It took one moment of magic from Didier Drogba to seal the deal for Chelsea and European Champions Barcelona. Then again, for Chelsea, it always takes only one moment of brilliance isnt it, and its most always from Drogba.
The Ivory Coast international deceived Barca captain Carlos Puyol with a fantastic touch and slammed the ball into the back of the net, leaving no chance for Barca keeper Valdez.
One moment of brilliance, I was on the edge of my seat. And then the game settled to its normal pace, with Barca enjoying most of the possession, though not doing anything very productive with it. Barca played one of their worst games of football last night.
Chelsea didnt play very entertaining football either. Both played very mediocre football. Though the reason I lash out at Chelsea is because of this:
Chelsea is a team with a large number of attacking options. Midfielders like Arjen Robben, Michael Ballack and Frank Lampard are some of the biggest names in the world. Then why is it that Chelsea always seems to win on a 1-0 margin, unless they get free chances. Do they forget the fact that they have to attack and decide instead only to defend and keep the ball in midfield? Or is it because they feel they dont need to attack and leave their defence (a little) unprotected.
Chelsea, as far as I can tell, is not a team that needs to worry about their defence. Captain John Terry and the rest of the defensive company is assurance enough that the defence is well looked after. Petr Cech is by no means a bad goalkeeper, nor is Carlo Cudicini. Even Hilario, whom the papers took after, isnt a bad keeper. Claude Makelele does ALL the dirty work in Makelele does the dirty work
midfield, wins crucial tackles, nips the attack of other teams in the bud. Then WHY cant Chelsea win with more than a 1-0 margin.
Didier Drogba and Andriy Shevchenko are a threat to any defence, even Italian, though the latter isnt troubling many defenders with Chelsea. Shevchenko is a 30+million waste at the moment. The Chelsea midfield cant provide enough through balls for him to survive on, a move to Arsenal would have made more sense, if Arsenal were willing to buy.I'm pretty sure a time will come when Chelsea thinks they've won the game after scoring one goal, even if their opponents are two goals up. This would be playing in the team's mind :
Shevchenko signing up for a goal drought
"Oh well, thats our goal tally for the day, lets defend now"
Because of the absence of a youth system, I doubt Chelsea will last in the Premiership, especially when teams like Reading, Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspurs and Everton are playing with so much passion.
