bt chelsea play according to the opponent. For barca, it is to be conservative, patient, discipline, gv them the ball to play around and hv their fun, then hurt them on the counter attack. This is a weapon no body wl deny that chelsea are one of the masters of. Barcelona cannot beat them at it. Chelsea is a force to reckon when it cums to counter, even messi wont deny it, wt the likes of Eden Hazard leading a counter attack, there is a big chance for a goal(how i wish i hv his type two in my team). Football is a game of passion, the result is the ultimate. Barca vs chelsea is a match that half of barca fans wl neva bet their money for.

joviegghead:
Barca are and will always Be beta than chelsea. #end_of_discussion

ClintonNzedimma:

even if am wrong, you are happy the way ur team plays barca right?
A 10 man defence?
Crappy football, i wish barca met chelsea, messi will nutmeg terry and ur defenders like groundnut.

Debroslink:


Your Hazard could not help Chelsea beat 10-man PSG. What you don't know is the world has moved on and EPL is lagging. Bus parking system has been found out by European teams. Barca has changed their tiki taka system while Chelsea still thinks bus parking is d solution to winning big teams like Barca.

Rakitic is an upgrade on Fabregas. But that's another story for another day.

dicksj93:
hmmm...did ur messi win malaga

ClintonNzedimma:

Barca will molest chelsea if the play hazard and matic.
The only way they can beat barca is by playing Mikel in the midfield or am i wrong @thegoodjoe or @thegoodjoehunt?

Greatihex:
stop disgracing urself. Let me tel u what u dnt knw, if barca play chelsea today, hazard may b given a man marker instead of the normal zonal marking. If nt so, he wl exploit the space given to hm, unless he has a bad day. They wl b wary of hm. You cn go and ask bayern wat happen wen they left hm free, he almost dented dia hope of winning d super cup. They only equalized wen he was substituted. despite chelsea playing wt lesser player their backline did nt go forward until he was removed. By d way, y are u so afraid of mikel, is he nt a chelsea player? He was signed to play.

homesteady:


Man marking for hazard? for what? have you ever seen any team man marking a defender?

If Barça should meet Chelsea, Hazard will be the least of my worries - Why?
Because he'll spend most of his time defending and trying to track back Messi

Debroslink:


Your Hazard could not help Chelsea beat 10-man PSG. What you don't know is the world has moved on and EPL is lagging. Bus parking system has been found out by European teams. Barca has changed their tiki taka system while Chelsea still thinks bus parking is d solution to winning big teams like Barca.

Rakitic is an upgrade on Fabregas. But that's another story for another day.

ClintonNzedimma:

Barca will molest chelsea if the play hazard and matic.
The only way they can beat barca is by playing Mikel in the midfield or am i wrong @thegoodjoe or @thegoodjoehunt?

TheGoodJoe:


If Barcelona meets Chelsea today, without Mikel, the match will be flawless in favor of Barca.

Barcelona thrives with spaces. Man City were humiliated because Pellegrini left gaps in the middle. Silva, Nasri, Milner, Yaya and Aguero were contributing more to win the game than hold the game.

When you play Matic, Fabregas, Ramires, Hazard, Willian, these guys will at some times during the game try to move forward. When Barca wins the ball on these occasions, they are devastating and cause damages.

With a player like Mikel, he sits deep and shields the back four of Chelsea. Barca will still scale through but the amount of time they have space between the midfield and the defence will be limited.

Pellegrini should have gone with a strong midfield with Fernando, Fernandinho and Yaya to limit the control of Barcelona in the middle. Leaving Navas, Silva and Aguero to counter when the midfield trident wins the ball.

ClintonNzedimma:

exactly, even with mikel barca might still win.
This chelsea side dont scare me at all.
They couldnt beat 10 man psg, yet they are boasting that the can beat this new barca which i even refer to as the most tactically versatile team in the world together with bayern

Greatihex:
you have no undastdin of what mou meant when he said "parking d bus". It is wen u hv eleven player behind the ball frm d onset. When u dnt cum out to mark d ball wen the opponent defenders or keeper hv d ball near their own goal post. Go and check fabregas perf. and stats against that of rakitic. Then u cum and delete dis post. Fabregas has assist, pass completion, distance covered and every tin more than hm dis season. It is nt wen you take and midfielder and play hm as a striker, you expect hm to do magic. Fabregas is playing d best football of his career current. Barca didn't knw hw to use hm.

Greatihex:
hazard wl b tracking bk to help defend, yes. Bt, he wl equally get the ball nd messi wl also nid to track bk to help defend.

homesteady:


lmao!
I can picture what you are trying to say!
Mourinho is a coward, he'll never attempt to play that type of football!
To keep up with barca attacking strength, Mou will even set up his team more defensively than he did against man city! so your idea of hazard been so much of a threat that even requires Messi to track back is kinda a phantom dream!

