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Ancelotti adamant: Chelsea will beat Inter Milan - and Mourinho

Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti doesn't fear facing Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan in the Champions League.

Ancelotti insists Chelsea will see off the Italian champions.

"I am ready to beat Inter and Mourinho. I would have preferred another opponent and it wasn't a good draw for anyone but (Didier) Drogba is a class above the rest," said Ancelotti.

"Chelsea have all the qualities to be a great side and satisfy the ambitions of the directors - they are the right age and the right competitiveness just like the team I had at Milan."

Ancelotti also spoke of the win against Fulham which Mourinho watched and said: "I think Mourinho will probably be a bit more relaxed after that. Although we hid ourselves well.

"We started bad but in the second half Mourinho saw a fantastic reaction, in fact the reaction of a great team with a ferocious determination not to accept that result."

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