airwolex wrote:
Kabalega wrote:
airwolex wrote:
Funny enough I thought Chelsea was comfortable. Cortoius was a passenger for most of the game and when we threatened it was always with intent. I thought we'd be rolled over but now I think we have a chance against this Barca team. Their defense is not great.
Of Courtois was confortable. He had a 10 men in front of his goal. And Barca gifted him corner kicks in the 2nd half.
Barca's defense has improved a lot. They have been working on it, unfortunately at the expense of the offense. They have conceded just 2 goals in the CL so far.
When they sharpen that offense, which shouldn't take much, I wouldn't fancy Chelsea's defense on keeping Courtois comfortable.
So Tes Tergen had 2 men in front of him?
Like I said, possession without testing the keeper is super comfortable. I'll take that any day.
Their defense looked shaky to me. Our one twos and flicks befuddled them all day. Not saying we will win the tie but this Barca team looks more dangerous than they really are.
Not this ish again! I heard this argument from Chelsea fans during the game.
How many men did ter Stegen have in front of him during Chelsea's counter attacks?
Do you remember Stanford Bridge in 2009?
Barca had one shot on target (or was it even all game) and it won them the game.
You can hit the post all game and lose the game. If that game had 6 added minutes, Chelsea would have lost it.
There are other subtle things you missed. Like Barca's forwards foiling Chelsea's counter attacks. That's defense and so is possession.
BTW, Barça have also lost just one of their last 39 matches, including this Chelsea game.