Frank Lampard names the former Chelsea star that saved him from the worst night of my life

Frank Lampard names the former Chelsea star that saved him from the worst night of my life

The Blues defied all odds to beat Barcelona at the Nou Camp to reach the Champions League final.

Frank Lampard has admitted he feared for the worst night in his football career when Chelsea went 2-0 down to Barcelona in the semi-final of the 2012 Champions League. Champions League fans from all over the world can buy online Champions League Tickets to enjoy its stunning performances.

The Blues led their Spanish counterparts 1-0 from the first leg but found themselves 2-0 down and a man light after John Terry was sent off early in the first half.

However, a moment of magic from Ramires before half-time put Chelsea ahead of away goals, before Fernando Torres scored on the counter-attack after a dogged second-half defensive display.

At 2-0, though, and at the mercy of, in Lampard's eyes, "the best team in the world", the now-Chelsea boss was fearful of a cricket score.

When we went 2-0 down and we had 10 men and had such a reshuffle, I thought this could be the worst of my footballing life," Lampard told The Football Show.

"I'm thinking it could have been double figures. I spent the first 20 minutes getting nowhere near Xavi and Iniesta and there's so much time to go. It sounds funny but I'm not joking.

"You play at that high level and there are players that are so comfortable and can hurt you, with the reshuffle, I didn't see it coming. If we didn't score the goal before half-time that changed our feeling, I think it was the only time I got into the Barcelona half.

"Thankfully I had a runner to find, Ramires was in the space, it was a nice pass but an even better finish."

"At half-time, we had a 'let's go, we've got a chance'. We were massively handicapped, down to ten men against the best team in the world. It wasn't so much the words but the feeling at half-time.

"I remember, I hardly got beyond my 18-yard line in the second half, we were so deep, we couldn't get up to people. If you went near Iniesta he would just go past you. It was a shuffle, get across, and shuffle. It was a dig in the scenario.

"It's easy to say now because we had Bayern Munich at their ground to come but it seemed like fate. A game you have no right to win and you win; you do (believe it)."

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