Mourinho: Chelsea can still win Champions League
If we win we can be qualified and in the fight for first position, which is important.
“So we are all together with the fans as well and we very happy to have them”.
Finally, he insisted that Eden Hazard was best deployed on the left-hand side of the attack despite the Belgian springing into life of late when played in a more central number 10 role, saying: “Where Eden plays depends on the game, on the opposition”. “I don’t care about Chelsea or their problems”. The best way is to focus on football and the happiness you have to play football, the responsibility you have to play football.
Slavisa Jokanovic is aware of the Blues’ poor defensive record this season and he will be hoping to take advantage of the situation when they face the Premier League side on Tuesday.
To qualify, Chelsea will be hoping Dynamo Kyiv drop points at Group G leaders Porto while they beat Maccabi. “We can only focus on playing”.
The Blues, who won the Premier League and Capital One Cup in 2014-15, reported the deficit kept them within Financial Fair Play limits.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho believes Tuesday’s showdown will be very different to the match between the teams at Stamford Bridge.
The importance of remaining a Champions League club can not be underestimated after Chelsea posted a loss of £23.1 million in their annual financial results until June 30, 2015.
Chelsea are the heavy favourites as Maccabi sit rock bottom of the group having lost all four of their games so far and lost the reverse fixture 4-0 in West London back in September. I have everybody without fears, just wanting to come.
“I don’t want to analyse the boy because, if I do you, will take my words and put them in a different perspective, and say I want to or do not want to sign him”, Mourinho told Sky Sports. He’s made more attempts on target for the Israeli side, also comes into this game with a goal in his last game in the Israeli Premier League, a successful penalty conversion, will be key to Tel-Aviv’s chances of picking up their first points of the campaign. “[Tonight] is simple – if we lose, we are in trouble and we rely on other results; if we draw, we can qualify on the final matchday; if we win, we have a great chance of qualifying first”.