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Frank Lampard last night roared ‘Bring on Barcelona’ — just as Jose Mourinho wrote off Chelsea’s hopes.
The Catalans await Roberto Di Matteo’s Blues in the last four of the Champions League.
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The two sides met at the same stage in 2009 when the Londoners lost in controversial fashion.
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Lamps, whose first-half penalty helped sink 10-man Benfica, said: “That game is still in our minds but this is completely different year and we need to try to beat them this year.
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“Everyone has unfinished business with them.
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“You have to respect they are the greatest team in the world — they have been and still are.
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“They are going to be favourites because of the way they are playing.
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“We know we’ll have to perform at our absolute best to beat them and we believe we can do that.”
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But former Stamford Bridge boss Mourinho — now at Real Madrid, who face Bayern Munich in the other semi-final — does not rate his old club’s chances.
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The Special One said: “Let me be honest, I don’t think the final will be Real Madrid against Chelsea.
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“It can be Bayern, it can be Barcelona, I just don’t think it will be Real Madrid and Chelsea.”
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Lampard’s penalty put the London club 2-0 up on aggregate but Javi Garcia’s late effort had the nerves jangling.
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Raul Meireles made the tie safe in the last minute but Chelsea’s place in the last four may have come at a cost.
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The club fear John Terry has cracked a couple of ribs and the skipper will have a scan this morning.
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Interim boss Di Matteo said: “We knew we were facing a difficult game. It proved that way.
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“The second goal was missing to kill the game. They still had a chance and knew that.”