Former Real Madrid goalkeeper and current Porto shot-stopper Iker Casillas says Porto are obsessed with beating Jose Mourinho and Chelsea on Wednesday, according to Goal.
After losing at home to Bournemouth in the Premier League, Chelsea sit just two points off the relegation places in 14th position. The current Premier League champions are 14 points on the 4th spot in the league following this weekend’s round of games.
Jose Mourinho’s men may have to go all the way in the Champions League in any hope of securing European football next season.
Casillas said:
Porto has not prepared for a defensive match because that will be a disaster and almost certainly result in a defeat. We’re obsessed with staying in the Champions League.
Porto beat Chelsea in Portugal back at the end of September, thanks to goals from Andre Andre and Maicon either side of a Willian goal.
The goalkeeper added:
Mourinho is a coach who will always want a victory and now against his old club. But we have the mentality that we can make them suffer at Stamford Bridge and get through the group phase.
In order to qualify from the group stages, Chelsea must avoid defeat at Stamford Bridge against Mourinho’s former side.
He finished by saying:
To be out of the Champions League in the next few days would be a big blow. Chelsea are not playing with the same level that they played in the past seasons but the Blues have an enormous squad that is capable of beating any European rival.
Chelsea have beaten Maccabi Tel-Aviv and Dynamo Kyiv at home this season, 4-0 and 2-1 respectively. If Chelsea do lose on Wednesday, they will need Maccabi Tel-Aviv to pull off an unlikely win against Kyiv.
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