Martinez had previously not met with the Iranian billionaire, but the Spanish boss said that they had a brief chat before his side’s most recent outing.
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“It always feels sad to be knocked out of a big competition as we were against PSG, but we don’t have time to put our heads down”, the forward told Chelsea’s official website.
When 12 March 2016 at 23:00 (IST).
The Toffees lie 12th in the Premier League table with nearly no chance of being sucked into the relegation battle, while they would need to win the majority of their remaining nine games to make a serious push for a European spot. They need to improve themselves in the league and get inside the top 10. We hope to maintain our flow in The FA Cup when we play them there.
But the Spaniard has been forced to field plenty of questions in regard to the mental strength of Everton, particularly after last weekend’s 3-2 loss to West Ham, having surrendered a two-goal lead as his side continue to lose or draw games from winning positions. Since that last visit to Goodison Park the London club have changed managers, with Jose Mourinho being replaced by Guus Hiddink – the man who guided them to an FA Cup final victory over Everton in 2009. “We are in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and we have the advantage of playing at Goodison”.
Watford have won all three of their FA Cup games this season by a 1-0 scoreline.
Everton Robles, Stones, Jagielka, Mori, Coleman, McCarthy, Barkley, Oviedo, Lennon, Lukaku, Mirallas.
Chelsea possible starting lineup: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Cahill, Ivanovic, Baba Rahman, Matic, Fabregas, Pedro, Willian, Oscar, Traore.
In midfield John Obi Mikel and Cesc Fabregas seem to be the first choice central midfielders, ahead of them Eden Hazard could be replaced by Oscar or Ruben Loftus-Cheek depending on how Hiddink views their form and fit with the team.
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Martinez said: “It depends how you want to look at it – if you are being pessimistic (from Everton’s point of view), you’ll say Chelsea will now be focusing on the FA Cup”.
