Andres Iniesta recalls famous Barcelona goal against Chelsea

On Tuesday, Barcelona face off against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, a stadium where they have one particular good memory: Andres Iniesta’s late goal that sent them into the 2009 Champions League final. Barcelona had been heading out of the Champions League until Iniesta’s goal, which came in stoppage time. It ensured that Pep Guardiola’s side qualified for the final against Manchester United, whom they defeated 2-0 to complete a famous treble. Speaking to Sport, Iniesta reflected on that memory ahead of Barcelona’s Stamford Bridge return on Tuesday. “It seems like yesterday, sixteen years ago, but the memories are real. It’s impossible not to remember it, every time you see or think about the goal you get excited, for the goal and for everything that happened afterwards. It was crazy. “It had a brutal importance. I don’t limit it only to that moment because many things had to happen, many situations and many games to get there. If we talk only about that moment it is incredible – on a personal level, I was th