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Blues 8/11 to reach quarter finals despite trailing from the first leg
It could have been a different story at the San Siro had the referee rightly awarded a penalty and brandished a red card after Walter Samuel fouled Salomon Kalou just before the interval. Although the Ivorian managed to equalise after the break, Inter ran out 2-1 winners and have a slender advantage to protect when they travel to west London this week.
Despite this, you can back Jose Mourinho’s team at 6/5 (Stan James) to progress to the quarter finals on the Portuguese manager’s return to Stamford Bridge. It will clearly be an emotional experience for the man that delivered domestic titles but no European success to Chelsea and he’s sure to prance around on the touchline in a bid to attract the cameras.
Blues manager Carlo Ancelotti instead prefers to keep a low profile and he knows that a 1-0 success (6/1 Victor Chandler) for his team will be enough for them to go through on away goals. The home side are no bigger than 8/13 (bet365) to win on the night, although they will have to be wary of the Italian champions, who like to soak up pressure before bombing forward on the break.
Diego Milito was fast out of the blocks in the first leg and the Argentine is 8/1 (Ladbrokes) to break the deadlock again when the teams meet on Tuesday. Samuel Eto’o spurned a fantastic chance to score when his team led 1-0, although the Cameroonian is 9/1 (Blue Square) to be the first name on the scoresheet.
Fellow African Didier Drogba (4/1 Paddy Power) warmed up nicely for this crunch match by bagging a brace against West Ham on Saturday and it’s hard to underestimate his importance in a match like this. It’s surely his match-winning potential which makes the bookies go 8/11 (Blue Square) that Chelsea march on to the quarter finals to join Manchester United and Arsenal.