Chelsea vs FC Copenhagen (UEFA Champions League)
Date: Wednesday, 16th March 2011; Kick-Off: 19:45 GMT
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Chelsea vs FC Copenhagen: After the recent win against Blackpool in the Premier League, Chelsea turn their attention to Champions league where they are set to seal their place in the Champions League quarter finals. FC Copenhagen 0 Chelsea 2 was the scoreline when these two teams last met at Parken stadium in Denmark.
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Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed that he might rotate his squad and make sure that every player his fit for the reaming crucial matches coming up this season.
We enter Wednesday's first knockout round game as firm favorites having secured a 2-0 win in Copenhagen three weeks ago.
TEAM NEWS
Alexa has been in training after a week in Brazil and has trained with rest of his team-mates at Cobham ahead of the fixture against FC Copenhagen. Yossi Benayuon should joined rest of the group after the game following a period of outdoor rehabilitation on his Achilles injury.
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Carlo Ancelotti on the team line-up: "I want to rotate in this game, I didn't choose the team for tomorrow but I want to use rotation because we have all the players fit and I want to use all the players to prepare for these two games with Copenhagen and Manchester City."
"My best team is not just 11 players. I am happy in this moment because all the players are fit, Alex came back to train today in good condition and is ready for the next game, Benayoun will come back to train maybe Thursday or Friday with the team, so every player is fit and in good condition."
"This is a fantastic moment for us to have all the players fit and we want to maintain motivation for everyone, to have all the players fit in the next games of the Premier League and Champions League. Alex will not be involved tomorrow but he will be involved in Sunday's game."
Carlo Ancelotti on Premier League chances and on FC Copenhagen game: "We don't want to speak about the Premier League now. We are in focus to win this game, reach the quarter-finals and await the draw."
"I think it is the second half of this round, we did well in the first half and I think we need to pay the same attention in the second half, we don't have to forget that for us it will be very important to move on, to reach the quarter-final of the Champions League."
"Copenhagen is a good team with good organisation and I hope that everything will be okay. We used this time to prepare well, stay in focus and to improve our condition and confidence."
"In training everything was okay but now we have to check our condition in the game. In the first game we played really well and we needed a high tempo to play against them. We have to stay in focus because they come here and want to do everything to win."
Carlo Ancelotti on Chelsea's recent good form: "After the victories against Copenhagen, Man United and Blackpool our confidence is better and we want to keep this and if possible improve."
"Our moment is really good and I said after two months we slept; now we are ready to fight for the rest of the season. At the moment it is good. It is the first time we have just one player out for two or three days, all the players are fit and this is very good news."
Frank Lampard on the game against FC Copenhagen: "It is a case of preparing as if it is another 0-0 game to start with and forgetting the first game."
"It's all a mental thing. Individually and collectively you need to think like that in the dressing room and in the hotel the night before the game when we have meetings. You need to be professional."
"Training has been intense. We have been lucky in that we had a clear build-up to this game so we had the chance to work very hard and then the chance to ease off it a little bit before the match as you ideally want to do."
"This period has been a good period for us and possibly the last full week we will have to work together before the end of the season. We've been able to work on certain things and have definitely concentrated on them."
Frank Lampard on the 4-4-2 playing formation: "It is a while since I've had that with Chelsea but I have played like that for England a little bit and it is individual."
"It is very much about isolating, and you know the man you are up against basically and you have to do your job. It is going back to an old-school type of game whereas the modern game is much more broken up with different players arriving in different areas of the pitch. In a 4-4-2 versus 4-4-2 you can see when you are letting yourself down because your man is getting the better of you."
Frank Lampard on his chances of yet another 20 goal mark for the season: "Not yet, time is running out and having missed half the season it will take some going, but I would love to do it."
"If I finish this season like I did last season then I will have half a chance but I wouldn't like to think about that now, it is not so important."
"If I do score regularly it will help the team do what we want to do in the last part of this season, so if I can contribute a fair few more then I will be happy, but to get to 20 will be a tough task."
Branislav Ivanovic on the first leg 2-0 victory in Denmark: "My thought on the first game was that I felt cold, honestly, it was minus eight or something? It was a very important game of course for us, and now we have to play this game seriously, prepare well and close a good result from Copenhagen."
"When we played in Copenhagen we were in a difficult moment. We made a great result and a great advantage but now it is time to be in focus and close this game."
"In football a 2-0 advantage is a big advantage but in the same time is a very dangerous result, because after the first half we are just 2-0 up and we have to close the game, close this round and start thinking after to carry on."
Branislav Ivanovic on the return leg at Stamford Bridge: "We are in a good position from the first game, but we have to pay attention because they have good players."
"We are focused on ourselves, we want to make sure Chelsea reach the quarter-finals before we start thinking about who we will play."
'After that we can think about other opponent teams and we know it would be hard because all teams in the Champions League are strong, but first we must beat Copenhagen.'
KEY STAT
If an English team wins the Champions League and finishes the Premier League outside the top four, they automatically qualify for next season's competition, pushing the fourth-placed club into the Europa League.
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
Frank Lampard on his chances of yet another 20 goal mark for the season: "Not yet, time is running out and having missed half the season it will take some going, but I would love to do it."
"If I finish this season like I did last season then I will have half a chance but I wouldn't like to think about that now, it is not so important."
"If I do score regularly it will help the team do what we want to do in the last part of this season, so if I can contribute a fair few more then I will be happy, but to get to 20 will be a tough task."
Branislav Ivanovic on the first leg 2-0 victory in Denmark: "My thought on the first game was that I felt cold, honestly, it was minus eight or something? It was a very important game of course for us, and now we have to play this game seriously, prepare well and close a good result from Copenhagen."
"When we played in Copenhagen we were in a difficult moment. We made a great result and a great advantage but now it is time to be in focus and close this game."
"In football a 2-0 advantage is a big advantage but in the same time is a very dangerous result, because after the first half we are just 2-0 up and we have to close the game, close this round and start thinking after to carry on."
Branislav Ivanovic on the return leg at Stamford Bridge: "We are in a good position from the first game, but we have to pay attention because they have good players."
"We are focused on ourselves, we want to make sure Chelsea reach the quarter-finals before we start thinking about who we will play."
'After that we can think about other opponent teams and we know it would be hard because all teams in the Champions League are strong, but first we must beat Copenhagen.'
KEY STAT
If an English team wins the Champions League and finishes the Premier League outside the top four, they automatically qualify for next season's competition, pushing the fourth-placed club into the Europa League.
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
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