Demolition Customized For The Invincible

I find nothing unacceptable when I see the Catalan dubbed “The Invincible” again and again in every piece of news. I do not hate them at all, as a fan of Chelsea and Real Madrid, precisely before I find that Didier Drogba is occasionally behaving like an excellent graduate from EI Movie Colegio de La Macia, or that Pepe almost ruined Alvaro Arbeloa. The real graduates are indeed invincible, to some extent. Nobody on the terrene can deny the point no matter whether they themselves are from this planet, which is still under research I guess.

Once again, the universal team was defeated, instead of hindered or something, in Camp Nou this time, in a flamboyantly obvious and straight-forward way just like Jose Mourinho’s arrogance, a couple of hours after Londoners witnessed a rightly predicted draw in the Emirates Stadium between the Blues and Barcelona-lite. Everything could not be more natural- 28% possession, off-side controversy, a counter attack that killed everything from Christiano Ronaldo. Maybe I was wrong for the preceding saying- no red card for Madrid this time, and, equal 14 shots while 3 to 6 for shots on target, to many’s surprise. Compared with the performance in Stamford Bridge on weekday, Jose’s squad did even much better. But basically, they both did it. Although Messi still could attract 6 guys altogether and sent a precise pass into a direct confrontation with Saint Iker, once again, nothing substantial from the Argentine. 7 points are supposed to lead La Liga to the curtain with 4 games to go.

Conventionnally, a La Liga trophy may not satisfy the frenetic. It may not be able to send him to his final destination, the Portuguese National Team, I mean. When it comes to the Champions League battlefield, Roberto Di Matteo, who is expected to be the most successful interim manager in place of Guus Hiddink in Chelsea’s history if he manages to find way out in both Camp Nou and Allianz Arena successively, is more likely to find things tricky. After the tie in the London derby, the Italian is faced with the task to narrow the 4-point gap with the fourth Newcastle with 4 games to go in the Premier League. However, it is nothing but straight-forward at the same time. One step forward, and another, then everything is gotta be fine. Nobody would talk about the qualification any more. The Italian would not only become the most successful interim as well. God blessed Chelsea a clear victory without away goal lost before they go to the north-east of Spain. Can they follow the suit of how they found way out in Camp Nou in the sextuple season this time? At least they will spare no effort to do so. The best model was the 2009 Internazionale, kicking off Barca with an aggregation 3:2 in two legs and stepped into the final in Santiago Bernabeu, and, of course, brought the second Big Ear to Jose Mourinho ultimately.

People criticize conservative football style a lot, no matter whether they are Barcelona fans or not, precisely because this kind of football appears to violate Barcelona’s aesthetic philosophy. However, since the whole universe has not found a way out to defeat “The Invincible” whenever you want so far, it seems that for the time being, the terrestrials can only handle them in an efficiency-oriented style plus some Pepe football elements. In fact, it is somewhat worthy of being respected after objective analysis. One counter attack, one shot on target in 90 minutes, and take away the victory. Efficiency just makes things happen. How artistic.