Despite Barcelona's 'domination' I'm of the opinion that it was a truly class defensive display from Chelsea. Manchester United and Inter Milan have managed to do that to Barcelona before, but at least managed to create more chances and hold onto the ball more. If you can stay organised and have a bit of luck, it's very possible to beat Barca and that is exactly what Chelsea did. There will always be difference in opinion of whether a performance like this was good defensively or if Barcelona were dominating and unlucky. It's probably somewhere in the middle, though.
It'll be a lot harder to shut out Barcelona at the Nou Camp, but Chelsea have done it before and so have Man United (and probably some other teams but I can't think of any right now). The biggest miss by Chelsea in the home leg was not putting enough pressure on Mascherano and Puyol. If they got either of those players booked by attacking them more, they'd have missed the second leg and been in a bit more trouble. Maybe that's a bad 'strategy' on my part, but it's something I would have looked into if I was managing Chelsea. You need to take any advantage you can get within the laws of the game against a team like this.
Chelsea will have to score if they want to go through, I think that is simple enough. They'll probably have to score first, too. It'll be interesting to see what tactics they go with, as sitting back on a one goal lead from the first leg won't work. Perhaps sitting back on a 0-1 (0-2) lead overall will be enough, as even at the Nou Camp I'd fancy Chelsea to not concede three if they are disciplined. Both these semi finals are interesting as they have gone the way I expected and hoped they would to set up two very promising return legs.
Barcelona and Real Madrid will have to attack as much as, if not more than they ever have before if they want to progress and that is exciting. However, Bayern Munich on the counter attack will be so dangerous that Madrid will have to be careful, while Barcelona will find it difficult to break Chelsea down if they don't score first. Two contrasting games and I'm sad that I'll miss both. Hopefully I'll get to see the highlights, though.
I think Chelsea will play the same team again, the only change I can see is Essien over Meireles for more of an engine in midfield.
