Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Africans showing off big time @ Chelsea’s Wednesday night 3-0 victory over FC Schalke
Thanks to Chelsea’s newest
addition, Samuel Eto’o, the Blues are now 3 points clear at the top of the
group. Cameroonian international Eto’o scored 2 goals and thanks to Senegalese international Demba Ba’s
goal, the Blues were able to complete a very defensive game at Stamford Bridge
against German side FC Schalke ending the night with a 3-0 victory.
It is clear that the 32-year-old three-time African
player of the year has a big role to play in Mourinho’s scheme to see Chelsea
back at the top for this season. Eto'o, who was in the side in place of the injured
Fernando Torres, was one of six changes to the team, with Eden Hazard
not making the squad after Mourinho said he "missed a crucial training
session".
As he announced earlier, Mourinho was
certain in the wake of the St James' Park setback, made six changes to the
side, but he downplayed his action speaking after Wednesday night's win…
'It was nothing to do with dropping
this player or that player, it was to do with the team's mentality, and they
were strong,' he said.
'We started a bit nervous and made
a lot of mistakes. We lost a lot of balls in dangerous positions and we allowed
Schalke to counter-attack with some danger. They had two good situations but after
that our team recovered the balance and we controlled the game.'
Mourinho is not so sure if Eto’o is
his favorite yet, but judging by his showcase of talent, let’s say, it’s a matter
of time, when asked if Samuel Eto'o is one of his favorite players…
'My favourite players are the
players that win matches for me, not the ones that lose matches for me, and
Samuel worked with me in the best season of my career when we won everything
[at Inter], so he is in a good position.
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