Barca Cry Babies
Posted by Andy Thornton
11 hours, 56 minutes ago
After we came away with a stunning draw in the Nou Camp, holding the great Barcelona for the full 90 minutes and stopping them from scoring for the first time this season, the Barcelona boys aren't happy!
Toure, Iniesta and even Guardiola have been calling for more bookings and sendings-off - even calling the referee "deplorable". What a bunch of cry-babies!
Ok, so it wasn't our best performance, but surely they have to realise that we couldn't go to the Camp Nou, where Bayern had been dispatched 4-0 three weeks ago, and play our usual game - it would have been suicide!
What we had to do was dig in, soak up the Barca pressure, and then try and get a cheeky goal on the counter. This is a tried and tested game-plan, used by some of the greatest teams in the world (including the current World Champions, Italy), and even though it might not look pretty it still requires 100% concentration, skill and the ability to get tackles in. Something we did admirably.
It wasn't a dirty game by any stretch of the imagination - this was just committed Chelsea boys going into 50-50 tackles with their team-mates and game-plan in mind. A never-say-die attitude that saw them fighting for every ball.
Xavi complained about the tackles: "There were some actions which were clear yellow cards and not even a foul was given, and then [Yaya] Tour? was booked for protesting. One team wanted to play and the other one didn't, it's a shame...
