tribalfooball.com - February 18,
2007
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho feels his players are now primed to make
a major assault on all four competitions.
Mourinho boldly promises to deliver at least one trophy for Roman
Abramovich - and maybe as many as four.
Wednesday's Champions League trip to Porto, followed by the Carling
Cup final clash with Arsenal, makes this a defining week for
Chelsea.
And Mourinho insisted: "For the past few months I have been using
the same word - survive, survive, survive. And we survived.
"Now it is time to attack the competitions.
"This has been a brilliant season for us because we have all stayed
together even though things have been much more difficult than in
the previous years.
"In the past two years every player was fit. This time we have had
problem after problem. So we have done very well to be in this
position.
"We are entering a difficult stage of the season because of the
quality of the opposition and everyone is fighting to achieve big
things.
"But this team is together and they know that we will win
something."
And Mourinho knows his team have to keep delivering silverware in
return for Abramovich's unprecedented investment.
He admitted: "We are in four competitions and I don't believe much
in teams winning them all.
"But something has to stay with us. Maybe we can win all four. We
will see at the end of the season.
"Next it is the Champions League, 16 big teams. Then it is Arsenal,
also a big team.
"And when we go back to the Premiership we enter a crucial period
where nobody can lose points.
"At this moment we need one victory to win the Carling Cup and
three victories to win the FA Cup. That's only four matches, but
it's not going to be easy.
"We can do it but every game will be difficult."