No doubts for Guardiola

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola says he has ‘no doubt’ his side can beat Chelsea on Tuesday and qualify for the Champions League final.

The Catalan club must overcome a one-goal deficit to reach the tournament decider after suffering a 1-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge last week.

In London, Pep Guardiola’s side were unable to beat goalkeeper Petr Cech despite enjoying the majority of the possession and having several chances to score, but Guardiola believes that his side will go through following the return leg at the Camp Nou.

“We begin with a 1-0 disadvantage and we have 90 minutes to turn it around,” Guardiola said.

“You have to win over the fans every day, but we know that they are with us. I have no doubt that we will be in Munich, I have been thinking this since the start of the season.

“It is possible that we will have to score three goals. This will be a match similar to the one against Levante and Madrid, because Chelsea are very strong physically and very good on the counter.

“We will have to find a good balance. We will not have many chances to score and we will have to make the few we will have count.”

Having been in such situations before, Guardiola said he was confident his player could live up to th challenge and overturn the deficit.

“I do not know if this will be the biggest challenge since I have been a coach, but I always look at these matches with optimism because of the faith I have in these players,” he said.

“We have to be careful with Chelsea’s strong points. They have been playing like this for a long time.

“We will have to create chances and score goals. But the hardest thing is to know how to attack against them.

“When we lose the ball, we will have to be covered so that they will not hurt us (on the counterattack).”

Barca head into the game on the back of a disappointing 2-1 home defeat against Real Madrid, but Guardiola believes the players are ready to bounce back from the loss.

“I have no doubt that the players will be fine,” he said. “If we create the same chances that we did in London, it will be very hard for us not to score again.”