Statements by players and coaches about the lottery

 Statements by players and coaches about the lottery   

 

Jose Mourinho: A team with 11 Azpilicuetas could win the Champions League

Jose Mourinho has heaped praise on Cesar Azpilicueta, claiming that the full-back possesses all the attributes required in a winning team.
Speaking ahead of Chelsea's Champions League tie against Galatasaray on Wednesday Mourinho said that winning the Champions League was the pinnacle for every player and manager in Europe.
But the 51-year-old also added that the Blues' opponents would be tricky customers to deal with, especially in the cauldron of the Turk Telekom Arena.

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 Champions League is the competition I think everybody wants to win in football,' said Mourinho, speaking to sponsors adidas. 'The competition where normally every big club is, so obviously it's the competition that every club wants and every player, every coach dreams to win.

'Azpilicueta is the kind of player I like a lot. I think a team with 11 Azpilicueta's probably could win the competition because football is not just about the pure talent.

'Football is also about character and personality and Azpilicueta has all those traces of a winning personality.

'Last season I played against Galatasaray so I know the team, the atmosphere, how difficult it is to play against them, especially in Turkey but not just in Turkey.

'They are a very experienced team, top players, big atmosphere at home, people that know how to compete and people that know how to create difficulties.

'For sure by playing the first game at Istanbul they're going to give us a difficult tie.'

Mourinho's comments must come as a further knock for Ashley Cole with the left-back having lost his place in the starting line-up to the 24-year-old Spanish defender.

Cole has started just 19 matches this season but despite Mourinho's apparent lack of faith in him, the aging leftback looks set to be offered a one-year contract extension.

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