Inter coach Mourinho has the last laugh, exacts revenge from old club Chelsea
Inter coach Mourinho has the last laugh, exacts revenge from old club Chelsea
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Inter Milan midfielder Wesley Sneijder believes his side have what it takes to reach the Champions League final after they knocked Chelsea out to reach the quarter-finals tonight.
Samuel Eto'o scored the only goal in the 79th minute to make it a happy return to west London for former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, whose side were 2-1 winners in the first leg.
Eto'o struck after an angled through-ball from Sneijder picked out his run and the Cameroon striker stabbed the ball past Blues goalkeeper Ross Turnbull.
Chelsea's hopes of scoring twice to force extra-time were effectively killed off when Didier Drogba was dismissed after appearing to rake his studs down the ankle of Inter's Thiago Motta.
Sneijder now believes Inter could go all the way to the showpiece match in Madrid in May.
He told Sky Sports: "This is an important result. Chelsea are one of the biggest teams in the world and to beat them, it's a big step. In Italy it's an important time, but we are still not in the final."
Asked if Inter could reach the final, the Dutchman added: "We can do it when we play like today, of course we can do it."
Sneijder felt Inter were good value for the win.
He said: "They (Chelsea) want to fight and they did it in the first half but we dominated the whole game and there wasn't any danger for us.
"We knew we had to create chances and they came finally, really we should have scored more - two or three.
"In the first game we were a bit lucky but today we deserved to win."
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