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00:00With all the epic outings for Chelsea Football Club these days it's hard to be
00:05certain but this feels like the biggest game since the pain in the rain of Moscow
00:10four years ago. Another Champions League final is tantalisingly close but the Blues
00:15must overcome the very best to get there. The good news it turns out Barcelona are
00:21human after all just a few cracks have appeared, exposed first by Chelsea and then by a former Blues boss.
00:30Gerard Piquet returns tonight to add height and experience but he's not
00:36replacing Mascherano as widely predicted. It seems he's part of a back three so
00:41neither Dani Alves nor Adriano stop. Bit of a surprise there. Captain Xavi was a doubt
00:46but plays and so too does youngster Isaac Cuenca somewhat bizarrely after a whole
00:51two games without a goal. Lionel Messi is under a bit of local pressure.
01:00Cole Ivanovic, Ramirez and Morales would all miss the final with the yellow card but they can't afford to think about that.
01:09No surprise to see that Drogba's back nor that the recently impressive Cahill keeps his place.
01:14This is the exact same eleven that did part one of the job so well at the bridge.
01:21We'll be interested to see exactly how Barca do line up at kickoff. They appear to have four at the back. We shall see.
01:27Ahead of the first leg then. It was hope more than anything else. Now it's turned to belief.
01:34Belief in the abilities within the Chelsea camp and in the fallibility of their hosts.
01:38Until a week ago, Barcelona had lost twice all season. Now they've lost twice more inside six days and they're on the back foot here with Ramirez on the gap.
01:50And an early foray forward for Ashley Cole. Whether we'll see much more of that tonight remains to be seen.
01:55A clean sheet against the reigning European champions is a rare thing indeed. It might be too much to hope that such a feat can be achieved again.
02:14A deep touch there. Gas is in there. It's Ludo Messi. So epic. Should have done better.
02:21Well there's his first sighting of goal, isn't it? On his right foot. I think for a player of his quality you would expect it to be at least on target.
02:30It's a great little bit of passing and moving, isn't it? They're the situations we've got to be so much better at stopping.
02:36You can see Messi gets into the right-hand channel and really should have done better with the shot across the face of the goal, I would suggest.
02:42This is Alexis Sanchez. No flag. Good challenge. That should be checks.
03:01Well, so much is expected of them. They do usually deliver. Is that Gary Cojo down there?
03:06Yeah, it might be. He's just a little bit slow in the action from the ball through.
03:10And again, some great passing by Barcelona to get the ball in behind.
03:14I just wonder what he's done there. He's just suggesting he's...
03:18I hope he's not talked to the hamstring muscle there.
03:23He just slipped slightly here. Just gone in there and slipped as he's tried to stay on his feet. Just overextended.
03:29Just on his left-hand side. I wonder if that's an issue for him. Just hope not.
03:36Gary Cojo is going to come off. I think there was no doubt about that.
03:41And he'll be absolutely shocked. But in saying that, there's nothing you can do about it. It's one of those things.
03:47And it's important that we get a full compliment of players on the pitch.
03:52I think Jesse Bissinger will just go into the right-back spot.
03:56And Arsava Vanovic will go alongside J2.
04:08As Valdez comes out, doesn't catch when he might have done.
04:11There's an interesting one. This is not a foul. Didier's not actually made an attempt to go for the ball.
04:16Valdez has come out and cleared, but he's actually bundled it into his own player.
04:20Look at Piquet. He's just caught as he's come out.
04:23I mean, it's a long ball forward. It's a hopeful long ball, which really should be dealt with better.
04:27Puyol ends up facing his own goal.
04:29Piquet looks sparko here.
04:31I think Dropper's going to be OK. Piquet looks the problem.
04:34Yeah, they're tapping him on the shoulder.
04:37He looks out for the count.
04:41He looks in a bad way, doesn't he? So, one long ball forward. Here we see it again.
04:46And it's the goalkeeper who's completely... Oh, he's gone down heavily, hasn't he, Piquet?
04:50I think he's knocked out there.
04:53I don't see how he can continue if he's actually KO'd there.
04:56Valdez has absolutely walloped him there.
04:59And immediately, do you see Busquets waving them on there?
05:02He's a big lad.
05:05I'm sure he can deal with bumps and knots, but they've given him a thorough check over him rightly so.
