Steve Holland • Champions League tactics, Chelsea 1 Barcelona 0 • Masterclass

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Three years after Barcelona got the better of Chelsea in a controversial Champions League semi-final encounter, the two sides reconvened at the same stage of the 2011/12 tournament.
The Blues had started that season managed by Andre Villas-Boas, but the Portuguese head coach had been replaced by Roberto di Matteo by the time this tie came around. Remaining at the club as assistant manager, however, was Steve Holland.
In this exclusive Masterclass with The Coaches’ Voice, Holland - now working alongside Gareth Southgate with the England men’s national team - revisits the first leg of what became an iconic Champions League clash. He gives a fascinating insight into the team selection and tactics the Chelsea coaching staff employed to both limit the attacking influence of Lionel Messi and maximise their own threat at the other end of the pitch.
The result was a 1-0 victory that gave the team something to defend in a dramatic second leg at the Camp Nou only six days later.
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[@sarveshsawant9564]

Chelsea hasn't been the same since Steve's departure

[@omalone1169]

06:36 close the space by keeping the area.compact and limiting the distance between the lines

[@SCGSHOW]

I miss Steve Holland. Seriously underrated coach

[@edsonpacheco294]

Facts! He produced so many potential stars while at the academy

[@omalone1169]

04:24 very perceptive about the feints

[@sahajsingh9364]

A channel that actually lets me study the game. Love every video

[@HIM3153]

The tactics they used sounds simple but very hard to implent against such a talented group of players especially messi at that time at the peak of his powers.

[@p10rambo]

one of the best european sides in the history of the game

[@rizkygandha5062]

Because chelsea that day was something else

[@stainzdee]

Still wonder how he was unable to score Chelsea that year

[@vybhavbadri4002]

@@stainzdee he hit the bar with the penalty didnt he..

[@espiitcg3717]

@@vybhavbadri4002 yeah in the second leg, a miracle really

[@Harryhas26]

Underappreciated at Chelsea.

[@Anon-qp3kt]

I don't think so. It was his decision to go and coach the England team.

[@Flipmode1900]

Literally no one underappreciated him

[@jakethewoz]

I didn't under-appreciate him, but the pundits never mention him.

[@gtens]

Was my first season supporting Chelsea and I remember waking up late into the night just to watch the game and bloody hell was it a wild ride. And the second leg at Camp Nou was simply ridiculous. Steve Holland, a Chelsea legend! He's won the lot!

[@kryptonraccoon8806]

What a match it was! I remember that Chelsea had done a wonderful tie, and they really deserved the pass through the final.

[@joethomas8031]

I was at this game and I can only thank Steve, Roberto and all the players for giving me the opportunity to say that I’ve seen Messi play in the flesh and get beaten by Chelsea

[@omalone1169]

07:40 what did hey study how much material

[@BrightonLeccyTV]

As always, the insight behind the decision making is fantastic. Steve Holland explains things in a clear, concise and engaging manner - which no doubt he does when coaching. Keep up the great work everyone!

[@miguelporras8366]

What a great explanation. And the funny thing is that there are some people who say there is no genius behind defence. Chelsea played taking account of their technical disadvantage, and also capitalized pretty well Barcelona's weaknesses and spaces left for counter attack. Guud Hiddink in 2009 and Mourinho in 2010-2011 both drew the blueprint to defeat this great team, but both had superstellar squads who managed to control the dynamic of the game, giving almost no chances to Barcelona (Mourinho's Real Madrid managed the game quite well until Pepe was expelled) and hurting then more than this Chelsea team did. Di Matteo and Holland did it with a less talented group of players, ageing superstars, great mentality and their fair share of luck. But I'd rather win with luck than winning with referees' help like Barcelona did in 2009 and 2011. I personally find Chelsea's Champions League victory as the last genuine epic victory in European football. Of course, until Leicester won against the odds and the FA... Great job as usual

[@clavierwintergreen5574]

Mourinho did a phenomenal job with Inter as well. Zanetti was past 35, Milito & Sneijder weren't big names when they joined Inter, while the likes of Pandev, Motta & Stanković weren't considered even remotely close to Ibrahimović, Xavi or Messi. Frankly, only Eto'o and Cambiasso were the big names other than Zanetti and Materazzi. Yet, Mourinho managed to beat a team that had won 6 trophies the previous year.

