In Chelsea’s second game in four days against the top 3 opponents, we will face Leicester City in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. The result may not be do or die – as in, it will not affect our prospects for Champions League football next season – but with a winning trophy offered in the competition, an advance to the last four of the FA would be Cups certainly a success welcome development.
“We are in a year of easy transition and of course our focus is on the league, but when it comes to Chelsea, you want to try to come to Wembley and win when you reach a quarter-finals.
“We are building, we are working, it will not be easy to win this trophy, but with the squad that we have and the positive feeling that we have in this group at the moment, we have to work on it with the right hand. “
As much as winning is a habit and part of Chelsea’s DNA, head coach Frank Lampard seems to be giving priority to the league at the moment. On the other hand, given the schedule, he may not have much choice: city four days ago, West Ham in three days.
Fortunately, Chelsea is almost the healthiest we’ve seen all season, and there’s a strong squad to fall back on. This is the point when you have more than 11 good players!
“We certainly have to think about whether we have to turn something around to keep the freshness of the players. It’s nice that I can call players, especially in certain areas of the field. We are not overwhelmed in every area and we will deal with it there at the end of the season, but in terms of what lies ahead, we will need the quality that we have.
“We are lucky that a few players are fit who weren’t that much before the lockdown. I will want something from pretty much everyone in the squad. It is important that the players who did not start against City or Villa stay fit, fresh and ready because we will need a lot. “
-Frank Lampard; Source: Chelsea FC
Since the restart, Lampard has only used 13 players as starters and still has to take advantage of the increased number of substitutes, with only four being used in each game so far.