05:11Mata's touch as Kostin there, a rare thing indeed for him.
05:23On defensive duty tonight, they're there to play the pass on the break if needed, Mata.
05:30One extra midfielder from the norm for Chelsea, as Sanchez plays it into Messi.
05:34Messi gets it back, that was absolutely brilliant, but so was Petr Cech and so was John Terry.
05:40Fantastic defending, Petr Cech.
05:43You know, when it falls to Messi, you just think goal all the time.
05:46That's all you think about.
05:48Oh, a chance of a break that race has got to get that pass right.
05:51But you think of a goal, and to stop Messi scoring in that situation.
05:54Great save by Petr Cech, good blocking as well by JT.
05:58We're on the back foot, Ben, but that's expected.
06:03And then Fabregas wide, the angle always against him.
06:05That one too was utter genius, but...
06:08Chelsea are still somehow standing firm, look at that.
06:12Goodness me, that is how football should be played, is it not?
06:15Well, I'm surprised he actually went for that side of the goal.
06:18I thought he would go near side, Petr Cech would probably have had no chance at all.
06:22Great chance for them.
06:24Well, that's the second one we've seen for Messi as well.
06:28And Serrano.
06:32Chelsea with a bank of five and then another of four that Barcelona are still trying to dodge their way through.
06:37No stops like that time.
06:39It has worked on two occasions and Messi has spurned the opportunity at the end of both.
06:44Now, Drogba.
06:47Rolled Piquet there.
06:48And he's got round at Drogba.
06:49The angle, though, was always against him, right on the byline.
06:52He had no one to pick out, it's a shame.
06:54That's brilliant, isn't it?
06:55That's brilliant, isn't it?
06:56That's brilliant by Didier.
06:57He knows what he's doing here.
06:58You know, when the ball comes long, he knows he's up there on his own.
07:01He's got to do something.
07:02I mean, he's really unlucky.
07:04If he taps this one in, what a chance.
07:06I mean, it's very, very tight.
07:07His first touch was superb.
07:08Piquet's not sure.
07:10Valdez comes out, doesn't quite get there.
07:12Half a chance, I suppose, for Didier.
07:18And in off the keeper or something like that?
07:19Yeah, a little bit of luck.
07:20It could be a little bit of luck, but it could have just popped it off the far post
07:23and it might have just snuck in the goal.
07:26Yeah, that's a chance as well.
07:27Piquet's not too happy with the situation, though.
07:29I think I see Dani Alves preparing to come on.
07:32Yeah, Piquet's done.
07:33He was easily brushed aside by Drogba there.
07:36So, a centre-half gone for both sides inside the Open 25 minutes here.
07:41Dani Alves is going to come back on, so his dropping hasn't lasted long.
07:46That'll be in.
07:48Just as with Chelsea, the right-back will go into centre-back.
07:51So, Mascherano will be centre-back again, or Puyol can have another partner?
07:56We shall see.
08:03Messi have a little poke through for Fabregas.
08:08There's Cuenca.
08:10Fabregas wants it back and gets it.
08:12There's Raul Moreles doing his job.
08:16Another Barcelona corner.
08:17Yeah, sticking to his task.
08:18I mean, to be very truthful, from corners we're not...
08:20It's not a massive issue.
08:22You know, some teams we play against in the Premier League,
08:24you do your best not to give corners away,
08:26but with the way that Barcelona play and the way that we're made up,
08:30we like to think we can deal with the long corners coming in.
08:33I'm slightly surprised they don't do more of them short.
08:36Xavi to take.
08:40He hasn't got Pique to aim at any more.
08:42Only Puyol and Busquets could be a real area in front of them.
08:45Hey, here's Alves on the floor.
08:47They're much more dangerous.
08:48Much more dangerous.
08:49There's the goal.
08:51And it's on the floor and it's Busquets of all the players.
08:56He hardly ever scores.
09:00Oh, the door was wide open there, wasn't it?
09:02You just hope that someone will get a block in.
09:04It's been coming, you'd have to say,
09:06although I thought we'd weathered the major storm.
09:09It's a simple passing to the back of the net in the end.
09:11Good play by Barcelona.
09:13Again, players running from deep,
09:15causing us all sorts of problems.
09:17And the initial corner was dealt with as well by Didier Drogba,
09:21but this is the run.
09:26Couldn't miss, could he?