[@abraham8178]

@@clavierwintergreen5574 35 years old Zanetti is the same as 25 years old himself Sneijder were also big name already. He's even at real madrid whom won't sign any attacking player without stardom these days

[@rbr7338]

Extremely underrated for what he did at Chelsea honestly surprised he never went into a management job himself

[@theliquidator8770]

This channel help us alot understanding tactics from different managers with their succeeded philosophical approaches

[@bobclunt4933]

Chelsea ain’t been the same since Steve left in 2017. He was one of the key voices of the changing room and a overall good coach to have in the dressing room for tactics but also like I said a needed voice if the team needed a kick up the ass

[@PirateRadioDude]

This man will become a head coach someday

[@gregoryfs]

its funny that both Steve Holland and Mourinho Masterclass videos are talking about how to contain Messi (or talking about how they beat a peak Barcelona).

[@cddb5408]

They didn't. Barca's peak was 2010/11 season.

[@MM-uv3vb]

Fantastic, more Chelsea matches please!

[@caitlinmorrisxx9546]

Only just came past this channel and I love it already , so interesting hearing what the coaches have to say

[@Vyze30]

come back to chelsea steve.

[@S_nino7]

one of the best days in my life this game, went mental when Torres was through on goal.

[@daveolsen9980]

Wasnt this game

[@stev3886]

This was when Drogba scored

[@ismohd87]

That was the 2nd leg. This is about the 1st leg.

[@unknownfury7672]

That was the second leg mate

[@mart4414]

This wasn't the Barcelona that blew away teams, this was at the end of that era where they overplayed and they started losing that cutting edge. Fabregas for all his qualities hurt that team and made it too focused on possession, no amount of organization could beat the 2011 team which ripped through opponents. It was a Man City 2018 + Messi.

[@cddb5408]

Yep, RMadrid in 2012 would've been an impossible task for Chelsea. As you said Barca wouldn't have been beaten a year earlier. Chelsea have been lucky to avoid Cristiano in competitive football from 2009/10 to present. Just look at all the silverware they've won in that time but won unconvincingly and I feel if thet had to face him more than would've won very little compared to what they did.

[@shahzadirani]

Arsene Wenger was 35 minutes away from beating that 2011 Barcelona team until the referee decided to send RvP off at the Nou Camp for a bullshit incident. It was 55 minutes on the clock, 35 minutes to go, Arsenal leading the tie 3-2 on aggregate. The linesman blew the whistle for offside, and RvP only carried on playing for a second (did not time waste with the ball), and he was sent off lol. The referee literally gave Barcelona a lifeline to play 10 vs 11. People tend to easily forget that the 2 UCLs they won were thanks to the referees, without which that team would not and should not be spoken about in the highest regard.

[@pkingglazersout6665]

"Playing football simply is easy but playing simple football is hard"

[@TheCoachesVoice]

Such a good quote 🤩

[@dannyduggan4324]

Ramires was massively underrated. Gutted he missed the Final. Was crucial for us that season.

[@omalone1169]

09:25 exactly you notice how they recently omitted the Drogba goal from greatest UCL counters

[@omair4416]

This is when i liked football. Tactics. Intense planning. Like a mind game. Beacutiful chelsea win

[@KingKong-nx7ti]

We miss this guy at Chelsea. Great coach

[@muradtalukdar4401]

Sound track to this should be Neville's commentary for Torres' goal from the 2nd leg.

[@stretchystretch269]

So underrated at Chelsea brilliant coach

[@clavierwintergreen5574]

Slight correction in Barcelona's setup: Fàbregas played in CM (slightly ahead of Xavi and Busquets), Sánchez was on the right and Iniesta was on the left.

