Barca, Out!

Barcelona was eliminated from the Champions League by a very lucky and perseverant Chelsea.

Guardiola's team pressed from the very beginning, but good defending from Chelsea kept the score at 0-0 for more than half an hour.

Then, at the 35-minute mark, the breakthrough finally happened. Busquets was the unlikely scorer of a goal that had seemed imminent for a long time.
Two minutes later, John Terry showed his ugly side and got a red card for hitting a Barcelona player.
Iniesta, in the 43rd minute, timed his run to perfection, to slot the ball home past Cech, following a perfect pass by Messi. 2-0.

And, so, it seemed like Barcelona was going to have an easy game.

But, only three minutes later, and again in first-half injury time (just like at Stamford Bridge one week ago), Chelsea hit on the counter. Lampard saw Ramires' intelligent run, and the latter finished the opportunity like a high-class striker, chipping the goalkeeper from the edge of the penalty box.

That goal, as spectacular as it was, could have had very little importance, though, if only Messi had scored his penalty, early in the second half.
In the 48th minute, Didier Drogba committed a foul in his own penalty area, and the Argentinian stepped up in minute 49 to take the spot kick. But he put it too high, and the ball rebounded back from the crossbar.

Barcelona continued pressing, and they hit the woodwork again, through Messi, with ten minutes to go.

Just when it seemed like the game was destined to end 2-1, Torres managed to catch hold of the ball, alone against Valdes, rounded the Barcelona keeper, and put the ball into the empty net. It was all over.

Chelsea succeeded in eliminating Barcelona even without completing two perfect games. I'm referring especially to the second match. But they were extremely close to being perfect.
As for Barcelona, I guess their finishing needs some better efforts at the present time.

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