Meanwhile, all of Chelsea’s potential opponents are hoping to be drawn against the English Premier League side in the last 16 of the Champions League, Mourinho has said.
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“The results are not as good as the way we are working every day, but after our first goal we were more relaxed and confident”.
Chelsea next play at Leicester on Monday, by which time they could be in the Premier League’s relegation zone.
On Wednesday night Mourinho took on Casillas, their first meeting since they worked together at Real Madrid.
Chelsea’s Willian celebrates after scoring the team’s second goal in their 2-0 Champions League win over FC Porto on Wednesday. “Of course staying in the Champions League is what we wanted, but it’s a new competition for me and I’ll face it with enthusiasm”.
“I think everybody wants to play us”, Mourinho added. “So let’s see. We never know”. “We all have to keep proving ourselves every game”. We were more calm, more relaxed, the players could be in control of the game and the situation for Porto was more hard’.
Either Paris St-Germain, Juventus, PSV Eindhoven, Benfica, Roma or Gent await.
Iker Casillas is eager for Porto to win the Europa League and Real Madrid to claim the Champions League, with the goalkeeper targeting a possible Super Cup reunion.
“What is clear was his effort, his commitment, his great movement, which was something he didn’t have for the last couple of matches”.
When asked if he had any regrets later in the season, Mourinho said: “Would I do anything differently if I had the chance to do the past three years over again?” There is a lack of confidence, clearly, but his attitude was very good and his movement was much better, so goals are coming. I just remember the first goal here against Kiev was a defender who scored an own-goal, today it was a defender who scored an own-goal.
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Costa has only scored four times so far this term after failing to reach the dazzling heights that saw him light up the Premier League in his debut season. Especially if he keeps helping Chelsea to long-over due wins. And when he looks to the linesman he loses one important second or fraction and then his last touch on the ball is not the best touch.
