Jose Mourinho Pleased With Chelsea FC Performance In Lisbon
Chelsea FC put in a good performance today against Portuguese side Sporting CP but they were wasteful in front of goal. That inefficiency in front of goal is becoming a theme in this year’s Champions League campaign as they fired mostly blanks against Schalke 04 as well. Luckily for Chelsea FC and their fans, the Blues put in a much better defensive effort against Sporting and they were able to hold on for a clean sheet and all three points.
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Jose Mourinho on Chelsea FC’s performance against Sporting CP:
"“Three points is three points, we lost two at home and now we have picked up three away from home. Chelsea are a young team who sometimes show a lack of efficiency in front of goal. Sporting lost but they have arguments that they can qualify. We didn’t kill the game off but we played very well, very compact and we had complete dominance in defense. Now it is time to rest and then we will think about Arsenal.”Now we can control our destiny. Now we play two matches against Maribor. But, attention because Maribor has two points. They didn’t lose in Germany and they didn’t lose against Sporting so Maribor is a team we must give attention to. But the reality is now we play at Stamford Bridge and if we manage to beat them we will have seven points. Seven points is not enough but that will give us some stability.”Source: Sky Sports"
As Jose Mourinho pointed out, it was the three points that made all the difference. Chelsea FC is back in the driver’s seat of a suddenly contentious group and they control their own destiny and will hopefully have a smooth ride to the knockout rounds.
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