Barcelona's Iniesta slams ugly Chelsea
Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta taunted Chelsea's players with claims of ugly football ahead of tomorrow's Champions League return-leg.
"We will be thinking, 'Attack, attack, attack'. That is the Barcelona way," claimed Iniesta.
"Chelsea play football the way they want to, and they have had success that way. But we will not play their game.
"It is hard to play beautiful football when the other team are not playing beautiful football themselves. We think beautiful football is the only way the game should be played. They play it very tough and have some tough players. I think the referee will need to have a good game so that we can play our flowing football.
"We can’t allow the way they approach a match to affect our approach. We will not compromise our system for any team in the world, and Chelsea are no different."
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| Home | Away | Score | Time |
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| Sat May 12th | |||
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| Real Betis | Barcelona | 2 - 2 | 20:00 |
| Sun May 13th | |||
| Espanyol | Sevilla | 1 - 1 | 18:00 |
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| Real Madrid | 38 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 89 | 100 |
| Barcelona | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 85 | 91 |
| Valencia | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 61 |
| Malaga | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 58 |
| Atletico Madrid | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 56 |
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| Osasuna | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | -17 | 54 |
| Mallorca | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 52 |
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| Athletic Club | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | -3 | 49 |
| Getafe | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | -11 | 47 |
| Real Sociedad | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | -6 | 47 |
| Real Betis | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 47 |
| Espanyol | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 46 |
| Rayo Vallecano | 38 | 13 | 4 | 21 | -20 | 43 |
| Real Zaragoza | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | -25 | 43 |
| Granada | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | -21 | 42 |
| Villarreal | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | -14 | 41 |
| Sporting Gijon | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | -27 | 37 |
| Racing Santander | 38 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -35 | 27 |
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Comments (22)
omfg u di*ks... im a man UTD fan but cant u see that Chelse's game was tactically perfect?? ur all morrons if u say you know football and have no idea of tactics... only because Barca was too weak they start crying its too unfair bla bla... its idiocracy..
Barca are very weak..Players going down for every simple challenge??Dont they know that EPL teams play physical game?Do they think chelsea will give them the ball and say"Go ahead and score if u like"?Heheheheheh
Chelsea don't have a real advantage at their ugly stadium. Their fans aren't actually fans, they are rather spectators, or, as Almunia put it, ghosts... I expect the spanish fans to be louder.
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