CHELSEA UPSETS BARCA IN UCL SEMIFINAL!!!

This year hasn't been a particularly great one for Chelsea in the EPL. They are currently outside of the top 4, they are not even in the 5th spot for the Europa league and are right now 6th on the table. Outside of the EPL, however, has been pretty sweet for the Blues. They recently clinched a spot in the FA Cup final vs. Liverpool and were doing well in the Champions League or the UCL. They got to the Semifinal round and did what they needed to do in the first leg which was get a lead over Barca, 1-0. Now they had to survive the second leg in Barcelona in front of a 90 thousand plus crowd at Camp Nou.

The match play seemed to not go Chelsea's way. They went a man down when John Terry, their Captain, got red carded in the 37'. Barca had 23 shots, 6 of which were on goal. They had a 83% possession time over Chelsea and they had 10 corners as opposed to Chelsea's 1. It seemed like all odds and stats were against them. However, Chelsea won the match. Despite going down 2-0, Ramires managed to score a goal just before the half which gave Chelsea the lead back on aggregate technically with that away goal. Then, in the early second half, Lionel Messi of Barca, the Best Player in the world, missed a penalty kick. Near the end of the match, Fernando Torres sealed the deal with a goal in the 90' despite all the struggles he's had in the last couple of years. Chelsea manages to get a 2-2 draw in Camp Nou and win the Semifinal on aggregate, 3-2.

Without a doubt one of the biggest upsets in the history of Club Football. Any true Football analyst or fan knew that Barcelona was the better team and that they were going to wipe the pitch with Chelsea. This upset over the Cup Holders, however, shocks the Football world and humanizes Barca quite a bit. And to do it with ten men for most of the match and all the chances that Barca had just makes this win even sweeter for the blues.

Now Chelsea waits to see who their opponents will be: Barca's sworn rival, Real Madrid; or Bayern Munich, who's playing for a chance to play for the European Cup on their own home pitch? Well find out tomorrow as Bayern Munich currently leads 2-1 from the first leg.