Chelsea was the only English team to finish second in their group after surrendering their lead, thanks to a 1-1 draw against Atletico Madrid in the final group game. It was always going to be tough to avoid some of the big names who had topped their respective groups in the Champions League and well, we got one of the teams that no one would have wanted to face – Barcelona.
The La Liga leaders have been in great form while we have been stuttering domestically this season but one thing is for certain; if we play like we always have done against the Catalans, reaching the quarter-finals would not be that tough a proposition for us.
Eden Hazard will be one of the players that will have to be at his best if we are to knock the La Liga giants out. Twitter was ablaze with some interesting reactions and here are a few.
Chelsea vs Barca, get to see the best player in the world again and Lionel Messi #cfc pic.twitter.com/DmFoNSF4gF
— AdamB (@AdamB156) December 11, 2017
Messi: 8 games against Chelsea 0 Goals
— Hazardous (@Hazardous___) December 11, 2017
Chelsea fans after hearing its Chelsea vs Barcelona#UCLDraw pic.twitter.com/qwOxmiv6qi
— CaterJoshua (@CaterTunechi) December 11, 2017
Chelsea vs Barcelona! pic.twitter.com/ly3VnAz5UO
— Super Frank (@ChelseaAction) December 11, 2017
Feb 13th: Chelsea v Barcelona
Feb 24th: Man United v Chelsea
Mar 3rd: Man City v Chelsea
Mar 6th: Barcelona v Chelsea pic.twitter.com/ROXVIJ3Mmg— BoyleSports (@BoyleSports) December 11, 2017
BREAKING: Messi is out of Barcelona’s Champions League’s match with Chelsea after his leg got stuck upside down. pic.twitter.com/0ExIXCOcTA
— Sun Bets (@SunBets) December 11, 2017
We beat Barcelona with Bosingwa, Malouda, Kalou, Merieles and also had JT sent off in the Nou Camp…
Don’t ever right off Chelsea, simple as.
— Uber Chelsea FC 🏆 (@UberCheIseaFC) December 11, 2017
Antonio Conte on Chelsea drawing Barcelona:
“It’s a draw, our reaction must be positive as you know very well, when you are in this stage, you must be ready to face every team. In this case, we must be ready for Barcelona.” pic.twitter.com/7OWiuhi2Id
— Talk Chelsea 🏆 (@talkchelsea) December 11, 2017
Barcelona is not a Problem WE ARE CHELSEA
pic.twitter.com/H4NRskvUId— 1 0 (@Saphat98) December 11, 2017
Record vs. Barcelona since 2000
Won 4 – Drawn 5 – Lost 3
Scored 18 – Conceded 18They have a tough time against us, they’ve even admitted it in the past – they don’t like playing us. This won’t be easy for them. #CFC
— Chelsea Activity (@ChelseaActivity) December 11, 2017
Sigh, Chelsea Barcelona & Real Madrid PSG – two games that would’ve made for a brilliant UCL final.
— Matteo Bonetti (@TheCalcioGuy) December 11, 2017
Just realized Dembele will be back for Barca when we play them
— 👑Le Chelsea Boss👑 (@LeChelseaBoss) December 11, 2017
Barca aren’t the team we all feared a few years ago , so they are beatable , honestly just depends on which Chelsea turns up to the game
— Areese (@areese1995) December 11, 2017
Chelsea vs Barcelona…. And that’s how barca has been eliminated
— Bill C Otwori (@bill_otwori) December 11, 2017
