when the two teams met in the Champions League semi- final first leg
at Stamford Bridge, Wednesday, April 18, 2012 (Thursday morning GMT).
This is the first time Barcelona met Chelsea in the Champions League
after last met in the Champions League semi- final of 2009. At that
time, Barcelona made it to the final after the referee deemed received
help Henning Ovrebo. Alves assess the semi-finals three years ago,
Chelsea's defensive display, while Barcelona struggled to score goals
by Andres Iniesta finally breaking goalkeeper Petr Cech. For the
semi-finals later, Alves challenged Chelsea to play attacking and do
not accumulate a lot of players behind. Moreover, the Blues will play
as the home side at Stamford Bridge. "Playing at home, they should
attack us. But if you do not have the concept of attacking like
Barcelona, you will stay behind and continue to be attacked," said
Alves as reported PremiershipTalk. Alves then issued a scathing
statement saying that Chelsea would not dare to attack Barcelona. "You
have to attack. Survive: loser. Attack: winner. I think Chelsea lacked
the courage to attack us," he said, stirring up.
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