Lions head for Bayern’s den

The Camp Nou was the stadium where Fergie’s phrase ‘Football, bloody hell’ was coined some 13 years ago, but it is arguable that the stunning arena has ever seen anything more astonishing than Chelsea’s victory over Barcelona on Tuesday night.

After 43 minutes Chelsea were 2-0 down, had been reduced to 10 men following the brainless sending-off of their captain, John Terry, and their back four consisted of Ramires, Jose Bosingwa, Branislav Ivanovic and Ashley Cole.

They came back to draw the match and go through 3-2 on aggregate against perhaps the world’s greatest team, setting up a final showdown against Bayern Munich on the Germans’ own patch in the Allianz Arena.