On this day 2012 📅

Barcelona 2-2 Chelsea

12 - Cahill limps off injured
35 - Busquets puts Barcelona ahead
37 - Terry sent off
44 - Iniesta makes it 2-0
45 - Ramires scores for Chelsea and we go in level and agg
49 - Messi misses a penalty
90 - Torres scores (2-3 agg) #CFC 💙
Appreciation for @Rami7oficial and this goal on the night! 😍
The teams news is out!

Chelsea start with the same team that got the 1-0 win in the first leg

Cech, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry (C) Cole; Meireles, Mikel, Lampard; Mata, Ramires, Drogba

Subs : Turnbull, Bosingwa, Essien, Malouda, Kalou, Sturridge, Torres
12th minute - A huge blow as Gary Cahill goes down injured and limps off. David Luiz missing the match due to injury so it’s a early reshuffle at the back as Bosingwa is brought on and Ivanovic goes to CB
25th minute - A hopeful punt up field sees Pique and Drogba go racing into the box. Valdes rushes out and collided with both. Pique down injured from it and has to be subbed off
35th minute - Sergio Busquets scores to put Barcelona 1-0 up on the night and level on aggregate. 🙈
37th minute - It’s gone from bad to worse in the space of a few minutes!

Terry shown a straight red card for a knee in the upper leg on Sanchez. Chelsea a goal down and a man down and have their backs to the wall now

Cech, Ramires, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, A.Cole at the back
44 minute - Iniesta scores

Is this the final nail in the coffin? Barcelona now 2-0 up on the night, with a man advantage and at home
45th minute - WOW! moments later Chelsea pull one back. It’s now 2-1 on the night and 2-2 on aggregate. Lampard slips a pass through to Ramires and dinks it over Valdes. It’s not all good news as Ramires is yellow carded and will miss the final if they progress
HT : Barcelona 2-1 Chelsea (2-2 Aggregate)

A massive boost from Ramires before half time. Chelsea with the away goal and can regroup at HT
48 minute- PENALTY TO BARCELONA! 🙈

Fabregas plays a one-two with Messi and races into the area. Drogba is caught napping, panics, goes to ground and brings him down

Frank making sure Didier keeps his head after the foul
49 minute - LIONEL MESSI'S PENALTY HITS THE BAR!
52 minute - Frank Lampard and Cesc Fabregas lock horns. Frank leaves a bit on Cesc who was down. Messi gives Lampard a shove in the chest. Chelsea seem to be in the heads of Barcelona now

Ivanovic picks up a yellow card which means he will miss the final.
58 minute - second substitution of the game for Chelsea. Mata is replaced by Kalou
62nd minute - Petr Cech makes another fantastic save to keep Chelsea ahead on aggregate.
68 minute - Salomon Kalou with chance to score but isn’t quick enough to react, Valdes clears it up
70 minute- Chelsea have 20 minutes to hold on. Twenty minutes that will feel a lot longer. Barcelona with all the possession but aren't overly troubling. Pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass but nothing coming from it but we drop further and further back
80th minute - Roberto Di Matteo decides to freshen it up and brings Torres on for Drogba for his last substitution

The team to finish the match :

Cech, Ramires, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, A.Cole, Meireles, Mikel, Lampard (C), Kalou, Torres

Ten minutes to hold on
89 minute - If Chelsea hold on and reach the final we will have four players suspended. Raul Meireles is the latest to go into the book.

(Terry, Ramires and Ivanovic already going to miss it)
90th minute - Barcelona push everyone forward to get the goal they need. A long punt forward from Ashley Cole to waste time and clear lines ends up sending Fernando Torres one on one with Valdes. He rounds him and passes it into a empty goal. GOAL 2-2! (2-3 aggregate)
FT : Barcelona 2-2 Chelsea (2-3 agg)

Ten man Chelsea do the unthinkable to reach the Champions League final.
Suspended Ivanovic, Meireles and Ramires after the final whistle celebrating even though they miss the final due to picking up yellow card on the night
Tired players who looked to have no energy left sprint the whole pitch to celebrate with Torres
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