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| Originally posted by sleepydragon why do all liverpool fans live in the past? |
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| Originally posted by raveed can u blame them???? look at them in the present |
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| Originally posted by raveed can u blame them???? look at them in the present ,,,, the only time the neutral fan takes an interest in liverpool is at the end of each season when everyone wonders where steven gerrard is going to go... even the queen forgot about them and remembered the english cricket team when handing out the medals but scaza i just want you to know ... i still hate chelsea more than liverpool |
Chelsea v Barcelona
Chelsea welcome back John Terry, Frank Lampard and Petr Cech after they missed the FA Cup clash with Colchester.
Asier del Horno also returns but William Gallas (hamstring) and Claude Makelele (knee) are doubts. Michael Essien is suspended for both legs.
Barcelona may start with Mark van Bommel and Thiago Motta in midfield and leave Lionel Messi on the bench.
Edmilson and Deco are expected to complete the four-man midfield but winger Ludovic Giuly is injured.
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Chelsea (from): Cech, Gallas, Ferreira, Carvalho, Terry, Del Horno, Gudjohnsen, Lampard, Makelele, Geremi), Robben, Crespo, Cole, Duff
Barcelona (from): Valdes, Belletti, Oleguer, Puyol, Marquez, Silvinho, Van Bronckhorst, Van Bommel, Motta, Messi, Edmilson, Deco, Ronaldinho, Eto'o
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Chelsea skipper John Terry:
"We are hungrier to go that one step further (Chelsea have reached the last four in the last two seasons).
"We are really looking forward to playing Barcelona. They are doing very well in their league, similar to us. It's going to be another really exciting tie."
Barcelona playmaker Ronaldinho:
"I've still got images in my head of when the match (against Chelsea) finished last year and we were out (Barcelona lost 5-4 on aggregate in the quarter-finals).
"I don't want that to happen again this year. One of the keys will be to play football the way we know how.
"We know the grass is in a bad state but it will be the same for both teams and I'm not worried about it."
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STATS
Definitions of terms used:-
Champions League (CL) - only group phase matches and beyond of this competition which began in 1992/1993.
Champions Cup/Champions League - all matches played since it began in 1955/1956 including qualification matches.
European matches - all matches played in the major European tournaments (Fairs Cup, Uefa Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, Champions Cup, Champions League).
Uefa Super Cups, Intertoto Cups and the old Intercontinental Cup competition are excluded.
Head-to-Head
Chelsea and Barcelona have met on seven previous occasions with the home team winning each time.
Chelsea's three home matches have all been won by a two goal margin; 2-0, 3-1 and 4-2.
The 4-2 victory last season put Chelsea through 5-4 on aggregate. Barcelona had knocked the Londoners out of the two previous ties (1965/1966 Fairs Cup and 1999/2000 Champions League).
Three of Barcelona's current players, Carles Puyol, Xavi and Gabri played in the April 2000 match between the two clubs at Stamford Bridge. There are no survivors from the Chelsea team that played that night.
Chelsea have fallen to Spanish clubs on four occasions, the last being Barcelona in 1999/2000.
Barcelona have been eliminated by English clubs on six occasions, the last being Chelsea last season.
European history
Chelsea's biggest success in European competition is their two Cup Winners' Cup victories. They won the trophy in 1971 and 1998.
In the Champions League, Chelsea have reached the semi-final in each of the last two years and never failed to reach the last eight in their three previous participations.
This season is Chelsea's 15th in European competition.
For Barcelona this is their 10th Champions League berth, their best result so far being runners-up to AC Milan in 1993/1994.
Barcelona have won the Champions Cup though, in 1992. Furthermore they have amassed four Cup Winners' Cups, three Uefa Cups and two European Super Cups.
This season is Barcelona's 50th in European competition.
Current European form
Chelsea are unbeaten in their last 14 home matches in the Champions League.
Chelsea's streak is the joint seventh longest ever in the competition and the third best by an English club.
The last team to win a Champions League match at Stamford Bridge was Besiktas (2-0) in October 2003.
Chelsea have kept a clean sheet in their last four Champions League home matches.
Barcelona have won all three of their away matches in the Champions League this season.
The Catalan club have also kept a clean sheet in all three of their away fixtures in the competition.
Barcelona are one of five unbeaten clubs in this season's Champions League.
Player and disciplinary info
No players are suspended for this match.
Chelsea's Arjen Robben, Frank Lampard and John Terry are at risk of suspension from the second leg if they are booked.
