No Barca fear for Di Matteo

Roberto Di Matteo insists he cannot wait to face European champions Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals.

Chelsea coach relishing semi-final clash

Roberto Di Matteo insists he cannot wait to face European champions Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals. Chelsea booked their place in the last four with a 3-1 aggregate win over Benfica after a nervy 2-1 success at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. And Di Matteo insists he is confident the Blues could prove a real test to Barcelona. "It will be exciting to play two games against one of the best teams in the world," Di Matteo said. "We will find a strategy that will suit our players and our team to face Barcelona.

Dangerous

"It will be a combination of playing to our strengths and being aware of theirs. "They obviously have some individual players who are a big threat and that are very dangerous but we have to play our game and play to our strengths." Chelsea last faced Barca at the same stage in 2009 and went out in controversial circumstances as the capital outfit felt they were only denied by Norwegian referee Tom Ovrebo. "We have faced them a lot of times over the years and a lot of our players have some history against Barcelona and they certainly felt they were a bit hard done by when they played against them three years ago," Di Matteo continued. "It is going to great to play two games against them. We are looking forward to it and very pleased to be in the Champions League semi-final."