Ribery turns up heat on Blues

CHELSEA owner Roman Abramovich will not tolerate losing tomorrow’s Champions League final, according to Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery.

The Frenchman will appear in his first Champions League final after missing out due to suspension against Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan two years ago, but Abramovich has been waiting even longer to get his hands on the prize.

“Abramovich has wanted to win the Champions League for so long,” he said. “If they lose it on Saturday then it will be brutally tough. It would ruin them in the head.”

Bayern finished runners-up in the Bundesliga and lost to champions Dortmund 5-2 in the final of the German Cup last Saturday, but Ribery is banishing negative thoughts.

“We are definitely not thinking about losing,” he said. “If you lose, then you are distraught. If we win the Champions League, then we can forget about not winning the league or the cup, nobody would care anymore.

“I have achieved a lot with Bayern. I have won the league and the cup several times and now to win the Champions League would be historic.”

The 29-year-old was a frustrated spectator in Madrid two years ago but that experience will come in useful in the dressing room this week with three Bayern players – defenders David Alaba and Holger Badstuber and midfielder Luiz Gustavo – sidelined this time.

“Of course being suspended two years ago was not a good feeling,” admitted Ribery. “I will try to help them, but it will not be easy for them to be suspended. The little lad Alaba is only 19 and it is very tough. I just try to tell him that he is still with us and we have got here with him. If we win on Saturday, then he can forget about the disappointment.”