Champions League final in itself is a spectacle. Sometime this match can be boring and not live up to the expectation. While sometime it is purely beauty of football. The five instances when these match lived up to the expectation of not only the critics but also the fans. Some might not have been excellent football match, but had something special to be remembered about. Top 5 Champions League Finals are really hard to nail down but this is what i feel. Top 5 Champions League Finals 5) Bayern Munich vs Chelsea 2012-2013 Champions league final It was expected to the year in which Bayern finally wins the cup. They were hosting Chelsea at the Allianz Arena in the final. Chelsea went in the match as the clear underdogs. The way the league campaign went for Chelsea, it was a shock that they reached the finals of the champions league let alone win the cup itself . The match was completely dominated by Bayern but still at the end the winner of the famous old trophy wa...
Barcelona vs Chelsea is the match of this week. Chelsea plays Barcelona at Camp Nou in the champions league 2nd leg. After a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea are clearly under pressure as Barcelona has an away goal advantage. The fact that Chelsea needs to attack at Camp Nou is a daunting task , but history might repeat itself and Chelsea might end up going through. A highly entertaining encounter is on our hands. With this in mind here are key talking points for Barcelona vs Chelsea 5) Iniesta's fitness will be a question Andres Iniesta limped off during the Atlético Madrid encounter. He has been seen training ahead of the Barcelona vs Chelsea game. The fact that he has just come out of injury, might determine how plays against Chelsea. Against a quality team like Chelsea in such a crucial match, Barcelona fans will hope he plays full 90 minutes without re-injuring himself. Chelsea players might capitalize on his injury and be hard against him to get him substitu...
A 6-1 victory for Barcelona vs Girona courtesy of a hattrick from Suarez, god like performance from Messi and a special first goal in laliga from Coutinho. Barcelona, remains unbeaten and at top of the league with 10 points ahead of 2nd placed Atletico Madrid. Here are the main talking points from Barcelona vs Girona Laliga match 5) Girona dared to attack Barcelona Putting every men behind the ball to defend or "parking the bus" is said to be against football. Girona scored the first goal inside 3 minutes by Portu. Girona would not have thought to have that kind of start against Barcelona . They dreamt of attacking Barcelona at Nou Camp and win the match. What followed after this brave attempt was Barcelona's relentless attack. They scored 4 by the end of first half, and the half ended with 4-1 in Barcelona's favor. Girona manager Pablo Machin changed his tatic and brought on defender Carles Planas for forward Adey Benitez. If he would have parked the bu...