CL semis

[sean_lfc]

I'm watching the game with me dad tonight, who incidentally is a Spurs fan. I've already proclaimed Barca will tear them a new one, they've just got too much attacking quality, goals from nowhere, goals from patient build-ups, I think this will be when di Matteo gets found out. I hope those cunts get stuffed, I can see some incredulous refereeing decisions going against Barca though, some of Roman's £££ changing hands...

[Bender]

LINE-UPSChelsea v Barcelona (1945 BST)
Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Cole, Mikel, Lampard, Meireles, Ramires, Mata, Drogba. Subs: Turnbull, Essien, Torres, Malouda, Bosingwa, Kalou.
Substitutes
22 Turnbull
17 Bosingwa
05 Essien
15 Malouda
09 Torres
21 Kalou



Barcelona: Valdes, Dani Alves, Puyol, Mascherano, Adriano, Busquets, Iniesta, Xavi, Messi, Sanchez, Fabregas. Subs: Pinto, Pique, Bartra, Thiago, Keita, Pedro.
Substitutes
13 Pinto
03 Pique
32 Bartra
11 Thiago
15 Keita
17 Pedrito



Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

[Assassin]

LINE-UPSChelsea v Barcelona (1945 BST)
Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Cole, Mikel, Lampard, Meireles, Ramires, Mata, Drogba. Subs: Turnbull, Essien, Torres, Malouda, Bosingwa, Kalou.
Substitutes
22 Turnbull
17 Bosingwa
05 Essien
15 Malouda
09 Torres
21 Kalou



Barcelona: Valdes, Dani Alves, Puyol, Mascherano, Adriano, Busquets, Iniesta, Xavi, Messi, Sanchez, Fabregas. Subs: Pinto, Pique, Bartra, Thiago, Keita, Pedro.
Substitutes
13 Pinto
03 Pique
32 Bartra
11 Thiago
15 Keita
17 Pedrito



Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Interesting that both teams have 12 subs

[McDermotX]

Masch on defending CKs etc with Drogba, Terry, Cahill, Ivanovic..............hhmmm



Funny on SSN earlier on when the Barca bus was arriving.......SSN presenter you could tell was waiting for Messi etc to come down the steps - "and there is Messi, the man himself etc" before reeling off the carefully prepared list of his goal-scoring stats............

Except it wasn't Messi, it was one of the backroom staff.............stoopid bint

[Bender]

Interesting that both teams have 12 subs

[Assassin]

I'm watching the game with me dad tonight, who incidentally is a Spurs fan. I've already proclaimed Barca will tear them a new one, they've just got too much attacking quality, goals from nowhere, goals from patient build-ups, I think this will be when di Matteo gets found out. I hope those cunts get stuffed, I can see some incredulous refereeing decisions going against Barca though, some of Roman's £££ changing hands...

I think the Chavs game plan will be to clatter Messi at every opportunity. I will be amazed if they dont end the match with at least one man sent off.

There also isnt enough pace in the back 4 to deal with Sanchez. I'm expecting a comfortable win for Barca

[Rich]

According to Ray Parlour, Torres was a Barcelona fan...

[Gibbo]

Barca will get a pen.

[McDermotX]

According to Ray Parlour, Torres was a Barcelona fan...

....used to be a footballer a while back as well.

[Phoenix07]

I bet Pep drops Mascherano for the Real Madrid game. Always does. Did it earlier in the season too.

[Craig_H]

Drogba v Mascherano

[Gibbo]

I think Masch will be fine.

Ive got a feeling Barca are absolutely gonna batter then.

[RedAndWhite]

Chelsea playing hoof ball seems to be the plan

[Gibbo]

Better touch there and he scores for me there Drogba

[Kenneth]

I can see Chelsea doing ok in this leg, then getting ****ted in Spain.