Football

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This is the weakest side that Roman Abramovich has ever sent out soothe his Champions League craving and tonight they come up against one of the best teams in the history of football. Yes, it's Barcelona versus Chelsea, the clash of a club that is reaping the luscious fruit of years of painstaking talent hot-housing and the club that is desperately staving off the comeuppance of years of splurging pell-mell and hoping for the best. But that is not to say the result is a foregone conclusion. Because while Barça boast mobility, finesse and enterprise, Chelsea offer those qualities that we are told are possessed only by English, or English-inspired, people: PASSION AND BALLS AND BOTTLE (when they're in the mood). So it's tiki-taka v hurly-burly. Fancy dans v John Bull. Ball-hogs against war pigs. Chelsea may seldom touch the ball but when they get it, by George they shall hoof it. Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, Stamford Bridge must be a wet Tuesday night in Stoke. And then, next week, Camp Nou must be a wet Tuesday night in Stoke. It's an order so tall that air traffic controllers are in a panic. Panic is good. Panic is Chelsea's friend. Panic is Chelsea's best chance of beating Barça. But not the sort of panic that Fernando Torres feels whenever he gets in sight of a goal, which is why Didier Drogba sensibly starts. From there on, Chelsea need madness to reign.

Sums it up quite nicely...

pft chelski's not got a snowballs chance

Cahill has brought long throws to london! We are Chelsea and Chelsea is Bolton!

Tyldesley's talking about barca anaesthetising the game, with all their possession. It takes two teams to play football and chelsea are playing defensive, we're at home but we're playing as if we are away. Suppose it shows how much respect Chelsea have for barca...

Personally Drogba needs to man up and stop flopping around the place he is the sole reason for the bittiness in play...

Drogba up to his usual tricks again

One horrible, whingin, cheatin cunt!

What a ball Ramires!

Had to be Drogba. He's a first class cunt.

Plastic.

I've got Spanish(well, South American) blood and I've been to the Nou Camp 3 times

More of a supporter than the Kopites on here with Liverpool

What a shit half of football, so boring watching Drogba rolling around on the floor the little bitch. Lols at Messi giving the ball away, looks like he can't handle a wet Wednesday after all

He's blatantly gonna destroy them, Barca should have at least 2 by now.

That's a bit harsh on the wee fella.

He's a horrible cunt

Ramires is prolly the most underrated player of the season

Ramires is prolly the most underrated player of the season

He's decent enough but I wouldn't go that far

Chelsea winning this would be a crime to football

Chelsea winning this would be a crime to football

Bollocks.

Cahill actually looking good

Barca fans are calling Drogba a maricon.

Google traducuir es tu amigo...

Homophobes

I wish those two tits commentating would stop calling Xavi 'Chabby'

^haha quality

Mute on TV with 5live on the laptop

Meh. Only saw the last 30 minutes.

Wasn't great, last night was better.

Ave that you cunts!!!!!!