Barcelona's Rafael Marquez and Mark van Bommel will be suspended for the second leg if they are booked.
Claude Makelele is Chelsea's most experienced Champions League player with 72 matches under his belt. Amongst French players, only Real Madrid's Zinedine Zidane (78) has played more in the competition.
The only other player in the Chelsea squad with 50 Champions League matches is Hernan Crespo with 52 appearances. Amongst Argentine players, only Inter's Juan Veron (57) has more matches to his name.
Frank Lampard is Chelsea's record appearance maker in the Champions League with 30 matches.
Lampard is also Chelsea's top scorer ever in the Champions League with nine goals.
Crespo is the only player who has scored for more than three different clubs in the Champions League. The Argentine has scored for five different clubs in the competition. He is the top scoring Argentine in the Champions League with 23 goals.
Eidur Gujohnsen holds the Icelandic record for Champions League appearances with 23 matches.
Xavi is the most experienced Barcelona player with 57 CL appearances.
Barcelona's Deco has scored 11 goals in the Champions League.
Ronaldinho has scored five goals in five Champions League matches this season.
Other miscellaneous facts
Chelsea need to score one goal to record 200 in European competition.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was assistant coach at Barcelona under Bobby Robson and Louis van Gaal, and was in that role when Barcelona played Chelsea in the 1999/2000 Champions League.
Barcelona won the Copa del Rey, Super Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup in the season that Mourinho was Robson's assistant.
When Mourinho was Van Gaal's assistant, Barcelona won the Primera Divisi�n twice amongst other titles.
Barcelona are two goals away from scoring 300 in the Champions Cup/Champions League.
Chelsea advanced to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. The Premiership front runners defeating Colchester United 3-1 last time out, on Sunday.
Last Saturday, Barca got help from Real Betis defender Melli who pitched in two own goals in a 5-1 rout at the Nou Camp.
Barcelona lead the Spanish top flight table by six points from Valencia.
BRING IT HOME LADS
ALL YOU CHAVSKI FUCKOS ARE GONNA BE CRYING IN A FEW HOURS
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| Originally posted by fastmp3 ALL YOU CHAVSKI FUCKOS ARE GONNA BE CRYING IN A FEW HOURS |
A win tonight is a must for Chelsea, if they don't win, then they're going to have huge problems.
RITE IM OFF TO THE PUB NOW. ILL SEE YOU BARCA KIDS LATER.
hey Chang Monkey who won Chelsea or Barcelona?!?!?!?!
Chelsea = teh sucky sucky....
Chelsea's pitch was awfully Messi (no pun intended) 
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| Originally posted by Chang monkey RITE IM OFF TO THE PUB NOW. ILL SEE YOU BARCA KIDS LATER. |
ingleses filhosdaputa
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| Originally posted by MKII ingleses filhosdaputa |
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| Originally posted by MKII ingleses filhosdaputa |
POOR CHANG MONKEY, HE PROBABLY HANGED HIMSELF IN THAT PUB
BARCA FUCKED CHELSEA AT HOME, YES LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE WERE THE BEST ON THE PITCH, WE HAD THE MOST OCCASIONS, POOR JOS� MORON
CHANG MONKEY, THAT CHAVSKI MONKEY
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| Originally posted by Ian Well I know what ingleses is, and I know what puta is, so I can pretty much work that out.... *checks insultmonger* hope you have a sister Sua irm� d� a bunda o dia inteiro |
JOS��������� MOURINHO, JOS� MOURINHOOOOOOOOOO, JOS� MOURINHO, JOS� MOURINHO
The chavs will probably moan about the sending off, but they got away with 2 clear penalties (handball by Makelele? and Terry running over Messi then handling the ball!). For the record, it shouldn't have been a red card.
poor frankie 
Chelsea dont have what it takes to win the CL.
And i'm being serious here, you guys play dirty all the time...in spite of all the millions you have, you cant do shit but moan.
mourinho should shut his fucking mouth. what messi did was not nearly as bad as what robben did against liverpool. what a ****. they all are.
what goes around comes aeound (diving cheating scum) 
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| what goes around comes aeound (diving cheating scum) |
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| Chelsea dont have what it takes to win the CL. |
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| Originally posted by scAza what goes around comes aeound (diving cheating scum) |
I wish we had some really nippy, tricky players like Messi/Ronaldinho etc. They really are a joy to watch, even on that fucking DISGRACE of a pitch.
I'm fuckin delighted they lost
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