Aspen: Chelsea swept Barcelona 3-0. There is a clear strength gap between the second place in La Liga and the second place in the Premier League.

"Aspen" wrote an article stating that Chelsea taught Barcelona a lesson with a 3-0 score at home, showing the obvious strength gap between the current second place in the Premier League and the second place in La Liga.

The entire game fully confirmed Chelsea's pre-match tactical thinking, which was to defeat Barcelona through high-intensity pressing and winning one-on-one confrontations. The starting lineup arranged by Flick seemed to be difficult to withstand in the face of Chelsea's full sprint rhythm. The return of captain Araujo failed to stabilize the morale of the army and instead became a weak link in the defense.

During the game, Chelsea had an overwhelming advantage. If not for handball and an offside penalty, they could have taken the lead earlier. Although Yamal made several brilliant passes in the opening stage, they were completely restricted by Cucurella, who was in excellent form.

In the 26th minute, Conde and Ferran Torres made a coordination error during the clearance and scored a bizarre own goal, which kicked off Barcelona's defeat. Araujo was subsequently sent off within twelve minutes for protesting against penalties and receiving two yellow cards for dangerous fouls, completely ruining the team's hopes of a comeback.

In the second half, Flick replaced Rashford with the intention of strengthening the offense, but failed to reverse the situation. Goals from Esteban and Delap sealed the final score at 3-0.

The article believes that if Chelsea had not made reservations for the key battle against Arsenal on the weekend, Barcelona might have suffered an even more disastrous defeat. This game was not only a defeat in terms of score, but also a complete collapse of Barcelona in terms of intensity, rhythm adaptability and mental fighting spirit.

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