09:27Simple tapping in the end.
09:30Crenco with the ball across.
09:33And Busquets had an empty neck to go into.
09:37And it's 1-0 Barcelona.
09:39The random champions have their goal.
09:42Now there is an hour to see what happens next.
09:46This is the only scoreline that could lead to penalties.
09:54Will they be free-flowing?
09:56Now they've got their goal,
09:57and now maybe there's the edge off the nerves.
09:59Will Chelsea keep it the same?
10:02Will Chelsea be able to keep it the same?
10:04Play waved on here.
10:05Xabi.
10:07Essentially, Chelsea would have thought
10:08we'll need an away goal tonight anyway.
10:10Oh, they probably thought that,
10:12but we said it earlier,
10:13that when we get our opportunities
10:15it's going to be so important for us to take them.
10:17That's a bit disappointing, the referee blows the whistle.
10:24That's a good one here.
10:27It's a red card.
10:29It's a red card for a challenge on Sanchez.
10:31What on earth has happened here?
10:37I don't believe this is happening again.
10:39Chelsea in the Nou Camp.
10:42And John Terry's been sent off.
10:44Well, I didn't see it, Ben.
10:48It must have been an off-the-ball situation.
10:50He's absolutely fuming, JT.
10:55It's one we're going to have to see again
10:56because I just couldn't see it,
10:57but it's an absolute disaster.
10:59Not only a Barcelona one who just scored,
11:01but John Terry's been sent off.
11:06Well, it's a knee in the back,
11:07and as we can see from those pictures there,
11:09I don't think John can have too much to complain about.
11:12If the referee sees this,
11:14you can understand why he's...
11:16Well, arguably, is that a yellow card?
11:26Cuenca.
11:31Mikel's touch for Mata.
11:32Morelis is almost a triumph of passing
11:35for the first time tonight in Chelsea's midfield.
11:37Alexis gets it to Messi.
11:39This is looking dangerous.
11:40Onside!
11:41It's two.
11:42Iniesta score.
11:46Chelsea were hoping for a flag.
11:47It hasn't come.
11:48And two minutes before half-time,
11:50it already feels like oblivion.
11:52Two down.
11:53And with ten men,
11:54it's more than an uphill task now.
11:56It's a mountain.
11:58Well, it certainly is.
11:59Well, it certainly is.
12:00But again, well worked.
12:01After Morelis has given the ball away, Ben.
12:03You can't afford to do that around the halfway line.
12:06They're so quick.
12:07They're so slick.
12:08They're so sharp.
12:09The passing's terrific.
12:10Chelsea on the back foot.
12:12Well, that's a lovely tidy finish by Iniesta, to be fair to him.
12:17What's that?
12:1813 minutes, it's all fallen to bits, isn't it?
12:23Two goals and a big red card in the middle.
12:26A red card, of course, that means even if Chelsea can pull off the miracle,
12:31John Terry won't be playing in the final.
12:37Well, that's always one of the big disappointments, isn't it?
12:40But one thing we don't want to do, of course, is Ramirez gets a yellow card.
12:44He won't either.
12:45No.
12:47It's not looking good, is it?
12:52Chelsea only need one, and then they're through.
12:54How about that?
12:55There's a positive thing to say.
12:57Here's a task.
12:58They might get one.
12:59No flag against Ramirez!
13:01Oh-ho!
13:03What a goal!
13:05Where's he pulled that from?
13:07Brazilian magic from Ramirez.
13:09It's game on again.
13:11Absolutely brilliant.
13:13Fantastic running by Ramirez from deep.
13:16And Chelsea have scored in a situation you just couldn't see it happening.
13:22Absolutely true.
13:23The pass was sublime.
13:24The finish.
13:26Unbelievable for Ramirez.
13:27Well, let's get into the dressing room now, Ben.
13:30But look at this.
13:31Running from deep.
13:33Valdez in the middle of no man's land.
13:35And the absolute perfect little chip.
13:38Frank Lampard with the pass.
13:39Absolutely sublime.
13:40And there is the whistle.
13:41Whatever next.
13:42For 30 minutes it was fine.
13:43Then it was disaster.
13:44Bus gets 1-0.
13:45Iniesta 2-0.
13:46And in the middle of it, a red card for John Terry.
13:49And you were thinking this could be 4 or 5.
13:50And utter humiliation.
