[情報] 貝尼特斯:非洲盃球員回歸助陣足總盃
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BENITEZ: ON THE UP
Posted on: Fri 15 Feb 2013
Rafael Benitez will welcome back four players into his squad for Sunday's
game against Brentford at Stamford Bridge, and promises a strong line-up
as we pursue a place in the last 16 of the FA Cup.
Suspension and ineligibility meant David Luiz and Demba Ba were left
behind in London for our Europa League win in Prague on Thursday night,
while African champions John Mikel Obi and Victor Moses are available once
more after victory with Nigeria on Sunday.
'I am really pleased because we have John Mikel Obi and Victor Moses
coming back from South Africa, and they are happy and training well,'
Benitez reported. 'We have another session so that won't be a problem and
they will be available for Brentford.
'Obviously Demba Ba and David Luiz were not available for the Europa
League, but they are fine and it's good news. Apart from Oriol Romeu
everyone is fine and available.
'We will choose a strong team because we want to progress. Now players can
compete for positions and it's good for us. To improve the competition
between good players is good for the team.'
Benitez was particularly pleased for the Nigerian pair, who he believes
will come back with added confidence after claiming a major international
honour.
'It's important to have happy and confident players around, so it's good
for the team that they won and they've brought that confidence and belief
back with them.
'Both of them progressed as individuals through the tournament. Obi has
more experience and you could expect good performances from him, but
Victor was coming through and I could see he has been growing and
improving,' the Spaniard said. 'I am really pleased for both of them, and
to be so influential is a great achievement for Victor.'
Speaking after Thursday's narrow win, Benitez suggested we need to be more
clinical in attack. Today he explained a little more behind his thinking.
'We have been practising finishing today,' he said. 'We had three or four
counter-attacks where we could do better so we have to watch and practice
and hopefully we will improve. Defensively a clean sheet was positive, and
in attack I thought two or three chances could be different in other games.
'Brentford will try to be compact and counter-attack, and we are
favourites and will try to do a professional job.
'It will be different from Thursday, where we played away against a team
that liked to run between and behind defenders. Against Brentford we have
to sustain attacks and get on top of them.'
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BENITEZ: PUSH START
Posted on: Sun 17 Feb 2013
Rafael Benitez has highlighted aspects of today's FA Cup replay that
should help swing the contest in Chelsea's favour.
The Blues take on League One Brentford having come from behind to record a
2-2 draw at Griffin Park in the original match. That was on the back of
the disappointment of the Capital One Cup exit at Swansea, but now we head
into the rematch fresh from positive results against Wigan and Sparta
Prague.
'There is more confidence because the team won the last two games and in
terms of how it approaches this game, it will be much better now with the
confidence higher,' said Benitez
'The attitude is really important every game but especially in a cup
competition because you know you cannot make mistakes. It is important to
approach the game without any complacency and we know how Brentford play,
we know how difficult it was [in the first game] and we have to play for
winning. From the first minute we have to concentrate on doing the right
things.'
First-hand experience of taking on the Bees is another reason why the team
are expected to perform well at Stamford Bridge in the noon kick-off.
'Because we have now seen them, we know what to expect. There will not be
a surprise for anyone,' said the Spaniard. 'It will be similar, Brentford
will work very hard. We know now there can be no complacency and we have
to push and push from the first minute.
'We have more options now and that is a great advantage if you want to
play with fresh legs. You can keep a higher tempo in the game.'
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