To some extent, football games are quite similar to our lives. Creating chances is surely what we should keep on doing, but sometimes creating chances is just not enough. Instead, it's all about how many chances you can grab among the chances you've created.
FC Barcelona's recent defeat at home twice within one week by Real Madrid and by Chelsea was surely painful not only to themselves but also to the countless supporters from all over the world like me. Cesc Fabregas said after the Champion's league game against Chelsea that they were "loyal to their style", which was surely true and inspiring. However, the vital reason of their defeat was unfortunately too many chances they missed. Pressure was certainly also the reason that influenced their performance, since a 1-0 defeat at Stanford Bridge of Chelsea's home game had implied no room for the FCB to lose any goal at Camp Nou.
Fortunately, the FCB immediately rebounded back to their original level yesterday during the la liga away-match against Roya Vallecano with a final score of 0-7. Teamwork, skills, concentration, and amazingly wide eyesight, though may not be enough to win a match in games like Champion's league semi-final against Chelsea, are the most important and attractive ingredients of football, as I always believe.
某種程度來說，足球比賽就像人生一樣。創造機會肯定是我們必須不斷努力的，然而有時候光會創造機會是不夠的，重點是你能在創造出來的機會當中把握住多少。
巴塞隆納最近在一週內，連續兩次在自家的挫敗，一次對皇馬，一次對切爾西，肯定不光對他們自己也對全世界各地像我一樣的球迷是個沉重的打擊。週二對切爾西進軍本賽季歐冠決賽之路受挫後，法布雷加斯隔天表示「他們衷於他們的風格」。這是事實，也很鼓舞人心。然而無可否認的，他們遭受挫敗的關鍵原因，是錯過太多的機會。壓力肯定也是影響他們表現的原因，因為此前在切爾西主場已經吃下的1-0敗仗，說明了在自家第二輪的比賽被進任何一個球都會帶來極大的麻煩。
幸運的是，經過幾天放鬆與釋懷回到西甲賽場的巴塞隆納，昨天在客場對陣 Roya Vallecano 交出了大比分七比零的勝仗。團隊合作、技巧、專注力、還有驚人的視野等，也許有時候不見得足夠能贏下一場像歐冠四強對切爾西那樣的關鍵大賽，是足球最迷人也是最重要的成分，至少我一直都這麼認為，也會一直這麼相信下去。