13:51But, the sting in the tail of the half.
13:52Ramirez with the away goal.
13:53As it stands, Chelsea are through.
13:54Only 45 minutes left to get through.
13:55Good luck.
13:56Barcelona 2.
13:57Chelsea 1.
13:582-1.
13:5945 minutes left at the Nou Camp.
14:00And there will be only 45 more minutes.
14:02No extra time or penalties now.
14:03And as things stand, Chelsea going through by Ramirez.
14:06And his brilliant match and first turn.
14:10But, the sting in the tail of the half.
14:11But, the sting in the tail of the half.
14:12Ramirez with the away goal.
14:13As it stands, Chelsea are through.
14:14Only 45 minutes left to get through.
14:16Good luck.
14:17Barcelona 2.
14:18Chelsea 1.
14:1945 minutes left at the Nou Camp.
14:22And there will be only 45 more minutes.
14:23No extra time or penalties now.
14:25And as things stand, Chelsea going through by Ramirez.
14:30through by ramirez and his brilliant one away goal ramirez in case you missed it yellow carded
14:38would also miss the final if somehow chelsea get there if they do get there it will have to go down
14:44as one of the greatest performances in recent footballing memory it's hard enough against
14:49barcelona with 11 men with 10 on their own patch when they've already scored twice and are in the
14:54mood well it's the stuff of dreams and nightmares they're on the front foot straight away here
15:06bank of four and five and dropper is now part of the five of course because they are the nine
15:11outfielders ramirez at right back fabregas what you desperately don't need is a barcelona goal early
15:19in the second half i don't think we need one at all you know what i mean if they get one early you
15:27fear that that could be curtains and catastrophically so but i think we'll see the same pattern i don't
15:36think anything will change they've got 11 players we've only got 10. he's going to be a case of
15:42defending for all you all you're worth
15:47messi clever
15:53i just wonder if there's a foul on ramirez in this build-up
15:58the one thing is that you just said the referee's done well so far but he's allowed the game to flow
16:03there
16:06ramirez was in a tangle in the ester sure the shot deflected wide for a corner
16:13xavi hernandez to isacuenca has come in field danny alves on early for pique back to messi
16:22it's past morales there's that scoop again no flag
16:25they might have one alves
16:30this has come deep two yards made a run
16:34well they can afford to you know whoever they want from the back and push forward and try and make an
16:39extra man for them deflection on the alves ball that could have gone anywhere it's fallen to cuenca
16:45ramirez standing firm lampard and mata
16:56pending
17:05try the uh situation is that we've got didier dropper in a situation he doesn't want to be in
17:10he's gone to ground inside the penalty area now what's their contact the referee couldn't see from
17:14where he was he was waiting for the decision by the linesman who ran behind the byline and gave the
17:21decision to the referee that it was a penalty let's look again oh there's no doubt there i think
17:26that's contact i don't think he should be going to ground and as soon as you go to ground fabregas
17:31there falls over a trailing boot it's a penalty fabregas knew it was coming but it had come
17:38dropper is not a defender
17:39yellow cards out again that's fairly immaterial what's more important is that lionel messi
17:48has a chance from 12 yards to break chelsea hearts
17:52early in the second half he's missed a couple of good chances tonight already the pressure is on
18:00him now he's never scored against chelsea before and he hasn't now either off the woodwork
18:06unbelievable about what is going to happen in this game it's going from one to the next to the next i
18:12mean absolute luck for chelsea but dreadful by messi and how many times he's missed in that position
18:22however up against it they may be as things stand chelsea still going through no flag on alves
18:27in towards alexis it's a bit too free ramirez uh still learning the right back trade yeah probably
18:36just a little bit slow in getting back into position there in there is because he's obviously made the
18:40run forward initially well i think video dropper actually switched off and allowed uh
18:45only elves to get him down that right back slot and he's there we see him trying to recover
18:50there's a nice little chip ball in
18:57drop it charges down
19:04the referee's given a corner he's done really well dropper again here
19:11here comes the lampard corner ivanovich was up oh it's a good chance it's a great chance absolute
19:18perfection valdez absolutely nowhere what an opportunity and he knows it
19:27here's messy good ball for alves good chance though the whistle's gone the whistle had gone
19:39sanchez put the ball in the net the whistle had gone just before he struck it the outside been given
19:43there and well hearts in the mouth time again wasn't it lovely finish and again switching off
19:51torres in that left back positions just switched off it's a tight call again
