One of the brightest signs of the first round of the Champions League play-off was the confrontation between London's Chelsea and Catalan Barcelona. The battles of these teams have always been distinguished by their brightness and unpredictability, in the first place, remembering the matches with Ronaldinho's phenomenal goal without a run, the terrible judging of Evrebe, and the heroic kambek of the English, who are in the numerical minority. But all these events were not related to the current confrontation with these teams, the record duel opens a new story in relations between Chelsea and Barcelona.Start the second half of the meeting was dictated by the wards Valverde, but the Catalans still lacked the sharpness ahead, it is worth noting and a reliable game of the hosts on the defensive. In the debut of the second 45-minute, you can only remember the solo passage of Suarez with a final blow to the far corner, but Courtois did not experience any problems with the shot of Luis. "Pensioners" have gradually managed to take the game away from their own penalty area and even managed to score - in the 62nd minute, Azar otpasoval on the ubiquitous Willian after the corner, and he sent his ball with a brand-new blow to the net, "blowing" Stamford Bridge (1: 0 ).After conceding a goal, Barcelona again completely took the ball under its control and thirteen minutes later managed to restore parity - in the 75th minute the ball was in Iniesta after Christensen's error, Andres gave the pass to Messi, and Lionel in touch sent the ball into the goal - 1: 1. Until the end of the meeting, the teams showed restrained football, deciding to take less risks, the guests were quite happy with the away draw, and the hosts, it seems, also did not mind such a result. In the end of the fight, there were no dangerous moments and, accordingly, the account remained the same. As a result, the match between Chelsea and Barcelona ended in an effective draw, which is clearly in the
hands of the Catalans, the "blue" must be scored on the road, so you can expect the release of Morata or Giroux from the first minutes.