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 | | Chelsea lied Barca, unique bad luck for Lionel Messi and company in London2.07.2012 |
Chelsea beat Barcelona with 1:0 in the first semi-final between the two teams from the Champions League. "Blue" had a great chance at their "Stamford Bridge" and kept a clean gate, although at least a dozen positions in front Petr Cech. Barcelona hit two crossbars, totally ruled the ball, and can only blame only on themselves and the luck for the defeat. The second leg is in a week at "Camp Nou".
The goals situation began from the very beginning of the collision, and ninth minutes Alexis Sanchez get away eye to eye with Petr Cech derived from Lionel Messi, managed to pass the goalkeeper from the edge of penal, but the ball stopped by the crossbar and was cleared by the defense in blue.
In the counter-attack However Chelsea also replied with the failure as surprising the defenders Gary Cahill and John Terry had ended up in the penalty area of Barcelona, but none of them failed to detect cross from the right ball.
However, Barcelona continued to be more active and more dangerous team, and made consecutive unique gap in the 17th minute when consistently Iniesta Fabregas and Sanchez failed to overcome the protective shaft of the hosts. Ten minutes later Lionel Messi made ​​a very dangerous header, but Petr Cech was on his place and save. Ashley Cole was the last barrier to the ball in the 43rd minute after Cesc Fabregas strike and cleared from the goal line.
Despite the superiority of Barcelona, Chelsea managed to strike their shot just 15 seconds before the two minutes to expire for granted by the German referee. Then after a mistake in the midfield, Ramires get away on the left flank, entered the penalty area and centered, finding Drogba. For the experienced goalscorer has not been difficult from the point of the penalty to shot Victor Valdes and give Londoners ahead on the break.
After the resumption of the game, Chelsea partly expected pull back a little, and additionally provide the Barcelona possession of the ball, as they hardly didn't trying to look at the door of the guests. Josep Guardiola's players competed who should shoot Petr Cech and Lionel Messi several times tried to kick, and the same and did Alexis Sanchez, Dani Alves and Xavi.
The reserve Salomon Kalou could solve many more things in the game if he had scored in the 85th minute in one of the rare opportunity for Chelsea, but he missed. Immediately after that Carles Puyol shoot extremely dangerous to Petr Cech at the other penal, but the gard saved the hosts from sure goal, and Thiago Alcantara also missed to detect the ball into the net.
In the last seconds of the added three minutes to the regular 90, the luck has really turned its back on Barcelona and Pedro hit the second crossbar after Messi quickly lied a few defenders on the right up to the strike of his teammate on the left in diagonal meets the base of the far post of Peter Cech .
So after an exciting clash at "Stamford Bridge" Chelsea is one step closer to dreamed new Champions League final. For Barcelona it was the first defeat without hits since November last year and for the last "Catalans" failed to score a goal to Milan in the Champions League and finished 0:0, but then knocked the Italian team on the second leg.
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