Champions League

Was last nights 2-2 draw at the Nou Camp in the Champions League between Barcelone and AC Milan all that surprising? All the papers seem to think so, but I however, do not. Now Barcelona are a truly fantastic team and rightly considered to be one of the best teams there has ever been but the fact of the matter is, they ARE beatable. Manchester United are proof of that in 2008, and so are Inter Milan when they knocked them out of the competition in 2010 before winning it themselves. It would appear the newspapers have this image of Barca being indestructable and impervious to conceding goals and that the mere thought of beating them is straight up impossible. The newspapers are clearly biased towards the best team then because they failed to credit the performance of AC Milan who in my opinion deserved a draw. They were lucky to score in the third minute of injury time, that cannot be disputed but then again every team needs a bit of luck on their side, even teams like Barcelona. When I ask my friends about this seasons Champions League every one of them thinks Barcelona will it. They might do. They definately have the team to repeat the success of last season but so do others and I cannot see how other teams have been just disregarded as non contenders. Before a ball was kicked in the Champions League, I predicted that the final would consist of one of these two teams, maybe even both - Manchester United or AC Milan. They are both tremendously experienced sides in Europe and very hard to beat at either of their home stadiums and are a formidable force away from home too. People cannot also rule out Inter, or Chelsea for that matter. Chelseas time will come but the only problem is predicting when. They have reached a final and been beaten, reached a semi final and were unlucky and they seem to be pushing around that mark where one good game could see them in another final and potentially victorious. Against Barcelona in the semi final a few years ago I thought they were robbed of their place in another final. A draw at the Nou Camp and a draw at Stamford Bridge until Iniesta scored that screamer sent them out but it was not without controversy. Chelsea attacked all game when they won the ball back and had it in and around the Barca area a good few time and definately without a shadow of a doubt should have had at least 3 penalties that game, which is why I believe they were robbed. Rubin Kazen seem to be Barcelonas bogey team and they always draw against them home and away in the Champions League, but fortunately for them this time round they will not be facing their Russian adversaries in this competition. All this goes to show that Barca are definately beatable if you play the right tactics and with a bit of luck on your side, so taking this into account the Champions League will hopefully seem like a less one sided affair now and hopefully people will realise theres more teams in contention than just one.

Thoughts please?