With the meeting of Bayen Munich and Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League semifinals first-leg, the war of the words gets intense between Barcelona and Chelsea, who take on each other Wednesday night tomorrow 18th April in last four of the competition.
Barcelona's Dani Alves has thrown in the spanner by labeling the Blues to be 'lacking courage' and having fears facing them in the crucial match just a day ahead. While Andres Iniesta admits his Barcelona team are about to face Chelsea players with Champions League revenge on their minds. As reported, Iniesta is quoted as sating that he is anticipating another tough night against Chelsea this week but is hoping for a similar outcome to their last visit to Stamford Bridge.
The Blues on the other hand are equally charged, specially after routing the Spurs 5-1 on the weekend. Frank Lampard has described the prospect of confronting Barcelona as the ultimate challenge of Chelsea's recent recovery. Lampard says that he expects Barca to win every game they play... but we can beat them. This is good omen that the Blues are voicing their confidence as reply to Barca's claims of fear and lack of courage. As for Messi, Lampard is quite optimistic to tackle Barca's hot scorer, when he says that the prospect of stifling the threat posed by Lionel Messi is daunting - but the Argentinian has not scored in six meetings with Chelsea in the past, although he arrives at Stamford Bridge with 63 goals to his name this season.
The question is will Chelsea take the revenge of 2009? Well one could say yes seeing their fitness and aggressive state with their match against the Spurs. More so, Blues' return to the semifinals after a three-year absence is portrayal of their revival under interim coach Roberto Di Matteo following Andre Villas-Boas' dismissal last month.
With these words, expectations and optimism by each team, let us wait and see till Wednesday night who tames who and how.
The match is scheduled to be played on 18th April 2012 at 18:45 GMT at Stamford Bridge Stadium, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, London.
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