The origin of the big the rivalry between FC Barcelona and Chelsea

In the last years, the FC Barcelona-Chelsea has turned into one of the big classical Europeans. Both teams have a big rivalry between them because of rencillas in eliminatory past of the Champions League. In spite of that already they had seen the faces before, between the years 2005 and 2006 arrived the turning point to give step to the big competitiveness that there is between both. Curiously, they went two eliminatory of eighth of final followed with results shoot.

The two eliminatory that initiated the rivalry Barça-Chelsea

Eighth of final of the Champions 2004-05

The FC Barcelona and Chelsea arrived like respective leaders of LaLiga and of the Premier League, respectively. The party of gone contested in the Camp Nou with victory for the FC Barcelona. However, a goal in own put of Belletti gave advantage to the londinenses in the first time. Chelsea finish shutting in his area, but Maxi López and Samuel Eto'or achieved to give him the turn to the crash to split with advantage in Stamford Bridge.

The party of turn could not begin worse: in the first chamber of hour, Chelsea already had put 3-0 up with goals of Gudjohnsen, Lampard and Duff. Nevertheless, it appeared the magician Ronaldinho to mark of penalti and to invent a genialidad from out of the area that put by in front to the Barcelona in the global computation. In the second time John Terry finish with the illusions of the Barça with a goal of head after the referee swallowed a clear fault of Carvalho to Víctor Valdés in the action. Chelsea finish happening to chambers in spite of that the Barcelona had occasions of leftovers to win.

Eighth of final of the Champions 2005-06

A year later, saw again the faces. It was the first big party of Leo Messi, that went back crazy to the defence 'blue'. So desquiciados were his markers that Asier Of the Oven finish being expelled by reiteration of hard entrances on the Argentinian. In spite of that Chelsea advanced with a goal in own put of Thiago Motta, the Barcelona traced back thanks to the so many of Rafa Márquez and of Samuel Eto'or, in a party in which the culés could have goleado.

The party of turn came hot by the controversial statements of José Mourinho, that accused to Leo Messi to do "theatre" in the party of gone. The Barcelona did not leave surprise in the Camp Nou and Ronaldinho left the eliminatory sight for sentence with a spectacular played personal that finished with the balloon at the bottom of put it londinense. Chelsea only could recortar distances in the last minute with a so much of Lampard of penalti. The Barça had consummated his 'vendetta'.