a écrit le 13 septembre 2013 à 15h18 MOURINHO: EVERYBODY FIT
Posted on: Fri 13 Sep 2013
Jose Mourinho says he expects Samuel Eto'o to make his Chelsea debut away at Everton on Saturday, a game for which he has a full squad available to choose from.
Speaking at his regular pre-match Friday press conference, Mourinho was in typical relaxed mood with the media, providing the latest team news and his plans for squad rotation, but also joking about global warming and relaying an awkward story from when he first met Deco.
The main news however is Eto'o, who Mourinho says is likely to play some part at Goodison Park in tomorrow's tea-time kick-off.
'He will be selected,' confirmed Mourinho. 'When you are selected and you're a striker, normally you play. You start or you finish the game. My attacking players, when I select them, normally they play, because it's an area where I make more changes during the match. Normally, he will play his first minutes for Chelsea in the Premier League.
'I think he is adapted to the style of play we want in our team, which is a bit contradictory to the general style and philosophy in the Premier League. We are not a physical, direct team. We want to use the qualities of our attacking players in a different way and Samuel is adapted to it. Technically he is very good, his movement is very intelligent, he knows exactly the kind of movement he has to do to give continuity to the attacking game, and he has this natural appetite for goals.
'Normally he will score a few goals for us, and he gives experience to a team that from midfield into attacking areas, Fernando is the oldest one and he is a young guy. Everybody is very young. Against Bayern, Schurrle, Oscar and Hazard were the three players behind Fernando, all of them under 22, so Samuel is a player to add some experience to a young area of the team.'
Posted on: Fri 13 Sep 2013
Jose Mourinho says he expects Samuel Eto'o to make his Chelsea debut away at Everton on Saturday, a game for which he has a full squad available to choose from.
Speaking at his regular pre-match Friday press conference, Mourinho was in typical relaxed mood with the media, providing the latest team news and his plans for squad rotation, but also joking about global warming and relaying an awkward story from when he first met Deco.
The main news however is Eto'o, who Mourinho says is likely to play some part at Goodison Park in tomorrow's tea-time kick-off.
'He will be selected,' confirmed Mourinho. 'When you are selected and you're a striker, normally you play. You start or you finish the game. My attacking players, when I select them, normally they play, because it's an area where I make more changes during the match. Normally, he will play his first minutes for Chelsea in the Premier League.
'I think he is adapted to the style of play we want in our team, which is a bit contradictory to the general style and philosophy in the Premier League. We are not a physical, direct team. We want to use the qualities of our attacking players in a different way and Samuel is adapted to it. Technically he is very good, his movement is very intelligent, he knows exactly the kind of movement he has to do to give continuity to the attacking game, and he has this natural appetite for goals.
'Normally he will score a few goals for us, and he gives experience to a team that from midfield into attacking areas, Fernando is the oldest one and he is a young guy. Everybody is very young. Against Bayern, Schurrle, Oscar and Hazard were the three players behind Fernando, all of them under 22, so Samuel is a player to add some experience to a young area of the team.'
