Chelsea held Barcelona to a goalless draw in their Champions League semi-final first leg in the Camp Nou. More
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90+6' It is all over: Chelsea hold Barcelona to a goalless draw in their Champions League semi-final first leg in the Camp Nou.
90+5' Chelsea change: Anelka on for Ballack.
90+4' Alves whips across a cross with his left foot following a crossfield Pique pass that just evades both the centre-half and Bojan at the far post!
90+3' Hleb with a great chance as Ballack 'hurt' on the floor plays him onside - he is up very quickly to cover men in the box! - and the Belarusian's shot is blocked by Cech... and the rebound is into the side-netting.
90+1' WHAT A CHANCE FOR BOJAN!! Alves's cross is perfect and the teenager arrives unmarked to head over!!
87' Barca change: Alexander Hleb on for Henry.
82' Barca change: after the corner is headed away, Bojan comes on for Eto'o.
75' Puyol booked for a late tackle on Malouda and will miss the return leg as a result.
74' Eto'o attacks the left side of the box and finds Henry in the middle, who twists and hits the deck; no penalty although Bosingwa had hold of his shirt!! He was travelling backwards and on his way down when the challenge happened, but it was clear contact nonetheless.
71' Chelsea change: A rapturous reception for Juliano Belletti, scorer of Barca's winning goal in the final in 2006, as he replaces Lampard. That is a surprise.
70' Eto'o breaks free of the centre-halves and has Henry in the middle as Cech comes out; his shot is saved!! The defenders were back but Eto'o, who had turned Alex inside out on the halfway line and nutmegged Terry, dummied Alex again and shot instead of passing square.
63' Drogba on his feet after he is seen to by the visiting physio following an aerial bang from Pique.
62' Messi looking for space 25 yards out where there is none but Alves can surge down the right... his shot is fierce and Cech is equal to it.
54' Alves rolling around claiming injury after Lampard caught him late. Ivanovic puts the ball out after a rubbish clearance from Cech. Brazilian Alves is making a meal of it.
52' Barca change: Puyol on for Marquez.
50' Henry up and leaves for the touchline for a bit more treatment. Barca have the ball and Marquez pulls up with a strain, managing to kick the ball out as he goes down!! Good effort.
49' Henry hurt in a challenge with Alex. He was caught both with his head and shoulder after flicking the ball on - it was an accident.
48' Drogba whips it in from the left and Ballack heads wide!! Excellent chance for a man of his aerial prowess.
46' The second half begins with Chelsea kicking to our right.
45+1' Iniesta sneaks inside and plays a low through-ball for Henry but it is just too quick for the striker. And the whistle goes to end the half 0-0.
42' Drogba grabs the bull by the proverbial horns and bursts past his marker - then slips to lose the chance of a shot inside the box!! He wants a penalty but won't get it for that. Marquez then slides in on Malouda and the latter also wants a penalty... it was a subdued appeal, but the tackle looked dubious on the by-line in the corner of the box.
39' CHANCE FOR DROGBA... SAVED BY VALDES!! ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THE IVORIAN... SAVED AGAIN!!
37' Yaya Toure booked now for dissent after he demanded punishment for a foul on Iniesta. The Camp Nou gets all hysterical.
30' The yellow card comes out for Ballack for a dirty foul on Henry. He can be a nasty player sometimes, the German.
28' Alves passes square to Xavi and he looks to shoot from 25 yards despite a lack of space... the ball is just wide of the far post!! Very close, although Cech may have had it covered.
25' Alex kicks Messi as he runs past and the crowd howl for a yellow card. They get it.
22' The Blues keeping the ball well in midfield, Jon Obi Mikel and Drogba combining to feed Malouda. The French winger then strays offside on the left.
2' Thierry Henry earns an early free-kick for Barca on the left. Xavi will whip it in... Samuel Eto'o heads it back across and Drogba turns his back as Branislav Ivanovic misses the ball - and Rafael Marquez cannot steer it home at the far post!!
1' We get underway to a massive roar, Chelsea kicking from right to left.
- The first of the Champions League semi-finals could be a cracker in Barcelona as Chelsea come to town.
- Join Eurosport-Yahoo! for the second leg from Stamford Bridge next Wednesday, and also for the Manchester United v Arsenal semi tomorrow night and 'El Clasico' between Barca and Real Madrid on Saturday!!
90+4' Alves whips across a cross with his left foot following a crossfield Pique pass that just evades both the centre-half and Bojan at the far post!
90+3' Hleb with a great chance as Ballack 'hurt' on the floor plays him onside - he is up very quickly to cover men in the box! - and the Belarusian's shot is blocked by Cech... and the rebound is into the side-netting.
90+1' WHAT A CHANCE FOR BOJAN!! Alves's cross is perfect and the teenager arrives unmarked to head over!!
74' Eto'o attacks the left side of the box and finds Henry in the middle, who twists and hits the deck; no penalty although Bosingwa had hold of his shirt!! He was travelling backwards and on his way down when the challenge happened, but it was clear contact nonetheless.
70' Eto'o breaks free of the centre-halves and has Henry in the middle as Cech comes out; his shot is saved!! The defenders were back but Eto'o, who had turned Alex inside out on the halfway line and nutmegged Terry, dummied Alex again and shot instead of passing square.
62' Messi looking for space 25 yards out where there is none but Alves can surge down the right... his shot is fierce and Cech is equal to it.
48' Drogba whips it in from the left and Ballack heads wide!! Excellent chance for a man of his aerial prowess.
42' Drogba grabs the bull by the proverbial horns and bursts past his marker - then slips to lose the chance of a shot inside the box!! He wants a penalty but won't get it for that. Marquez then slides in on Malouda and the latter also wants a penalty... it was a subdued appeal, but the tackle looked dubious on the by-line in the corner of the box.
39' CHANCE FOR DROGBA... SAVED BY VALDES!! ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THE IVORIAN... SAVED AGAIN!!
28' Alves passes square to Xavi and he looks to shoot from 25 yards despite a lack of space... the ball is just wide of the far post!! Very close, although Cech may have had it covered.
2' Thierry Henry earns an early free-kick for Barca on the left. Xavi will whip it in... Samuel Eto'o heads it back across and Drogba turns his back as Branislav Ivanovic misses the ball - and Rafael Marquez cannot steer it home at the far post!!
- The first of the Champions League semi-finals could be a cracker in Barcelona as Chelsea come to town.
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you chelsea and english fagsssss, get the facts straight. If chelsea was such a better team, and palyed better than barca, why didn't they scored more goals? Barca was missing Henry, they were missing 3 of their best defenders, Puyol, Milito, and Marques, and still chelse could not score more than one goal, and that goal was lucky from eissen. Plus the fact that Barca was a man down and they still managed to score. Also, did you forget the match at Camp Nou, when ballack got away with the red card, and a penalty was not given to Henry, and Barca had 23 shots to 3 shots for chelsea, and when Barca fans were complaining, you chelsea fans were laughing. Guess what? It's pay back. Face it, Barca deserved to win, they played better in both legs, they had more possesion and more shots and played real football, and not antifootball like chelsea did.

