Source: Daily_Mail
Get ready for a goal fest! It's a striker's paradise when Barca meet Chelsea
Chelsea take on Barcelona in the Champions League semi-final after meeting the Spanish outfit eight times in the last nine years.[LNB]The contests have often produced goal fests with the sides averaging nearly four goals a game including some unforgettable strikes from the likes of Ronaldinho and Drogba[LNB]Sportsmail takes a look at some of those encounters.[LNB]1999-2000Chelsea 3-1 BarcelonaApril 5, 2000 - Quarter-final 1st leg[LNB]Barcelona 5-1 Chelsea (6-4 agg)April 18, 2000 - Quarter-final 2nd legAfter leading 3-1 from the first leg thanks to goals from Tore Andre Flo and Gianfranco Zola, Chelsea travelled to the Nou Camp hopeful of progressing to the European Cup semi-finals for the first time in the club's history.[LNB]Sadly for Gianluca Vialli and his men they came up against a Barcelona side packed full of superstars playing at the top of their game. [LNB] Spot on: Rivaldo celebrates after scoring from the spot[LNB]Goals from Figo, Dani and Rivaldo took the game to extra time before Rivaldo scored from the spot after a lunge on Figo by Celestine Babayaro. [LNB]Patrick Kluivert finished off the tie off with a neat header to send Louis Van Gaal's men through to the semis.[LNB]2004-05Off day: Drogba is shown the red card as he apparently lays injured[LNB]Barcelona 2-1 Chelsea February 23, 2005 - Last 16 1st leg[LNB]Jose Mourinho returned to the club where he began his coaching career and watched his young Chelsea side lose 2-1 courtesy of strikes from Maxi Lopez and Samuel Eto'o.[LNB]Didier Drogba was sent off for a studs-up lunge on keeper Victor Valdes with 34 minutes left on the clock. [LNB]From then on Chelsea's 10 men defended like lions to keep their hopes alive for what was to be an unforgettable return leg at Stamford Bridge. [LNB]Chelsea 4-2 Barcelona (agg 5-4)March 8, 2005 - Last 16 2nd leg[LNB]The west London crowd were in dreamland when Eidur Gudjohnsen, Frank Lampard and Damien Duff put their side 3-0 ahead inside 20 minutes.[LNB]But a Ronaldinho penalty gave Barcelona the lifeline they needed after a dodgy handball decision went against Paulo Ferreia.[LNB]Mourinho nearly talked himself into the stands with his remonstrations at the fourth official, but he could not complain about the Brazil striker's second strike.[LNB]Seemingly surrounded by Blue shirts on the edge of the Chelsea box, he used Ricardo Carvalho as a shield to block Petr Cech's view before bending in a delicious right-foot curler inside the left post.[LNB]It was left to captain John Terry to put his side through to the quarters with a firm header from Damian Duff 's corner.[LNB]Mourinho, who had accused Barcelona players of diving in the first leg, further upset his side's opponents with his exuberant victory celebrations. [LNB]Samuel Eto'o described the Portuguese manager's behaviour as shameless adding: 'With so much money and so many players, what they do is not football.'[LNB]VIDEO: Ronaldinho's goal...[LNB][LNB]2005-06Chelsea 1-2 Barcelona February 22, 2006 - Last 16 1st leg[LNB]Following the controversy of 2005, Barcelona were clearly pumped up for a rematch and showed much more grit and physicality than the previous year.[LNB]Second-half own goals from Terry and Thiago Motta meant the match was level with 10 minutes to go before Eto'o's tidy header gave Barcelona a second vital away goal.[LNB] Don't look back: Thiago Motta deflects into his own goal[LNB]Barcelona 1-1 Chelsea (agg 3-2) March 7, 2006 - Last 16 2nd leg[LNB]The return leg at the Nou Camp was a drab affair with both sides holding back. But it was Ronaldinho again who caused Chelsea problems.[LNB]The Brazilian smashed home a low drive from 18 yards before Frank Lampard scored a consolation penalty.[LNB]VIDEO: Ronaldinho's vital goal...[LNB][LNB]2006-07Chelsea 1-0 BarcelonaOctober 18, 2006 - Group stage[LNB]Both sides must have been sick of the sight of each other when drawn together in the group stages.[LNB]This was a game which Chelsea dominated and which could have been sealed much earlier if Andriy Shevchenko's finishing had not deserted him.[LNB]Didier Drogba, however, could not be accused of the same. His neat turn and powerful shot after great work from Ashley Cole down the left bagged a much needed three points for Chelsea's round one campaign.[LNB]With Chelsea's third-choice keeper between the sticks following sickening injuries to Cech and Carlo Cudicini the previous weekend - this was a job well done.[LNB]VIDEO: Drobga's goal...[LNB][LNB]Ivory tower: Drogba celebrates[LNB]Barcelona 2-2 ChelseaOctober 31, 2006 - Group stage[LNB]The return fixture at the Nou Camp was more like the games of old. A night of theatre and tantrum kicked off with Rafael Marquez escaping unpunished after bringing down his studs on Michael Essien's groin.[LNB]Minutes later the game threatened to descend into a violent farce when Drogba barged into Thiago Motta before Marquez again got involved by shoving the Ivory Coast striker.[LNB]Meanwhile goals were flying in from former Chelsea-star Gudjohnsen and Deco while Lampard hit back for The Blues just after half-time. [LNB]Drogba rounded off another pulsating night with an injury-time leveler as he beat Marquez and thundered in a near-post belter.[LNB] On the Road with...Chelsea: Barcelona get ready to embrace a new campBosingwa vows to shut out Messi as Chelsea brace for Barca onslaughtAncelotti delivers snub to Chelsea by insisting he will stay with MilanMartin Samuel: Changing of the guard? Not for Barcelona hero GuardiolaCHELSEA FC
