Was Chelsea Robbed or Did Barcelona Persevere?
There was a great deal of controversy after the game.. what are your thoughts? Did Barcelona win through persistence or was Chelsea Robbed by the officials?
There was a great deal of controversy after the game.. what are your thoughts? Did Barcelona win through persistence or was Chelsea Robbed by the officials?
casp
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Barcelona won through persistence. The Blaugrana never renounced their attack in either match. Even with the whole Chelsea team defending, Barca kept insisting, always moving forward, always trying to earn goals fairly and through sacrifice. And Chelsea could do nothing but sit back like logs, trying to frustrate Barca rather than beat them on the pitch like men.
No excuses, Chelsea. Don't blame the referee. He did his job badly. But he did not side with one particular club. There was a hand ball by Pique in the box, but Abidal was sent away because the Chelsea player tripped on his own foot. Let's leave it at that, shall we.
masti
Barcelona were robbed in the first leg, they also had a player sent off which shouldnt have been.
In the end of the day, Chelsea were able to defend for 180 minutes, but were punished when giving the ball away, which you cannot afford to do.
Andreas
It doesn't matter how many opportunities did Chelsea wasted, but how many opportunities were taken from them. It should have been a victory with at least 3 goals difference, but when you have a referee who doesn't know how to judge it can be really demoralized for the players which are in negative effect of his decisions. This game was a complete robbery and hopefully we wont see this referee again in UEFA competitions.
Anonymous
chelsea was robbed by the officials, its common sense that they wanted ronaldo vs messi and uefa and nike both said back in september that barcelona vs manchester united would be a dream match, and those words make it pretty obvious
junyno
chelsea was robbed but barcelona deserved being in the final more than chelsea