Mourinho has said that he is anticipating this match and looks forward to it as his young Chelsea side need
experience against the biggest clubs in Europe.
Not exact matches
Yes, but if Hayden or Bellerin has to be called on
against a
big club, it will be with other
experienced defenders at the back not 4 newbies playing together as a unit for the first time like last night.
Varane because he already has an understanding with Koscielny and Debuchy at National team level and is still young with
experience from the
biggest club in the world
against the best oppositions one can face.
Coq is fine
against «smaller»
clubs, but I'm afraid he lacks
experience and intelligence in
big games.
We've just got rid of four defenders, Gallas who was poor in the air and seemed to have a playground mentality, Silvestre and Sol who were only ever extra bodies and short term solutions (both «
experienced international players» I might add) and Senderos, who didn't really seem to have much luck at the back and was routinely terrorised when he played
against big clubs.
«Today was a good learning
experience because it told me about the group I've got to work with,» Mark Hughes said after watching his side roll over
against the
biggest crisis
club in the Premier League.