Champions League Knockout Stage

KdjaCL

Stupid thing for a professional to do, he was getting booked anyway for the tackle at the half way line must have got the rush of blood to the head then. He went right tru Messi with no intention of getting the ball and left the ref with no choice.


/mayordenis banned for 1 week.

That is his third ban now, it is permanent.



kdjac

zAbbo

the lads on sky are all agreed that both play acted, saying both players chicken out of going for the ball, but the reason messi doesn't go for it, is because Del Horno is steaming into him with a raised leg.

Lets hope for a more attacking game in the second half.

Kingp35

KdjaC wrote:

Stupid thing for a professional to do, he was getting booked anyway for the tackle at the half way line must have got the rush of blood to the head then. He went right tru Messi with no intention of getting the ball and left the ref with no choice.

Yeah I totally agree. You could see that the ref had already decided to book Del Horno for the earlier challenge but then let play go only for Del Horno to fly in like that. I cant really see that he has any ground for complaint.

Im looking for a better second half because the first was pretty poor. One great save from Cech but other than that there was very little goal mouth action.

Jammer

Chelsea look rattled.

the goal is coming for Barca methinks...

Wonder what Jose was saying to the Barca manager...

Aquos76

Good stuff, now Barca have to come at them

Chong

FFS , come on Barca , all they need is 1.

Jammer

Maybe not....Terry scores...1-0 Chelsea

Well, a Motta own goal...but Terry celebrated like he scored

Aquos76

Chelsea deserve some credit for the way they have come out for this second half. Down to 10 men and leading this game. We all know how strong Chelsea are at holding on to what they have. Barca will have to come up with something special if they are going to get anything out of this leg. Lampard was unlucky there not to make it 2.

Aquos76

Larson is on Barca now. On for Motta

Jammer

Barca are being let down by the crosses/last pass all the time..

mike65

How bad is this? Arsenal win, Liverpool loose now Chelsea are going to win with 10 men! sniff

edit - heh!

Mike.

Aquos76

1-1 now John Terry own goal

HashSlinging

GWAN!!! hahahah 1 for barca

Chong

BARCA WOOP WOOP. At least it shuts up Gray.

Chong

Dear god Messi , what a shot.

zAbbo

JT scores an OG, both goals 1-1

Aquos76

Barca just walloped the crossbar there from messi

merlinsmerryman

Yes of all the people I wanted to see score for Barcelona he did haha. ANd what a shot by Messi what a talent.

Tusky

Messi off the bar!

zAbbo

messi, ooooh, nearly

Jammer

what an effort from messi...ala Henry...

Aquos76

Terry makes up for his og there excellent defending to deny Larson

Jammer

JT off the line from larsson...bastid

Chong

Business really has just picked up.

merlinsmerryman

Another miss by Messi needs to just finish one trying to walk them in.

Aquos76

terry off the line again. What a second half

merlinsmerryman

Another miss and a stone wall penalty Chelsea have all the luck.

Jammer

off the line again from JT, and deffinate penalty not given against JT

zAbbo

Game on, exciting last 15mins coming up.

mike65

Rangers equalise.

Mike.

merlinsmerryman

And once again Drogba lives up to his name as the best player in Africa, what a joke.

Chong

EToooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

mike65

Eto scores hahahahahahaha! (sorry )

Mike.

merlinsmerryman

Meanwhile the best player in Africa actually shows him how it's done at the other end.

Aquos76

Eto makes it 2-1

Jammer

Eto'o with far post header, legend.

Lampard poor corner started it all...

zAbbo

Goal Etoo, world class, Ronnie --- Henkrik - Sammy - Andy Gray

merlinsmerryman

As a Man Utd(and therefore a neutral) I have to say it's a cracking game of football.

Chong

I love the Andy Gray reference Zabbo.

Raskolnikov

The Chelsea players look absolutely ragged. If Barca can keep running them into the ground like this, they can get another goal.

merlinsmerryman

Drogba is the worst player on the pitch. Better than Eto'o, what a joke!

Tusky

Barcelona play some mighty pretty football.

mike65

W Bremen equalise, Inter equalise.

Mike.

Jammer

All the games look like they were decent, Ajax now 2-2 with inter after being down 2-0, and rangers 2-2 aswel.

Great 2nd half Chelsea-Barca tho

mike65

Bremen go 3-2 up

Mike.

Aquos76

So advantage to all the away sides tonight I guess. They have all scored 2 away goals.

mike65

I can't wait to hear Maureens musings....

Mike.

Tusky

Very well played to Barca, a joy to watch.

Raskolnikov

RTÉ pundits are talking absolute shíte. Of course Chelsea were the poorer team, they were down to 10 men for most the match. Up until that point, I thought Chelsea did well. Makelele in particular was brilliant.

CivilServant

Chelsea played heroicly well. If it wasn't for a carvalho mistake, they could of actually won the match. Barcelona's 11 man advantage showed in the end. But don't write Chelsea off. Giles, Dunphy, & Brady overflowing with superlative adjectives for barcelona seem to forget that barca were playing with 11 men vs 10 for the majority of the game. Freakin idiots. Ref ruined the game, terrible decision.