Chelsea Victory Over Barcelona-A Wind Screen Smoke for Lampard

Yesterday was a big preparation match for Chelsea head coach Frank Lampard as he squared his boys against Spanish giants FC Barcelona in a pre season match to watch up his team as well inculcate his philosophy into them. Coming after losing to Japanese second division side Yokohma in their tour of Asia, Chelsea trump over Barcelona by 1-2.. Two goals from Tammy Abraham and Ross Barkley from each half of the match before Rakitic pulled one back to make it 1-2.
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Chelsea in the first half of the match came out to play a high pressing game with a lot of running and fast ball movement. The completed passes, pace and tackles where quite admiring from the young coach which is a sign of a new thing in Chelsea.
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The result to me despite being a friendly game that the betting companies used to make some money do not still represent the current potentials of the Chelsea squad looking at the cross of players in the teams.
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Sergio Busquets clumsy pass in the first half game Abraham a big opportunity to try the post as he skipped past goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen for the first goal of the game. Substitute Ross Barkley made it 82 minute as he curled a wonderful ball to pass Neto.
Barcelona still stuck with to taka system of football did played quite and entertaining game as Antoine Griezmann who just join Barcelona on £107m deal partnered Denbele up front to rattle the Chelsea defence line.
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This result is a big boost to the morals of the Chelsea boys as it give them a good avenue to battle for possessive game with their opponent which they came out pretty fine at 44% and 540 against Barcelona's 54% possession and 681 passes. Frank Lampard still have a lot of work to do in the team as the friendly game was just a mere exercise to keep the team warm up for the new season. Franks should look deep to give the younger blood the opportunity he is giving them now when the new season start and should not rely on the boys wonderful performance to relax. Chelsea will line up against Manchester United during the opening weeks of the premier league and that is when the battle begins.