YOU’LL NEVER REACH THE FINAL, SCOFFS MOURINHO

From Back Page favourites but we’ve got belief. They’re the greatest team in the world but we believe we can do it.’ If Chelsea do overcome Barcelona, they could meet their old boss Jose Mourinho in the final after his Real Madrid side completed an 8-2 aggregate win over APOEL Nicosia to set up a semi against Bayern Munich. But Mourinho poured scorn on the idea, saying: ‘I don’t think it will be a Real-chelsea final. It could be Bayern or Barcelona. I just don’t think it will be Real Madrid v Chelsea — and we know why.’ Benfica manager Jorge Jesus also claimed Chelsea have ‘no chance’ against Barcelona and criticised last night’s referee, Damir Skomina of Slovenia. Jesus said: ‘I’m really proud of my players. Over the two games we proved we were much the better team. I can’t understand how we’re out. We were penalised by the referee tonight, unfortunately, and unjustly. ‘What hurts me is that we’ve knocked out better teams than Chelsea. That’s what leaves me with a certain sense of revolt. ‘I believe Chelsea have no chance against Barcelona.’ Chelsea interim coach Roberto Di Matteo said: ‘Benfica are a good side and they’ve showed it many times before but we’re pleased we’re through. ‘The second goal was missing, they still had a chance and they knew that. We missed a lot of chances to kill the game. ‘Barcelona are probably one of the best, if not the best team in the world, and they have some wonderful players. ‘We’re happy and excited to be able to play a semi-final against a big team.’ There was a scare for Chelsea when John Terry struggled to breathe after a recurrence of the rib injury he sustained in the first leg and was taken off just before the hour.