barca will win 1-0

i am apraku jones, a chelsea fan, i like the way they defend their away game against the barcelona. their intention was to draw in the much.ghana

who is best stadium?yes it is stamford bridge

who is best stadium?yes it is stamford bridge

chelsea will winn next match

barca will win nothing this season, they will even lose the copa del rey final to bilbao

Very sad!

Football is a sport and its contained of 3 things: Power,Speed,and Technique.And dont forget it Barcelona's balerines...

Speaking about Chelsea, Guardiola commented on how difficult it is to play against a team that just comes out to defend. “Chelsea are a very good team, very physical. We tried to move the ball around and unbalance things though Andrés or Messi. It was very hard to do that against this football, Drogba-Cech, Cech-Drogba, and a defence of up to six players. When one of the teams doesn’t want to play, it’s never easy. But we played a good game, despite everything, only thing we didnt do, was score”.
Just to note, Chelse didnt ONCE create a chance, Barca gifted Drogba 1 chance, thats all chelsea did in an attempt to attack. How Rubbish.

i have to say one more thing about that barca chelsea game i think if you where to ask any chelsea player honestly the question how good did braca play they would hale the barca not only for giving them just 1 chance and making lampard anonymous so he couldn't ping the ball around but also creating alot of chance against them considering the way they were trying to play (lampard substituted who's ever seen that)

not really if you look at the uefa cup of resent years it s the other euorpian sides who have dominated particularly the Spanish sides theres rarely more than 1 premiership side in the quaters if it is such a strong league bolton should have the ambition and be good enough to win the cup i know Middlesbrough got to the final a cupel of years ago but they were absolutely hammered by seville i just dont think theres the strength and depth of good footballing sides in the premiership to do well in this comp largely due to the style football they are taught to play thats just my opinion

jomc_1999
well, Bolton getting into Europe, is the same as United winning the Champions League.

Why are you reading this blog if you find it boring zzzzzzzzz off

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Well you may enjoy watching blackburn stoke newcastle Wigan Middlesbrough Sunderland West Brom Portsmouth Hull City and Bolton but i don't i would consider these teams the most mistake riddled teams in European top flight football but each to there own i'll leave it at that

I said attractive and effective football wins most of the time EFFECTIVE being the most important word and sams won nothing and hes a pure example of how to play negative football and he's proved time and time again that it doesn't work in the long run martin o'niell the exact opposite the that negative concept he has always brought hes teams to heights that you thought they couldn't achieve by playing will say positive football this time your clutching at straws with sam im afraid.

the end shall tell,but the must be a winner

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