My prediction : 1-2 or 1-3.

2 possession style teams, battle in midlefield will be key, Xavi-Iniesta decline makes us weaker against another possession style but Messi tracking back helps the mid players, it depends how players would start the game, hope no gift goals will be given and let the best team wins...

@real

It is a banter but with FACTS , not an opinion like Tiki likes to do . Little unorthodox and may go little too far but we can fight on this thread and happily agree on the other . It is all cool . ;))

@tiki

I will just go once again with this : Lucky to comeback from 3-1 ? We hit the woodwork twice in second leg and it seemed like nothing was going our way but only for Jose to go all in with tactics and field all three of our crappy , amean brilliant , strikers . Somehow they pushed the goal in .

*"Chelski wont be recognized as a big team in Europe until they play as a big team"

*We don't need recognition . In 2003 we started knocking the door of Europe's elite top clubs , we broke the door wide open in 2008 and now we are just trying to knock someone off and pick a good seat . Be patient, all in time , we work hard and fair to be right next to Bayern Munich , we don't want to be on the level of "1000timespassnoGoalLona". We are not uefalana, to steal so much money from other clubs , not to pay taxes and get Qatar blood money . All in time mate , all in time .

Again you trying to drag me into league discussion . Your team bought boring player from boring league who put two goals past City few days ago . Just saying , SO shhhhh once again .

No, worries EPL is in difficult stage right now . Watch how our richness will bring the best out of the clubs . It is just EPL hit the jackpot and still little reckless with money but smart investments will be made and Stoke city will have youth academy just as good as "La Traffica of Los Ninos " academy , ooh wait no , they will have it better .

Give a kid a choice between joining Stoke's academy or Barcelona's and 10/10 will take barca. Time wont change that, and its as lame as that comment "Barcelona couldn't do it at Stoke on a cold rainy night". Your argument is ridiculous. there are very few teams with the academy level of Barcelona. Also, no Chelsea fan should mock another team for "Qatar blood money" when you have a russian mobster as an owner.

As for the general discussion on this thread has derailed immensely. You two should just stop arguing once again. Its pretty frustrating how every thread has turned into people repeating the same thing over and over again.

^Buthurt Chelski fan, realises that money doesnt win games...

^ hahaha neymar 130mill, suarez 90mill, rakitic, ter stegen, mathieu lol

"Buthurt Chelski fan, realises that money doesnt win games"

• You do realize that Barcelona's wages are unprecedented by anyone in football except for Real Madrid. Not to mention their ridiculously high transfer payments for players like Ibrahimovic (60+), Villa (40), Suarez (81), Neymar (90+), Alexis (30+), Chygrynskiy (25), Alves (35), Cesc (34), etc.

Basically Barca don't have the right to call anyone out for spending lots of money. Barca themselves were funded by a "foundation" that was caught supporting local terrorist groups, spend millions upon millions on transfers that they never use (a vain attempt at replicating Real Madrid's success), and have the second-highest wage bracket in the world.

Then i will say : money alone doesnt win games :) you can bring a house of cashif you have no idea what to do with and how to manage sportively a team, you just through money from window.

Neymar really costed 57M, thats his salary who was not correct and Alexis 23M sold 42M, we are talking about euros here...

''Barca themselves were funded by a "foundation" that was caught supporting local terrorist groups,''

What are you talking about, please develop...

You guys are missing the point of the topic, topic closed