It was an amazing match at Stamford Bridge, with Chelsea edging out 1-0. Here's some gossip from out not so famous Football Gupshup group about the match.
Mitesh quotes "34 year old Didier Droga.. Man of the Match... never seen any striker threat Barcelona defenders as he did in this match.... #hatsOff ... #buyHimMourinho"
Pratik adds "And superb saves by cech..."
Parijat wasnt happy with it and says "Sorry , the way I see it : Scuffed shot lucky to go in , Valdes should have saved it .... Went to the ground way too easily , must have put BArca players to shame ... But yes did hold the ball up well .... MOTM Cahill"
and then Mitesh replies "Talking of putting Barca players to shame, include Alexis and Cesc also.... and why not Messi for giving it away in the mid of the pitch to Lampard that led to the goal... Nothing lucky abt the goal, great vision by Lampard to pick out Ramires and good unselfish play by Ramires to feed in Drogba.. and he finished it, lucky or not lucky.. he did better than alexis.. who just had a simple tap in... When any team doesnt take the chances they have, they are the one to blame and not luck... and Valdes should have saved it, but he didnt... Alexis and Cesc should have scored, but they didnt... Drogba should have scored and he did... and that was the difference in the match"
Parijat agrees but not fully and replies "Great vision by Lampard - Yes Unselfish play by Ramires - YES but a scuffed shot is a scuffed shot that had to be saved .... and i dint say he was worse than Cesc or Alexis ...... And for any neutral , the number of times he fell to the ground and playacted, it served as halts to a good free-flowing game ... Drogba was just a shade above average if u ask me in the footballing sense but ya ppl will shower him with praises becos he just slayed the behemoths of world football,albeit with a scuffed shot.."
and then Bhavin jumps in "According to me Cahill , Cech , Cole and Terry was Awesome ... Specially Cahill considering his first big game..Superb defending. I think Di Matteo is having luck his side.Whatever he touch turn out to be gold... Kalou scored against bebefica..toress going great ...All old guards doing great job...Its just amazing how he has turned season Chelsea way..."
After reading all the gossip, the all time Barca fan Harsh comes into the gossip and says "folks, still there is 2nd leg to go at Camp Nou as well as Bernabau... They still are 2 best teams in d world..."
To that Mitesh says "I know that Camp Nou is very very tough.. but I am not talking abt the tie, i am just talking about the match.... Barcelona just couldnt handle Drogba in that match, you have to admit it... and i know that 1-0 is not enough for chelsea.... bt they won against Barcelona and its a much bigger result considering their form this season, y dont Barca fans accept that they got defeated... y the excuses like scuffed shot and unlucky??? Barca were lucky in 2009, y cant Chelsea be???"
Harsh, confident about Barca winning the 2nd leg agrees and adds "ya, i told d same thing... chelsea won, defended brilliantly... but it's a 2 legged tie... problem for chelsea wud be to stick or twist.... nd It wud be hard to think that Lightning vil strike twice...and it's just not chelsea, barca have struggled against teams who dont leave any space behind with smaller pitches, osasuna, getafe, levante away etc..."
and also talks about the best player for chelsea, probably for keeping check on Messi "best player for chelsea has to be Gary Cahill..."
Mitesh to that says "Thank God he's not in Arsenal, else Barca would want him"
and then Harsh talks about the Barcelona probables "They I think are eying up Luiz, but i think they shud concentrate on Martinez as he can play anywer and also jordi alba.."
and finally Parijat clarifies "The scuffed shot isnt an excuse..its a fact and i am not a pro- barcelona guy to look for excuses,i wanted a great game from a neutral point of view and drogba's constant falling on the ground marred it .... Ppl are over-reacting on drogba's performance , thats all i m saying"
Mitesh quotes "34 year old Didier Droga.. Man of the Match... never seen any striker threat Barcelona defenders as he did in this match.... #hatsOff ... #buyHimMourinho"
Pratik adds "And superb saves by cech..."
Parijat wasnt happy with it and says "Sorry , the way I see it : Scuffed shot lucky to go in , Valdes should have saved it .... Went to the ground way too easily , must have put BArca players to shame ... But yes did hold the ball up well .... MOTM Cahill"
and then Mitesh replies "Talking of putting Barca players to shame, include Alexis and Cesc also.... and why not Messi for giving it away in the mid of the pitch to Lampard that led to the goal... Nothing lucky abt the goal, great vision by Lampard to pick out Ramires and good unselfish play by Ramires to feed in Drogba.. and he finished it, lucky or not lucky.. he did better than alexis.. who just had a simple tap in... When any team doesnt take the chances they have, they are the one to blame and not luck... and Valdes should have saved it, but he didnt... Alexis and Cesc should have scored, but they didnt... Drogba should have scored and he did... and that was the difference in the match"
Parijat agrees but not fully and replies "Great vision by Lampard - Yes Unselfish play by Ramires - YES but a scuffed shot is a scuffed shot that had to be saved .... and i dint say he was worse than Cesc or Alexis ...... And for any neutral , the number of times he fell to the ground and playacted, it served as halts to a good free-flowing game ... Drogba was just a shade above average if u ask me in the footballing sense but ya ppl will shower him with praises becos he just slayed the behemoths of world football,albeit with a scuffed shot.."
and then Bhavin jumps in "According to me Cahill , Cech , Cole and Terry was Awesome ... Specially Cahill considering his first big game..Superb defending. I think Di Matteo is having luck his side.Whatever he touch turn out to be gold... Kalou scored against bebefica..toress going great ...All old guards doing great job...Its just amazing how he has turned season Chelsea way..."
After reading all the gossip, the all time Barca fan Harsh comes into the gossip and says "folks, still there is 2nd leg to go at Camp Nou as well as Bernabau... They still are 2 best teams in d world..."
To that Mitesh says "I know that Camp Nou is very very tough.. but I am not talking abt the tie, i am just talking about the match.... Barcelona just couldnt handle Drogba in that match, you have to admit it... and i know that 1-0 is not enough for chelsea.... bt they won against Barcelona and its a much bigger result considering their form this season, y dont Barca fans accept that they got defeated... y the excuses like scuffed shot and unlucky??? Barca were lucky in 2009, y cant Chelsea be???"
Harsh, confident about Barca winning the 2nd leg agrees and adds "ya, i told d same thing... chelsea won, defended brilliantly... but it's a 2 legged tie... problem for chelsea wud be to stick or twist.... nd It wud be hard to think that Lightning vil strike twice...and it's just not chelsea, barca have struggled against teams who dont leave any space behind with smaller pitches, osasuna, getafe, levante away etc..."
and also talks about the best player for chelsea, probably for keeping check on Messi "best player for chelsea has to be Gary Cahill..."
Mitesh to that says "Thank God he's not in Arsenal, else Barca would want him"
and then Harsh talks about the Barcelona probables "They I think are eying up Luiz, but i think they shud concentrate on Martinez as he can play anywer and also jordi alba.."
and finally Parijat clarifies "The scuffed shot isnt an excuse..its a fact and i am not a pro- barcelona guy to look for excuses,i wanted a great game from a neutral point of view and drogba's constant falling on the ground marred it .... Ppl are over-reacting on drogba's performance , thats all i m saying"
