Roberto Di Matteo declared Chelsea were good enough to win the Champions League as he stood on the brink of leading them to arguably the greatest victory in their history. Barely seven weeks since taking charge and less than seven days after masterminding an astonishing semi-final first-leg win over Barcelona, caretaker Blues boss Di Matteo arrived at Camp Nou determined to complete the job. [caption id="attachment_1426" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Roberto Di Matteo, Barcelona v Chelsea"]
[/caption] Chelsea have been written off this season but Di Matteo was adamant they have what it takes to end their agonising nine-year wait for Champions League glory since Roman Abramovich bought the club. "We do have the qualities within this team," he said. Watch Barcelona vs Chelsea Live Streaming today "I think we need away from home, as we've seen in the past, a bit of luck to be able to do well in a competition like this. "But, certainly, the quality and the squad we have at Chelsea is very good." Meanwhile, Chelsea will ignore the prospect of their players missing the Champions League final through suspension when they seek to protect a 1-0 lead in Tuesday's semi-final second leg at holders Barcelona, according to manager Roberto Di Matteo. Defenders Branislav Ivanovic, Ashley Cole and David Luiz and midfielders Ramires and Raul Meireles are all one booking away from an automatic one-game ban ahead of the London club's bid to avenge their defeat at the same stage three years ago. Only four of those are likely to play as Luiz is out injured but Di Matteo said all the players would be concentrating on executing a game plan that will see them through to next month's final in Munich. "I don't think we can be thinking about that in the game tomorrow," he said "The players are going to be fully focused on their tasks and whatever happens, happens," he added. "We can't be distracted by the bookings." Di Matteo declined to reveal whether Didier Drogba, who scored Chelsea's goal in the first leg at Stamford Bridge, was likely to have shaken off a knee injury in time to feature. "We have the final training session after the press conference where I will assess the physical and mental state of all my players," he said. "Then I will make the team selection tomorrow morning so I can't tell you exactly what it is. Tomorrow night." (Yahoo Sports)
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