The Catalan tactician has conceded that the English Premier League side have become the favourites to play the final after they defeated Barcelona on Tuesday.
The Barca head coach has expressed that the Blues’ victory in the first leg has put them in the driving seat to qualify for the final of the UEFA Champions League.
La Blaugrana travelled to London this past Wednesday to go face-to-face against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final. The match that took place at the Stamford Bridge saw the home side emerge 1-0 victorious over the visitors.
Although the Catalan giants performed phenomenally, the London-based outfit proved to be the better side on Wednesday.
The match was closely contested from start to end and left the audiences thrilled as it was evenly matched.
Despite creating several chances at goal, the Spanish giants failed to find the back of the net.
Barca were as creative as ever in terms of attacking football, hitting the post twice and creating at least 5 clear chances on goal in the process. However, as fate would have it, they failed to make a mark in the first leg of the last four.
On the other side, Chelsea, who had braced themselves ahead of the encounter, were resilient in defence and successfully kept the visitors out. Although many believe that the fact that Barca couldn’t score was due to luck and not good defending by the hosts.
It was in the first half stoppage time when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ramires-c30523, the Ivorian had little difficulty in leading the ball home.
Guardiola has emphasized that Chelsea’s lead is significant and may play the dominating role in determining the winner of the two-legged fixture.
While addressing reporters, the 41-year-old was quoted as saying:
"One-nil is a very good result for them. They are the favourites. It's football. It's not a question about fair or unfair.”
"Congratulations to Chelsea. We'd win every game if it all was about possession of the ball because our average is more than our opponents. But the most difficult thing in this game is putting the ball in the net, and that's what we couldn't do this evening.”
Before hosting Chelsea in the second leg of the semi-final, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 also have to take up the challenge of facing Real Madrid in the Spanish La Liga on Saturday.
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