The Chelsea manager is adamant that his team have a good chance of winning the UEFA Champions League but first they have to get past the Italian underdogs Napoli in the round of 16...
Andre Villas Boas has come out and made it clear that his team were not good enough to beat Birmingham City on Saturday in their F.A Cup tie against the minnows from the championship but the Portuguese tactician is adamant that
his team can still make it work in the UEFA Champions League where they face a tough task of facing Napoli in their first round of knockout matches.
Chelsea are set to take on Napoli this week and in doing so they will want to prove their credentials in Europe once again after failing to impress last season under Carlo Ancelloti as they lost out to Manchester United in the
quarterfinals of the tournament. This time around, the pressure is mounting on Villas Boas to take Chelsea to European glory as they have yet to win the UEFA Champions League despite the tremendous amount of investment in their squad over the past seven or
so years.
AVB is also under pressure in the Premier League due to his team’s woeful results and with divisions growing inside the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Napoli-c40003 might also prove to be fatal for his chances of
ending the season as the Chelsea manager as well. Roman Abramovich has already backed his club’s manager but the Russian owner is short on patience as previous exchanges with the likes of Jose Mourinho and Carlo Ancelloti have shown.
The Chelsea manager said, "If you go past Napoli, then you can have a really good chance, depending on who you get in the draw - if you get a good draw. It will be a massive challenge. Everyone saw what Napoli did in a group which
put another English team out."
He added, "The Champions League is a competition that everyone wants to win. The players will feel much more tension and feel it much more. There are two weeks between the games and it's important for us to be competent and to
bring the game to Stamford Bridge with a win or a draw, ideally a scoring draw. Then we can finish the business here."
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