Miracles are in Chelsea’s DNA - Rob hails his heroes
Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2012 by The Sun
HERO WORSHIP ... Roberto Di Matteo paid tribute to Chelsea's brave stars
ROBERTO DI MATTEO saluted his heroes after the most amazing performance in Chelsea’s proud history.
The Blues dumped Barcelona out to reach their second Champions League final in one of the most sensational displays in the history of this great competition.
They were all heroes. All 10 of them after John Terry’s sending off.
Di Matteo said: “It was incredible — so many events happened in the game. I’m very happy and pleased for the players because they deserve this moment.
“We’ve had a difficult season and it seems we always get something special out when we need to — it is part of the DNA of these players.”
Down to 10 men after Terry’s crazy sending off — which left them with a makeshift backline as their other centre-half Gary Cahill had limped off after 12 minutes.
Down two goals after Sergio Busquets and Andres Iniesta seemed to send Barcelona on their way after cancelling out Chelsea’s 1-0 lead from the first leg.
Down but NOT out. Two minutes and 17 seconds into first-half injury time Frank Lampard played a great pass to slot Ramires through and the Brazilian’s lob stunned Barca.
Di Matteo added: “We had all the difficulties that you can imagine in any football game.
“Especially with Barcelona and the way they played and yet we qualified. It’s quite incredible.
“I was just trying to get the best out of the group of players that we have and, when you play Barcelona, it’s difficult with any team.
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