Chelsea return to Premier League action on Sunday with a trip to champions Manchester United before they host Tottenham, who are three points behind in the race for a top-four place, on Wednesday.I have been in a lot of finals, and a lot of games in this kind of situation, but another one with another club means you have good staff and good players," he continued, looking ahead to their final clash against Benfica on 15 May in Amsterdam.Now they realise how important every single game is added interim manager Benitez. "The reaction in the second half [when Chelsea fought back from a goal down] showed their character and now I think they will be like that until the end.It'll be tough because Benfica are a very, very dangerous team and hard to play against, but at least we are there. With the commitment and the quality, we'll have a chance for sure.To get three points in every game will be massive because we are so close. We have to do our job and hopefully other teams will make mistakes.Chelsea reached a European final for the second successive year thanks to second-half goals from Fernando Torres, Victor Moses and David Luiz after Basel had made it 2-2 on aggregate when they scored just before the interval.Benitez, who has led Valencia and Liverpool to European titles, said the Europa League finalists now had the perfect opportunity to wipe away the disappointment of losing in the semi-finals of both the League Cup and FA Cup.
Friday, 3 May 2013
Rafael Benitez hopeful
Chelsea return to Premier League action on Sunday with a trip to champions Manchester United before they host Tottenham, who are three points behind in the race for a top-four place, on Wednesday.I have been in a lot of finals, and a lot of games in this kind of situation, but another one with another club means you have good staff and good players," he continued, looking ahead to their final clash against Benfica on 15 May in Amsterdam.Now they realise how important every single game is added interim manager Benitez. "The reaction in the second half [when Chelsea fought back from a goal down] showed their character and now I think they will be like that until the end.It'll be tough because Benfica are a very, very dangerous team and hard to play against, but at least we are there. With the commitment and the quality, we'll have a chance for sure.To get three points in every game will be massive because we are so close. We have to do our job and hopefully other teams will make mistakes.Chelsea reached a European final for the second successive year thanks to second-half goals from Fernando Torres, Victor Moses and David Luiz after Basel had made it 2-2 on aggregate when they scored just before the interval.Benitez, who has led Valencia and Liverpool to European titles, said the Europa League finalists now had the perfect opportunity to wipe away the disappointment of losing in the semi-finals of both the League Cup and FA Cup.
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