19:59i'm not too sure if that was offside to be honest but we'll uh we'll take it is that a little bit of
20:05luck that's where i said torres coming on press mentally he's got to be prepared to close that door
20:10close that gap danny alves will get forward as often as he can and can cause problems and he keeps running in
20:15behind can't have before to be ball watching there fernando torres
20:22iniesta to xavi iniesta's 2-0 goal for all the world made this look over here's messi
20:31is in the woodwork twice now and this two sitters it's certainly not his night and with every moment
20:37that passes you begin to believe more and more that it's going to be chelsea's unbelievable isn't it
20:43unbelievable you expected a goal you expected to hit the back of the net now it's going to get tougher
20:51mikhail's up to it away it goes just playing into space now john over mikhail well if he's going to
20:57clip it into space he might as well belt it down into the far bottom corner rugby style trying to go for distance
21:06great punch by kind of check
21:14oh he's unlucky there torres didn't need to react like that great first touch could have taken him on
21:20nice man is mr rana i'm sure he beat him for pace
21:29there's a turn for the books trying to get back into position i think bush gets trying to
21:33shield the ball referees to say he's trying to shield it off the ball here we see the opportunity again
21:40was he just was there a touch by peder check now i think he's made a save here
21:45one we didn't see it's a brilliant save by peder check pushes it onto the post
21:50there we see the off-site decision it's a very very tight call bent
21:57tidy finish though by pasalona yet again frustrating for them now getting very frustrated with the crowd
22:09not all over yet though
22:10challenges like that will help from fernando torres he's probably as fresh as anyone on the field but
22:21mascarano is former liverpool team that's won that one morales will go in the book yeah he's going to miss
22:26the final as well he's telling the referee that but he's not going to get away with it morales is going to
22:32miss the final two if chelsea get there well again he's not actually caught mascarano it's the
22:39trailing leg that's made the concept of the nature of the challenge at this stage of the game he's going
22:45going to be absolutely choked morales but
22:50still not over
22:54well this is a defensive line isn't it
23:01iniesta to tuyo
23:04the one two didn't work well it's good to see them playing a one two with the center back anyway
23:09you're not going to get all the quality you get from the midfield players that we've seen
23:15messi barcelona have four up ivanovich gets the header away
23:22a great header by john obi michael
23:28well i'm not too sure if he's seen this late for great sake than it is down to his left hand side
23:32dollar check i think he saw this one all the way he's more than happy to get that block and push
23:39him away for another corner
23:44to your jumps and heads over almost there clive this is unbelievable
23:49it's a performance to beat all performances so far then i'm not going to count my chickens until
23:54i hear that final whistle
24:00master rano 19 minutes are on the clock this is jabby now daniel alves who held on for so long
24:07chelsea yeah and the heroes in white just dig in for the final flourish and then torres has given the
24:13ball away jabby pops it in towards counter oh my goodness they want the handball for me they're not
24:19getting it close to world torres is away and he's one of one with valdez to send chelsea to the
24:25champions league final fernando torres has done it it's unbelievable it's absolutely unbelievable what a
24:35goal fernando torres what a chance he's taken it so so well
24:40well they've pushed everybody forward barcelona they've thrown everything at chelsea i thought
24:47torres made a mistake i thought he should have cleared initially it gets blocked but then the
24:52ball is booted clear and torres is away and he's finished it so so well those fresh legs so important
25:01that state but i've game over bent we're through
25:13and the final whistle has gone we're through
25:17chelsea fans will talk about this night forever the night that beauty was beaten by the beast
25:24two different clubs two different styles it felt like two different sports tonight
25:31glide walker but worky worky has beaten tippy tappy it certainly has and i don't think you can uh
25:38well you can only blame barcelona really for the opportunities they've had of course the penalty miss
25:43by leonard messi the sending off was unbelievable we thought we were dead and buried there the finish
25:49by ramirez the goal we scored was absolutely terrific well after the first leg of the napoli tie and it did
25:57the first half here who would have thought this possible chelsea are going to munich for the champions league final
26:06who will be playing god only knows because half the team are banned
26:12but they have beaten the european champions barcelona by three goals to two chelsea are in the champions league
26:19final
26:29you