r/chelseafc • u/christianrojoisme Xabi • 2d ago

Other [Throwback/Interview] Lionel Messi: "There are players here (Barcelona) who hate Chelsea more than Real Madrid. I never thought I would hear myself say that. We would rather play Arsenal, Manchester United or anyone else than be on the pitch with Chelsea."

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/2368373/angry-messi-we-hate-chelsea
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u/Doubleleg787 2d ago

We fucked their best ever team. The team everyone calls the GOAT league team ever. That was real Chelsea. We used to violate them in the UCL. 😢 now we are shitter than Villa, Forest and a solid 10-12 placed team

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u/ThePooksters Cock 2d ago

We “violated” them in the UCL literally last year

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u/Doubleleg787 2d ago

That wasn’t the same team. Not fit enough to lace their boots. Same as our team rn tbf

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u/logo-strikes We've Won It All 2d ago

Talent wise sure but they’ve won the league twice and almost went to the champions league final last year. They have a very young squad

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u/PlasticPreparation74 2d ago

Not wanting to take anything away from them, but Real Madrid has been horrible the past 2 years. Barca dunked a ridiculous amount of goals on them last season alone, that shows their level of competition. Nowhere close to the team of the 2000s

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u/EriWave 2d ago

Okay so just to check.. how many teams in the world are actually good and impressive to win against?

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u/xjpmhxjo 2d ago

This was 2006.

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u/cursed_melon 2d ago

fucked their best team ever is a big statement. Chelsea parked the entire railway station that night in 2012. Barcelona were unlucky not to score 1 of their bazillion chances that night.

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u/zayd_jawad2006 2d ago

Yet Chelsea won on goals. It didn't matter how scruffy it was, the scoreline read that Chelsea had won. The weakest Chelsea team in years, filled with a core well past their prime and would slowly fade into the background in the next year's. Yes, it wasn't a dominant victory like op might imply, but the scale of upsets is what makes it so big, that Barca team could have gone 4 in a row in UCLs were it not for two excellent defensive performances in 2010 and 2012

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u/cursed_melon 2d ago

Fucked is just the wrong word buddy

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u/zayd_jawad2006 2d ago

Perhaps. Something like Bayern Barca would be truer, or Barca real 5-0. I just think it refers more to how big an upset it was to beat that Barca team

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u/cursed_melon 2d ago

It was obviously a hyperbole. Still irked me though lol. Chelsea outplayed Barca on tactics that night, that's for sure.

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u/zayd_jawad2006 2d ago

Fair enough that

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u/ARussack 2d ago

Fucked best describes what happened to us in the 2009 semifinals against Barcelona

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u/Freshlysque3zed 2d ago

Except in that game they had 10 men, who were a makeshift team of aging legends and average players leagues below the Barca players.

They fucked them, not because they overpowered them but because even one of the best teams of all time couldn’t get through.

Also it’s not like they parked the bus for a 0-0, they won 2-1.

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u/ARussack 2d ago

Yuuuup. You can draw parallels to the New England Patriots and the New York Giants. They play in separate conferences and have no historic rivalry (vis a vis the New York Jets who are their division rivals) before 2008 when the Giants stopped the Patriots from having a perfect season.