How Chelsea can beat Barcelona in the Champions League tie

Chelsea FC v Barcelona - UEFA Champions League Semi Final
Chelsea will take on Barcelona for the 13th time in the UEFA Champions League

#5 The Chelsea Attack

Support Striker- Eden Hazard

Chelsea v West Bromwich Albion - Premier League
On his day Eden Hazard can be unstoppable

Chelsea's fortunes in attack will largely depend on Eden Hazard. While all the focus will be on Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, the man who steals the show may very well be the little Belgian. Hazard is just as unstoppable as Messi when it comes to dribbling past defenders nonchalantly and on his day can be just as devastating.

Centre Forward - Alvaro Morata

Chelsea v West Bromwich Albion - Premier League
Alvaro Morata has scored 12 goals and assisted 5 since his move to Chelsea in the summer.

Picking the number 9 for the game is going to be a very difficult choice for Antonio Conte. Olivier Giroud since his move to Chelsea has solid with his hold-up play. Given that Morata has just come back from injury, Conte may very well choose to go with the French target man.

However, given that Barcelona's back-line tend to push high up the pitch - Conte must think of picking Morata as long as he is sharp in training. Giroud lacks the pace to take advantage of chances to beat Barcelona's offside trap and hit them on the break. Morata has scored or assisted every 112 minutes for Chelsea this season.


Conclusion

As Sir Alex Ferguson once famously said - "Football, bloody hell"

On paper, it is advantage Barcelona - but if Conte gets his tactics right, do not be surprised if Chelsea once again beats Barcelona and causes yet another famous upset.

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Edited by Amit Mishra
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