C&P

Crashing to the floor before writhing in what appeared to be desperate agony every time a Barcelona player dared to brush off his muscular 185lb frame, Drogba's shameless habit of feigning injury and then miraculously recovering within a matter of seconds was as pathetic as it was unnecessary. As it turned out, his winning goal came in the two minutes of time that had been added on for his first half 'injuries', yet Barcelona only had themselves to blame for their failure to equalise.

End.

It is shameful for a man of Drogba's size to feign injury the way he does.Nonetheless, he's one of the best lone strikers out there when needed to be.

"You don't need to have the ball to win a game" - Jose Mourinho

What a night, disciplined,luck,clinical all ingredients needed to win the Champions league, surely the gods were on our-side when the heavens opened.

I liked the way the game played out and i must say Barca really snuffed out many of our long balls deep from the defence as they played a very high line and rendering Didier less effective on his most effective play. His feigning injury was all calculated and these really broke Barca's momentum and we needed these whenever Barca seemed to get the momentum.(heck at the Allianz Bayern stole all 3 pair of boots for Benzema and Ronaldo - seem to work) Kudos to Ramirez, he snuffed Alvez out Kabisa (hence him being played on the left wing)and same to Mata on Iniesta that was dogged defence.

Obi Mikel tracked Lionel Messi well and the lil maestro just could not link play together with Sanchez/Fabregas and as the game grew on they got frustrated. What i liked is they did not try to press Barca (as Man U tried at Wembley) they just packed the bus and i think Barca thought from the 60th minute they would tire, well this was not the case. I cannot say Chelsea is a counter-attacking team but Barca were so scared of these and at times they dint know to whether to commit or track back - i could see several times Alvez standing half-way not sure whether to commit since Ramirez was way faster than him.

2nd leg to come but i still fancy Barca as Nou Camp is quite expansive (read more space) so pray/hope we can contain them within the 1st 30min then it will be anybodies game.

Arsenal here we come momnetum is surely with us maybe just maybe we can win 2 cups this year!

[quote=Ric dees]
"You don't need to have the ball to win a game" - Jose Mourinho

indeed

Hurting the purists, my foot. That was a defensive masterstroke.

If for whatever reason Cheslea goes thru' tonight, then come tomorrow i will be rooting for a Real breakthough, then sit back,relax and wait for May 19th to see Jonnah Lomus of our soccer world.

Come on Barca, show total football. The true fun of the game.

Viva Barca!