Debroslink:


For the past 7 seasons, Fabregas always flopped @ d 2nd half of the season. Arsenal and Barcelona can testify to this. Fabregas was bought as the heir to Xavi's throne, but he kept flopping @ the crucial stage of d season.

All those assists u mentioned happened at d 1st half of d season. Tell me, how many assists and goals does Fabregas have in 2015?

The 2nd half of d season is the business end of d season. That Awkward moment you realise Pastore of PSG bossed the midfield with 10 men and Fabregas was missing.


As for Rakitic, he was d best player in Europa league last season. Even now, his work rate is better than Xavi and Iniesta. Rakitic has more goals and assists than the great Xavi and Iniesta combined this season.

I hate Barca's management style, but selling Fabregas to buy Rakitic is the best decision they've made in a long while.

Greatihex:
football is 90 mins. Dnt deceive urself to tink dat a football match wl b played for 90 mins, and the opposition team wl nt get the ball. If messi does nt track bk 2 help to recover d ball for his team, it is 2 dia detriment. Mou trains his team to cum bk nd help recover d ball wen it is lost. That is y mata was sold. Hazard was criticized because of it last season, bt he has developed significantly in dat aspect. It is unfortunate that both neymar nd messi lack dat quality to help the team recover d ball. That is y chelsea is likely to win barca if they meet. Mou's philosophy is if u lose d ball, evry1 shld help to recover it. If yor recover it, evry1 shld help to attack. Massive attack, massive defense. And when i am attacking massively, if the opponent does nt return to defend massively, there is a chance for a goal. This is the reason sum ppl say chelsea park d bus, they dnt undastd d meaning of parking d bus. When chelsea defend massively to recover d ball, they say we are parking d bus.

homesteady:


So because you think Messi and Neymar don't track back, thats why chelsea will win?

Chelsea couldn't even attack massively against 10-men PSG, and you think they will attack massively against barca?

Greatihex:
i doubt if u watched d match.

homesteady:


PSG had more possession, they had more shots, so how did Chelsea attack massively?

Greatihex:
which match did psg hv more possession? U dnt knw d match u are talking abt.

ClintonNzedimma:

exactly, even with mikel barca might still win.
This chelsea side dont scare me at all.
They couldnt beat 10 man psg, yet they are boasting that the can beat this new barca which i even refer to as the most tactically versatile team in the world together with bayern

homesteady:


the stats I saw earlier gave PSG about 51% possession, but I just checked UEFA website and it gave chelsea 51%!
So there are even conflicting results!

but does a 51% possession against 10 men indicate that they played mass attack?

dicksj93:
since the year 2000(barca -Chelsea 1st champions league meeting)the two teams av played 12 times in d cl with barca winning just twice,Chelsea winning four times n d rest ending in draws.barca n Chelsea has scored 18 goals between apiece in dz period..so hw did d bus parking team manage to match u goal wise n outwit u victory-wise ...I know u knw Mikel didn't play all of em..so quit d execuses..we gat ur antidote..we v played barca at dia best...u love possession dah much,we give it up...we luv winning so much,u give it up..!!!KTBFFH

homesteady:


the stats I saw earlier gave PSG about 51% possession, but I just checked UEFA website and it gave chelsea 51%!
So there are even conflicting results!

but does a 51% possession against 10 men indicate that they played mass attack?

TheGoodJoe:



Mikel did not play all, but he played most and this is not about the old Chelsea team. No one can not deny how impenetrable they were when they wanted to defend. The great mid fielders like Makalele, Ballack, Lampard, Meireiles, Malouda, Mikel, were amazing when they defended.

This present side can not defend like that. Is season, Man City outplayed Chelsea with a man down.

TheGoodJoe:


If Barcelona meets Chelsea today, without Mikel, the match will be flawless in favor of Barca.

Barcelona thrives with spaces. Man City were humiliated because Pellegrini left gaps in the middle. Silva, Nasri, Milner, Yaya and Aguero were contributing more to win the game than hold the game.

When you play Matic, Fabregas, Ramires, Hazard, Willian, these guys will at some times during the game try to move forward. When Barca wins the ball on these occasions, they are devastating and cause damages.

With a player like Mikel, he sits deep and shields the back four of Chelsea. Barca will still scale through but the amount of time they have space between the midfield and the defence will be limited.

Pellegrini should have gone with a strong midfield with Fernando, Fernandinho and Yaya to limit the control of Barcelona in the middle. Leaving Navas, Silva and Aguero to counter when the midfield trident wins the ball.