The Chelsea midfielder is practicing caution in his approach to the encounter against Barcelona at Nou Camp on Tuesday night as the Catalan giants might be preparing to unleash a backlash at Chelsea following their weekend
defeat to Real Madrid in the La Liga...
With the second leg of their UEFA Champions League semi-final coming up against Barcelona, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 are hoping that they can build on their result in the first leg and secure a place in the final of the competition for the first
time since 2008. Barcelona themselves will be hoping that they can gain a place in the final and have a chance of becoming the first team to successfully defend its UEFA champions’ League title.
Many pundits still hold http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Didier-Drogba-c11044. This week this may be different
as the match takes place at Nou Camp, Barcelona’s home stadium. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Raul-Meireles-c30678, the Chelsea midfielder is cautiously optimistic before this tie as he does recognize that Chelsea have a chance to play in yet another Champions League final but nothing can be
taken for granted due to Barcelona’s strengths.
He said, "Barcelona's defeat against Real Madrid could have some effect on the game on Tuesday, but it's a double-edged sword because after practically losing the league, their challenge is Europe and they will come out with even
more motivation game at Camp Nou is a final for us. It's not easy to knock out Barcelona but first blood went to us and now we will have to play even more perfectly on Tuesday."
He added, "I am not the coach and I don't know what system we will use in the return match, but pressing in defence will be key and we can't let dangerous balls into our area. Few people believed before the game at Stamford Bridge
that we would have an advantage going into the second leg, but our strategy worked out well.”
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