After surrendering to a 1-0 defeat against Chelsea in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, Barcelona will host the second leg with Puyol counting on the club’s fans.
Barcelona faced http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Didier-Drogba-c11044 halted Barcelona’s objectives and they had to surrender
to a defeat against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Di Matteo’s men.
However, with only the first leg finished, Barcelona still have to face Chelsea in the second leg and this time in their home ground, the Nou Camp.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 entered the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final with a backing of 11 successive victories in La Liga. Despite being 4 points away from the league leaders, Real Madrid, Barcelona have shown great improvement in the league and with
that record, they were expected to win the game against Chelsea.
However, Roberto Di Matteo got his tactics right and managed to keep Barcelona out of their area.
Despite creating a lot of goal-scoring opportunities, Barcelona had to surrender to a 1-0 defeat as Chelsea took their only chance during the game and La Blaugrana could not do the same.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Petr-Cech-c29837 and co. were on their toes and did not let Barcelona find the back of the net.
Barcelona are now going to play a tough La Liga fixture against Real Madrid on Saturday. It is a must-win situation for the Spanish champions, if they want to retain their La Liga title. On the other hand, Chelsea will be facing a stern test in the shape
of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429; therefore, both the teams will be playing the second leg after a tough fixture over the weekend.
Speaking about the first leg against Chelsea, club captain, Carles Puyol, said that he expects the crowd at the Nou Camp to be at its best as they face the Blues next Tuesday.
“We’ll have to fight back at the Camp Nou after today’s defeat. I think we deserved to win this game. We need your help [fans] to get to the final in Munich.”
Barcelona are to face Chelsea in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final and they have to beat the Blues by a two-goal margin, if they are to qualify for the final.
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