Joao Felix has demanded Chelsea will be feeling the squeeze on a characterizing European evening — however implied the Heroes Association could be urgent to choosing his future past this season.
Felix, borrowed at Chelsea from Atletico Madrid, talked with the assuredness of the world class player he is in front of this evening’s most recent 16 second leg against Borussia Dortmund at Stamford Scaffold, in which Graham Potter’s side should topple a 1-0 shortfall.
Dortmund are second in the Bundesliga and have dominated 10 matches straight, including their first-leg triumph over Chelsea at Signal Iduna Park three weeks prior.
Finish the task and they would arrive at the quarter-finals without regard to the Blues, finishing Potter’s last opportunity of flatware this season.
It would likewise return Potter’s future to the spotlight after Saturday’s 1-0 win over Leeds facilitated a portion of the investigation on the supervisor.
Felix said: ‘Zero strain. This is our work. We simply need to appreciate it, dominate the matches and guarantee our degrees of certainty and consideration are correct in light of the fact that we need to win. In any case, we will appreciate it and assuming we do things right we will win.’
Winning the Heroes Association is Chelsea’s best any desire for making the following year’s opposition, with Potter’s side 11 focuses afloat of the main four in the Head Association.
Felix, who joined Chelsea in January on a six-month credit, was cagey about where he will play next season however Support Association football is probably going to be a key variable.
‘Playing Champions Association is a significant choice however nobody knows the future, so we should find out what occurs and afterward we’ll see,’ said Felix, 23.
‘I truly need to dominate this match. I love playing Champions Association. It’s an extraordinary contest and hopefully following an hour and a half we are here to celebrate.’
Felix was doing the inverse after a red card on his introduction at Fulham, which prompted him being sidelined for a month.
‘It was a dumb red card,’ mirrored the Portugal star. ‘In the time I’m here, I need to help, I need to play, I need to score, I need to win.’
Rout would end Graham Potter’s possibilities winning flatware with Chelsea this season
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Rout would end Graham Potter’s possibilities winning flatware with Chelsea this season
Felix conceded he and his Chelsea partners are feeling ‘zero tension’
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Felix conceded he and his Chelsea partners are feeling ‘zero tension’
Potter encouraged his players to savor the errand they are confronting this evening and made light of the individual meaning of Dortmund’s visit, when found out if triumph could assist with changing the story encompassing him.
He said: ‘I’m not mulling over everything in like that. I’m pondering the way that significant it is for the group and club. It’s a colossal test however what an open door. Stamford Scaffold will shake and we will give it all that to go through.
‘The fans are constantly qualified for air their perspectives and they have been experiencing like most of us. They know how significant they are on the grounds that in the Bosses Association away from home it is extreme — and we need to ensure it is intense for Dortmund. We really want our allies for that.
‘You ought to constantly invite pressure since it implies you are in a fabulous circumstance, which is to vie for the last eight of the Heroes Association. It’s a superb rivalry and it will be an exceptional evening.’
