Complicated schedule won’t stop us from defeating Chelsea: PSG coach

That win was revenge for the previous year when Chelsea dumped the French club out of the competition at the quarter final stage. We know the Chelsea players, and we know they will give everything to get to the knockout stage. The advantage is we know them well, but they know us too.

It will be a great tie between two attractive sides.

“The preparation will be easy as we know this team well but there is plenty of time until February”. “I hope everyone will be in good health to take on Chelsea and to fulfill our objectives”. We showed last year we are competitive, and we are again this year.

Marcel Desailly says his former club Chelsea should be in better shape when they face PSG. “I think it will be even more hard than last season”. Angel Di Maria, signed from Manchester United this summer, has settled into the attack and has become integral to Blanc’s system. So, in this phase of the Champions League there are no favourites.

Like I have already said, we need to be able to beat everyone and go as far as possible in this competition. “Here we will be coming up against a fine team who have already won the Champions League”, Blanc added. We have a lot of respect for them.

The tie appeared to swing massively in Chelsea’s favour when Zlatan Ibrahimovic was harshly sent off just 30 minutes into the second leg – and when Gary Cahill fired in with 10 minutes to play, it looked like the Blues would emerge victorious from a scrappy affair. It’s become something of a Classique for us.

“We were 100 percent ready, without being worn out by the domestic worries of the league”.

They sit a huge 17 points clear at the top of Ligue 1, while Chelsea are a lowly 16th in the Premier League, only one point above the relegation zone after Monday’s defeat at Leicester City.