INIESTA: WE DESERVED MORE

Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta has said that his team deserved more from the Champions League encounter with Chelsea, which saw his team defeated 3-2 on aggregate. Barcelona were coming into the match having lost the first leg 1-0 after a goal from Didier Drogba gave Chelsea an unlikely lead. It was very much expected that Chelsea will be continuing their defensive approach to the game at the Camp Nou as well. It turned out to be exactly the same performance from Chelsea, as they defended with 10 men behind the ball. It took Barcelona only 35 min to open the scoring from an unlikely source – Sergio Busquets.

After the goal, it provoked an angry response from John Terry, who was red carded for his moment of madness on Barcelona player Alexis Sanchez. Andres Iniesta soon doubled Barcelona’s advantage in the match by scoring a goal from a quick counter-attack. This 2-0 lead meant that Barcelona were also ahead in the aggregate. At this moment in time, Barcelona were heading into the Champions League final to face either Real Madrid or Bayern Munich. However, immediately after Iniesta’s goal, Chelsea went to the other hand and scored a delightful goal through Ramires.

This meant that Chelsea were ahead in the tie on the away goals. Fernando Torres then capped a brilliant defensive display by scoring in the injury time to get Chelsea a 3-2 lead. “Football has been unjust in this tie. That’s just the way it is. We once again dominated the match, but little things can be decisive in football. Barcelona will be back, though. We play football because we love what we do, and we do it for those who always support us and suffer as much as we do,” Iniesta said to the Barca TV after the match.