{"id":295783,"date":"2011-03-09T14:21:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T14:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/09\/gianluca-vialli-tips-former-club-chelsea-to-reach-champions-league-final\/"},"modified":"2011-03-09T14:21:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T14:21:00","slug":"gianluca-vialli-tips-former-club-chelsea-to-reach-champions-league-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/09\/gianluca-vialli-tips-former-club-chelsea-to-reach-champions-league-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Gianluca Vialli tips former club Chelsea to reach Champions League final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Craig Turnbull<\/h3>\n<h4>9 Mar 2011 14:21:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"69.3774534474\">\n<div readability=\"12.8407643312\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gianluca Vialli (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/461de17f63423_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gianluca Vialli (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"38.9600874795\"><\/p>\n<p>        Former <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/96\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a> striker and manager Gianluca Vialli has tipped the Blues to get to the final of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2914\/champions-league\">Champions League<\/a> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/spain\/124\/real-madrid\">Real Madrid<\/a> as their potential opponents.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian believes that his old club have enough quality in their team to reach the final and added that European success is their best chance of silverware this season as they are too far behind to catch Premier League leaders Manchester United in the title race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChelsea are out of the championship race, I think, so they will be able to focus on the Champions League,\u201d Vialli told <em>talkSPORT<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have got a great side with great players, experienced players.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are very hungry to win the Champions League because they have been so close for so many years. They deserve to get at least to the final and I\u2019m sure they will.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously, they need to be lucky with the draw in the next round but I\u2019ve got a feeling that the final might be Chelsea-Real Madrid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With Tottenham facing AC Milan in the return leg of the Champions League last 16, and taking with them to White Hart Lane a 1-0 lead from the San Siro, Vialli warned that the tie is not over yet.<\/p>\n<p>He believes AC Milan are still capable of defeating Spurs away from home inciting recent victories in Serie A as proof of their quality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey AC Milan are not out of it,\u201d added Vialli. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are a strong team and they have got the experience in the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey played the last couple of games in the Italian championship against Juventus and Naples and beat them both comfortably. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There\u2019s a lot of confidence in the side and they think they can come to London and play a great game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/serve.williamhill.com\/promoRedirect?member=goalcom&#038;campaign=DEFAULT&#038;channel=ENPlayer&#038;zone=908371216&#038;lp=908300452&#038;var3=en\/nui\/free-bet\/%23http:\/\/sports.williamhill.com\/bet\/en-gb\/betting\/e\/1151774\/UEFA-Champions-League---Outright.html\">Chelsea to win UEFA Champions League @ 5\/1 (William Hill) <\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/461de17f63423_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/09\/2386675\/gianluca-vialli-tips-former-club-chelsea-to-reach-champions\" title=\"Gianluca Vialli tips former club Chelsea to reach Champions League final\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gianluca Vialli tips former club Chelsea to reach Champions League final<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Craig Turnbull 9 Mar 2011 14:21:00 Gianluca Vialli (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Former Chelsea striker and manager Gianluca Vialli has tipped the Blues to get to the final of the Champions League with Real Madrid as their potential opponents. The Italian believes that his old club have enough quality in their team to reach the final and added that European success is their best chance of silverware this season as they are too far behind to catch Premier League leaders Manchester United in the title race. \u201cChelsea are out of the championship race, I think, so they will be able to focus on the Champions League,\u201d Vialli told talkSPORT . <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-295783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gianluca Vialli tips former club Chelsea to reach Champions League final - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/09\/gianluca-vialli-tips-former-club-chelsea-to-reach-champions-league-final\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Gianluca Vialli tips former club Chelsea to reach Champions League final - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Craig Turnbull 9 Mar 2011 14:21:00 Gianluca Vialli (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Former Chelsea striker and manager Gianluca Vialli has tipped the Blues to get to the final of the Champions League with Real Madrid as their potential opponents. 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