[@user-dy8qk1ne8p]

he is a real legend

[@junaidshah6122]

Underrated channel

[@bribrave6256]

Chelsea performed brilliantly in this tie. I love the ways Torres put the final coffin in the nail to kill off Barca in the second leg. Against all odds, 10 man Chelsea prospered.

[@husseinosman2826]

Steve Holland ⚽️🔵👌

[@chua95]

would really love to hear how Chelsea managed to beat Barca in prime with 10 men at 2nd leg. really good memories..

[@andypandy1114]

We was lucky they missed some 20 big chances over the 2 legs but idc we won the ucl

[@sewy9952]

💙💙💙 We miss you steve

[@ronaktiwari8724]

That Fernando Torres goal at camp nou 😔

[@marinmarko194]

Get Ten Hag and Holland together, back them and will be fireworks

[@octavianmihu7861]

From beating 2012 Barcelona to losing to Southampton after spending 600 mil in a transfer window..

[@BobbyBlue1905]

Miss you at the bridge, Steve.

[@martinrosario4018]

Revenge for the 09 debacle

[@loserbaby59]

Such a great coach, should be a manager already

[@dabereogbuishi7533]

I need that board. Pls where can I get it?

[@nharikrishna7818]

We learn from this

[@victorchuks4822]

I drew up this exact formation 2 days before that match. Everybody both Chelsea and Barcelona fans were laffing at me how will Ramirez play left wing. I told them he is to check mate alves. Even with his speed alves would be careful in overlapping.. that day we were in gynaecology class

[@victorchuks4822]

When i saw the formation b4 the match i knew we would win straight up

[@timgray4974]

A really interesting thing to try with these videos is to have the opposing managers or coaches do these together. Would be great to not only see them discuss their tactics together but also so see how they think the opposing tactics worked and what they did to counteract their tactics

[@TheCoachesVoice]

This is something we have discussed and would love to make happen.

[@kenkaka2862]

Chelsea champions 2020

[@shutup2751]

of course they had steve do this because di matteo hadn't a clue just had a good squad at his disposal, steve was the real brains behind chelsea winning the champions league that yea

[@paulineallen3083]

A calm, precise way to project a football team. Like chess

[@aarzanpyakurel8449]

I really miss Steve at Chelsea.

[@guinnessharvey4476]

He reminds of Jony Ive

[@SikaVutha]

Steve Holland - future Chelsea FC coach

[@addy8553]

For gods sake bring him back

[@kaadkk3226]

we need Lampard on this

[@shahzadirani]

So glad Chelsea won the 2012 semi final vs Barcelona. They deserved to win the 2009 semi final as well and have a re-match with United but alas UEFA and the referees played spoil sports in 2009.

[@alfiewoodley01]

THERES ONLY ONE STEVE HOLLAND

[@James-sy6ji]

I wonder if Frank would have done better had he had Steve on board

[@vlado52]

The best midfield trio that has ever played the game is Casemiro-Modric-Kroos...at least in CL 🤟

[@totalbodyperformancefitnes4813]

Saved yourself by saying in the CL.

[@ferndale6652]

Lol, no. This trio also won the World Cup and Euro

[@diegolopo6922]

Chelsea was so lucky! I lost count how many chances Barca missed. Barca hit the bar so many times. I’ve never seen a team so mediocre and lucky like Chelsea. Even in the final they had one chance with Drogba and ended up scoring. Barca should have won that UCL!

[@jasneetsingh5142]

All this is good but cech in that game became a god

[@mika274]

This is probably one of those geek type football coaches who every top manager wants to have in their team. The fact that England are doing better than they were for 20 years speaks volumes. Chelsea winning the CL when he was there is another example of that I wonder how he would fare as a head coach rather than an assistant. Because not everyone has the same success

[@KA-lb4ho]

Neil Lennon Masterclass Celtic 2-1 Barcelona next pls

[@detinuryati9082]

this channel always showing a winning side.....how about the lose side???i want to know why the tactics not works well

[@doddy_bj_miko]

DroLamTeCh... Drogba-Lampard-Terry-Cech.. The Axis of Chelsea ... We havent found another in this era...

[@detinuryati9082]

barcelona always the victim....watch josw mourinho