Source: Daily_Mail
Neil Ashton's tactics board... your at-a- glance guide to the action at the Bridge
KEY PLAYSREFFIN' NIGHTMARE[LNB]Safe to say referee Tom Henning Ovrebo will be in hiding after denying Chelsea at least three penalties. Bizarrely gave a free-kick outside the area when Alves took out Malouda, ignored Pique's handball and then missed Eto'o mimicking a basketball player in the 94th minute.[LNB]POSSESSION IS NINE-TENTHS[LNB]Barcelona enjoyed a 71 per cent share of possession in the Nou Camp. Last night it was 63 per cent before Abidal was sent off. Chelsea sat back, way too deep and Barcelona kept the ball patiently. They didn't panic. Chelsea did. [LNB]TOP-QUALITY STRIKES[LNB]Chelsea paid the price for beginning to believe that the hard work was done when Michael Essien scored. Instead, it was only just beginning and it was Essien's sliced clearance that made its way to Iniesta on the edge of the area. Essien's goal was better but Iniesta's savage strike took Barcelona to the final.[LNB]KEY MOMENTS9 mins[LNB]Michael Essien scores a quite magnificent goal when the ball drops out of the sky, connecting with a vicious left-foot volley on the edge of the area which dips beyond the reach of Victor Valdes.[LNB]55 mins[LNB]Drogba eventually gets clear of Toure and appears to be fouled inside the area. Not for the first time, no penalty. Remarkable. At this point no-one had any idea how costly Ovrebo's decisions would be. [LNB]93 mins[LNB]Barcelona clinch a place in the final when Iniesta scores deep into injury time, crushing Chelsea's dreams of a second successive appearance. Amazing finish to a dramatic game.[LNB]94 mins[LNB]Drogba disgraces himself, just as he did in last year's final, screaming at the referee and calling him a 'f***ing disgrace'. Expect a lengthy ban, possibly as many as 10 Champions League games.[LNB]Chelsea's Ashley Cole tackles Lionel Messi[LNB] KEY CLASHESMessi v Cole[LNB]Cole shows Ronaldo an imaginary pocket every time they face each other and he would might have done the same to the Argentine after another containing job. Let the Barca boy get away from him once but this was Cole very close to his 2004-05 vintage.[LNB]Iniesta v Essien[LNB]Iniesta said Barcelona would never sacrifice the beautiful game in exchange for reaching the final. That is precisely what he did. Essien had shaded the duel for most of the match but his failure to clear led to Iniesta's remarkable strike.[LNB]Drogba/Anelka v Pique[LNB]Pique was outstanding at the heart of Barca's defence and kept them together after Abidal had been sent off for his foul on Anelka. After this, it is little wonder the Spanish refer to him as Pique-bauer, in honour of the great Franz Beckenbauer.[LNB] THE NUMBER CRUNCHER1The number of shots on target by Barcelona - and the number of goals.[LNB]70.9The percentage of possession enjoyed by the Spanish side - almost identical to last week's 71% in the first leg.[LNB]595 The number of passes made by Barcelona.[LNB]244 The number of passes by Chelsea.[LNB]6Yellow cards issued by referee Ovrebo. Four for Chelsea, two for Barcelona.[LNB]68 Miles per hour The speed of Michael Essien's first half strike.[LNB]STAT ATTACKBarcelona losttheir only two previous semi-finals against English sides: Leeds United(1974-75) and Manchester United (last season).[LNB]Nicolas Anelka's only two CL goals this season came in the two group games against Bordeaux.[LNB] WISH YOU WERE HERE?THE Nou Camp was bouncing with 90,000 Catalans an hour before kick-off last week but the fans at Stamford Bridge have an entirely different approach to big matches.[LNB] Most Chelsea supporters were still on the concourses until just before the teams walked out, washing down the news that Thierry Henry had failed a fitness test on his right knee with a few beers. [LNB]It was party time for Barcelona's travelling supporters, just over 5,000 of them occupying two corners of the Shed End.[LNB]The Catalans were miffed last Saturday when Real Madrid would only allow 1,000 of them to travel to the Bernabeu for their 6-2 demolition of their great La Liga rivals but they were out in force here. Chelsea attempted to combat their colourful opponents by distributing those tacky, chequered, plastic flags for their new fans as they focused on one final push against one of the most frightening, attacking forces in the modern game.[LNB]Unfortunately, they still haven't found a way to fire the pitch announcer, who still insists on pronouncing the Brazilian substitute Juliano Belletti's name in an affected (and dreadful) Italian accent.[LNB]Then again, it was Barcelona who stunned Chelsea with the final say last night.[LNB] MARTIN SAMUEL: Handballs, fouls and a late swing of the boot do the job for BarcaCheated out: Foul-mouthed Drogba rages as ref denies furious Chelsea FOUR penaltiesChelsea 1 Barcelona 1: Blue murder at the Bridge as Iniesta strikes lateGRAHAM POLL: The referee was wrong, but you can't behave like that...GALLERY: Chelsea v BarcelonaCHELSEA FC
