Sunday 31 May 2015

Chelsea not playing Sydney FC for fun

The Blues boss insists he will deploy his best
attacking weapons at ANZ Stadium on Tuesday,
including Diego Costa and Eden Hazard
Jose Mourinho has promised to play a full-
strength Chelsea side against Sydney FC on
Tuesday, and feels they have a responsibility to
win for their huge legion of fans.
The Premier League champions kicked off their
post-season Asia tour with a 1-0 win over Thai
All-Stars on Saturday, courtesy of a goal from
young striker Dominic Solanke.
But Mourinho insists he will deploy his best
attacking talent at Sydney's ANZ Stadium, including
Diego Costa and Eden Hazard.
"When the opponent has the ball you have to park
the bus all the time, if you don't concede goals you
have more chances to win," the Chelsea boss told
reporters.
"I can give already to the coach Arnold [my team].
The front three I will play will be [Loic] Remy,
Diego Costa and [Eden] Hazard.
"If we park the bus with these three [in attack] I'm
sure we will be ok."
The Blues arrived to a huge reception at Sydney
Airport on Sunday, just hours after beating a Thai
All-Stars XI in Bangkok.
And Mourinho insists they will not lose focus
ahead of their showpiece fixture against a Sydney
FC outfit that were narrowly beaten by Tottenham
on Saturday.
"What I've seen the few times I've watched
matches in the Australian league, there's always a
good atmosphere, nice stadiums and people very
enthusiastic, the game very enthusiastic too," the
Portuguese added.
"We want a very good match. We feel always
responsibility. You cannot lose, you cannot just
play for fun, you have to go for a result.
"We are still celebrating [the league title], yes; we
are already thinking about next season, yes; but
Tuesday is our last game of the season as a club.
"We want to compete, we want to try and give a
good show.
"It's very important for us as a club, it's been a
very long time since Chelsea has been here and to
come just a week after we are champions is even a
bigger responsibility for us."
Asked what he knew of the A-League and Sydney
FC, Chelsea skipper John Terry continued: "We've
watched little bits, a couple of players have come
this way from the UK as well.
"We'll watch the game they played against Spurs
as well to get a better feel. We know the standard
will be very good and it will be tough in front of a
very hostile crowd as well, supporting both sides
we hope.
"We had Schwarzy [ex-Socceroos goalkeeper Mark
Schwarzer] there who told us about it every day.
"When you do see it and look at the stadiums and
the fans they are real passionate, very much like
the English supporters."

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