Wow. The game that everyone was waiting for. The match that united England into supporting one club. The chance for Barcelona to prove they genuinely were unstoppable. It lived up to every single bit of build up, to every statement that could possibly have been uttered. It was, quite simply, magic.

There is always talk of a team having their name written on the cup, fate drawing them to a victory. If last night was not an example of that, then I don’t know what was. Chelsea survived some unbelievable set backs and came out victorious.

Here, if you somehow managed to miss it, is a brief outline of what occurred in those 90 action packed minutes:

Chelsea arrived at the Nou Camp with their 1-0 advantage that came about after a smash and grab at their home ground, Stamford Bridge. Barcelona lined up with their start studded 11, including Iniesta, Xavi and of course, the wizard, Messi. Chelsea lined up with Petr Cech in goal, 9 men inside their own area and Didier Drogba up front, although he eventually dropped in a left back position as well.

The Catalans were at them straight from the off, they passed, and passed, and passed. Gary Cahill, a crucial figure to Chelsea’s solidity in defence all season, left the field after 12 minutes with a hamstring strain, and Chelsea brought on Jose Bosingwa. Never before has one right back’s style of play suited a match situation less. But Bosingwa and his teammates held firm, sort of. Chances for Barcelona were only sniffs at goal, and young winger Cuenca proved himself the latest bright young thing to come through the ranks.

35 minutes had gone before they finally broke through, inevitable as it had seemed all the way through. Sergio Busquets, the least likely scorer in the whole side of greats, was at the front of the queue of players that wanted the tap in at the back post after Cuenca’s run and pull back. Things were looking tricky for the Blues, with 55 minutes to hold out if they even wanted extra time.

Things got worse 2 minutes later. John Terry has always had questions over his character after previous scandals. He managed, with one swift knee in the back of Barcelona’s Sanchez, to prove to the whole of England that he really was a thug. Social networking sites exploded, with the general consensus being that Terry had let down his club and to an extent his country. This was further compounded when Terry said to a reporter it was an accident and he had not meant it. Maybe he should watch the replays.

Iniesta made Terry’s error look even more severe when he swept home with a cool head with 44 minutes on the clock meaning 10 man Chelsea had to score and concede no more.

However, then things began to turn. Lampard took hold of the stolen ball and threaded through Ramires, who was rampant all night. The Brazilian, who is normally so dogged, showed a deft touch and no nerves whatsoever with a fantastic chip over the head of Valdes. The goal coming just before half time meant Chelsea could go in and consolidate. Just wondering if they could maybe pull off one of the greatest upsets in history.

With Terry gone, Bosingwa was at centre back with Ivanovich, Meireles was at right back and Cole at left back. It is no joke to say everyone else was in midfield, Chelsea booting the ball into nothingness whenever they had it. There were times the defensive line was on their penalty spot, with the midfield on the edga of the box. They turned out to be too deep when Drogba, who had been majestic all night, was alleged to trip Fabregas. The replays showed once again, Barcelona and footballers in general were happy to go down with no contact. Fabregas’ dive looking like it would undo his old rivals.

Messi stepped up and Chelsea’s hearts sank. The greatest player in the world had never scored against them in 7 attempts, but here was a golden opportunity. The ball crashed against the crossbar and Barcelona immediately reset, prodding and probing for a goal. But something had changed. Chelsea began to wonder, to believe.

Chelsea continued to fight. 40 minutes became 35, which become 30. Messi struck the post after fingertips from Cech, who was amazing all night. Cuenca had an effort saved. Chelsea somehow looked like they might do it. Drogba was so deep he was playing as a left wing back, so it seemed odd that Torres came on to replace him, the forward having an awful time as soon as he entered the fray. He gave the ball away when Drogba had not. Barcelona were looking more and more threatening in the last ten minutes. Even with 5 minutes left they were still looking more likely to progress. 90 minutes arrived and Torres once again gave it away in a terrible position, his momentum leaving him up the pitch and unable to defend. The ball was heaved clear once more. Chelsea expected another onslaught. But the ball fell to Torres, who had been temporarily forgotten about. He was on the halfway line but had absolutely nobody in between him and the goal. Here was his chance to be a hero. He kept calm to round the keeper and score the goal that began to justify his outrageous price tag. Chelsea had done it, amazingly coming back from 2-0 to draw 2-2 with ten men.

They will play Real Madrid or Bayern Munich. But they have suspensions, far too many. The disgraced Terry, obviously. Raul Meireles for his late booking, the hero Ramires as well. Ivanovich too was booked in the match and Chelsea will have a worrying lack of defenders for the final.

Overall that won’t bother them at the moment. They will be so happy, so jubilant that they played their part, and won, one of the greatest Champions League matches ever. The name of the man who scored the goal will no go down in history for scoring that goal rather than being the biggest flop in the club’s history.

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