Source: Daily_Mail
Barcelona 0 Chelsea 0: Pep's stars can't find way past Guus's yellow brick wall
[LNB]So this was what Guus Hiddink had in mind when he visualised this Champions League encounter.[LNB]A plan that was plucked from the darkest recesses of his tactical brain. A plan that betrayed the natural attacking instincts of a coach from Holland but a plan that, against this brilliant Barcelona side, worked impressively well.[LNB]This, presumably, was what Hiddink meant when he said that reality can sometimes be cruel on the eve of this intriguing tie.[LNB][LNB] Reality Cech: Chelsea's keeper was in outstanding form to thwart Barcelona on numerous occasions[LNB]It was cruel on those who came here anticipating a gran clasico of a contest and cruelon a team who, for all their efforts to demonstrate their considerablestyle and skill, ran into an impenetrable yellow brick wall.[LNB]When Hiddink was asked just before kick-off how he planned tosurvive when no team had left the Nou Camp this season having stoppedBarcelona from scoring, hisresponse was short and to the point. 'By becoming the first.'[LNB] MARTIN SAMUEL: Hiddink surrenders moral high ground with total eclipse of Barca's favourite sonNeil Ashton's tactics board ... your at-a-glance guide to the Nou Camp actionGALLERY: Yellow peril for Barca as Hiddink gives Pep the BluesBarcelona 0-0 Chelsea: All the action and stats as it happenedCHELSEA FC
