ryanvilla_1994 Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Athletic vs Schalke has been better than anything i've seen in the champions league this season. 2 brilliant games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 five Spanish teams in semi-finals of CL & Europa League.. think it's a new record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 6, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted April 6, 2012 Not a chance of the refs allowing Chelsea to beat Barca. I'm not sure they'll really have that much to do with it. Messi and Sanchez against Cahill or Luiz? It'll likely be ridiculous. That won't stop peopl eblaming the refs though! Seriously though, I listened to football weekly this morning and Sid Lowe made a good point (again) He basically said that all the talk of cheating and barca being lucky is getting on Barca's nerves, and they're getting annoyed at people chipping away at their success. And obviously the game against Chelsea last time was probably the most obvious example of all that (I don't buy into this ludicrous conspiracy theory that the refs help Barca. It's bullshit. But no-one can deny that the reffing in that game was unbelievably poor and in Barca's favour) So he said he feels like Barca will feel they have a big big point to prove. They'll want to beat Chelsea and beat them well, and fairly. So we can expect a real effort from Barca and maybe a hiding for chelsea. And maybe we'll even get a few less dives from the likes of Busquets and friends (not that there aren't certain Chelsea players who do more diving than anyone) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 He basically said that all the talk of cheating and barca being lucky is getting on Barca's nerves, and they're getting annoyed at people chipping away at their success. maybe they should talk to their players like Buscuits, Pique and Puyol. former is a terrible diver and other 2 constantly surround referee for nothing issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 They'll want to beat Chelsea and beat them well, and fairly. Beating Chelsea now as opposed to back then is different.. of course they'll have a better chance of beating them now as opposed to back then. Chelsea are in shambles at the moment and are trying to fight for top 4 rather than the PL title this season and by their standards it has been poor but the CL campaign has been one saving grace. Even if they beat Chelsea here I don't think anyone can forget that match back then and rightly so - they were robbed it's as simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 6, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted April 6, 2012 He basically said that all the talk of cheating and barca being lucky is getting on Barca's nerves, and they're getting annoyed at people chipping away at their success. maybe they should talk to their players like Buscuits, Pique and Puyol. former is a terrible diver and other 2 constantly surround referee for nothing issues Thanks for that, Captain Obvious That was kind of the point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 A Chelsea fan I know claim 2009 was a fix because the powers that be didn't want the same final as 2009. Also, Man U were shit so they'd have beaten them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 A Chelsea fan I know claim 2009 was a fix because the powers that be didn't want the same final as 2009. Also, Man U were shit so they'd have beaten them Does your friend have a source for this claim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 I meant same final as 2008 of course and no, hes deluded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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