Chelsea is going to host the defending 
champion Barcelona in the first leg of the second semifinal of UEFA Champions League tonight at Stamford Bridge in London. The Spanish giant Barcelona is the current champions, in last three years Barcelona have won this championship twice while Chelsea is yet to open their account in that championship.
The Catalan coach Pepe Guardiola has lost only four of 48 Champions League games, winning 30 matches, the visitors are unbeaten in 16 Champions League matches since losing 2-1 to Arsenal in London in last year’s knockout stage. Barça’s record against English teams is 24 games won, 18 drawn and 16 lost only. In the other hand Barca became in-vain to beat Chelsea over 90minutes in any of their last five meetings. Chelsea’s last meeting with Barca came in the semifinals three years ago, when Andres Iniesta’s injury time equalizer and a string of dubious refereeing decisions denied the English side a place in the final, this time Di Matteo’s side are very much adamant to take that revenge.
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