No Barça player wants to miss the Chelsea's match. Unfortunately three players cannot make the journey to Stamford Bridge: Ludovic Giuly because of injury as well as Gabri and Maxi due to tactical decisions.


Ronaldinho and Eto'o are especially motivated for this match. They both want to win, "yes or yes" and losing is not an option. They are both keen to show who plays the better football (even on a scandalous pitch similar to a potato field) and that luck can not always be on Chelsea´s side. Ronaldinho claims "We are going to London to win the match! We are not going out there to defend a 0-0, no way!"
Ronaldinho certainly isn't nervous about the game, "I am not scared about John Terry saying that he can only stop me by kicking my legs. I am training hard for myself to be ready for every kind of trick"


Chelsea coach Mourinho already started the discussion about the selection of the referee by UEFA last week. He felt that a Scandinavian referee would be a disadvantage for Chelsea. It seems that "Mister" Mourinho´s influence on UEFA is not as big as he thought. The referee of the match will be the Norwegian Terje Hauge.

We are already impatiently looking forward to hearing what "Jose" has to say about this...



Here are the odds for the game.


Chelsea FC 2.10

Draw 3.20
FC Barcelona 3.20


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