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Frank Lampard: 'Chelsea capable of beating Barcelona in Champions League'

Lampard: 'Chelsea can beat Barcelona'
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Frank Lampard thinks that Chelsea are good enough to beat Barcelona in their Champions League last-16 second leg at Camp Nou.

Former Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard has claimed that the team are capable of causing an upset by knocking Barcelona out of the Champions League.

Antonio Conte's side held their own against the Catalan giants in the last-16 first leg last week, but Lionel Messi's goal gave Barca the edge in a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea have an unenviable task of stopping the Spanish outfit at Camp Nou for the second leg on March 14, but Lampard is feeling cautiously optimistic.

"Can they win against Barcelona? I think so," Lampard told talkSPORT. "Chelsea were fantastic in the first leg and, of all the English teams in the Champions League, Chelsea do have the capabilities to be really organised and they have dangerous players on the counter-attack, particularly Eden Hazard and Willian in his current form.

"If they can try and play the way they played at the Bridge, they've got a chance. It's going to be a very tough game. When you go to the Nou Camp, Barcelona and especially Lionel Messi make it so difficult for you.

"But there's certainly a fighting chance for Chelsea. They do have the ability to go there and get something."

Willian scored Chelsea's only goal of the tie so far.

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