Chelsea’s interim manager, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Di Matteo believes that his side can go on and beat Barcelona, should they be able to exploit their weaknesses.
The Blues will take on the Catalan giants, as the Spanish side look to win the Champions League for the second year in a row.
Despite Barcelona being the favourites going into the game, Chelsea are looking to get some redemption from the match that the two teams played in 2009.
In the last encounter between the two teams, Chelsea were not awarded a handful of penalties and a very late Iniesta goal saw http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 go through to the next round of the game.
The Premier League side will not allow the same thing to happen again and are more than likely going to go out in their game, with all guns blazing.
Di Matteo, when talking about the game and Chelsea’s weakness is quoted to have said: “You look at the way you can hurt Barcelona and create them difficulties. I've seen many games”
“They do have weaknesses. We just need to exploit them."
The interim manager also highlighted the fact that his side needed to try and stop all the players in the Barcelona team, since the whole team could be lethal, should they be given time and space on the ball.
He admitted that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 was one of the best players in the world, but at the same time, he claimed that it would be foolish to base his team’s strategy around one player.
"It's not just about stopping a single player, because obviously they have so many players that can hurt you,” he said.
"It has to be a team tactic, a team strategy, to be able to limit their threat."
With http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 now building on their momentum and confidence after beating Tottenham in the FA Cup, it is going to be interesting to see just how the team plays against Barcelona.
It is now a wait to see just what happens in the game and whether Chelsea manage to overcome the odds and beat the tournament favourites, as they edge closer to lifting the Champions League trophy.
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