FC Barcelona´s midfield star Xavi Hernandez expects tonight´s Chelsea team going out for revenge at Stamford Bridge. Barca dumped Chelsea out of the Champions League last season based on a 2-1 win at their home ground. At the end, it was Barca who lifted the European Cup at the Final in Paris. Xavi believes that Chelsea will be out for revenge:

It is similar to ourselves last season. We were out for revenge and maybe Chelsea will be on the look-out for revenge this year. It's a bit different because it is the group stage not the knock-out stage and both teams can still have the chance to qualify for the next round. Chelsea are very competitive. They fight a lot and this year they are a better team with new players like Ballack and Shevchenko. They have more quality and we expect a difficult game.

Xavi Hernandez also rembers the time, when Jose Mourinho was working as an assistant in Barcelona and described Mourinho as very different to his current coach Frank Rijkaard:

Jose helped me a lot and I'm thankful to him. His personality is like his team, very competitive, hard-working and difficult to beat. Frank is a very different personality. He is more calm. They are different. You can't compare them but both are winners and they make their teams win.