A Champions League first leg semi away to Barcelona, the best footballing side in the world. It's completely understandable to play very defensive and hope to get one lucky goal, which Drogba nearly did. You won't see any side in the Champions League really going for it in the first match, and the away team in the first leg are always very cautious.
If they hadn't been so defensive it would have been 3-0. Abramovich will be delighted if they win the next leg with home advantage.
i understand your point, chelsea got what they played for. (although without an away goal I dont make them favorites for the 2nd leg)
Its not that they "didnt really go for it", it was that they were so negative it was unbelievable. Even Liverpool, whose manager is famously cautious have more of a go in big european away games than that. Same goes for Mourinho when he was at chelsea.
My point really is that if I were in Abramovich's shoes I'd be pretty pissed off that my team who were assembled at a cost of several hundered million quid were so shit scared of obviously superior side that they hardly stung 3/4 passes together or created a chance.
I hope Barca go through. it would be a moral victory as much as anything else. That and Barca v Man U or Arsenals has the makings of a good game.
