Jose Mourinho says Chelsea must win Champions League game in Bucharest
Jose Mourinho will give Juan Mata a start in the Champions League clash at Steaua Bucharest, a game the Chelsea boss insists his team must win. Having lost 2-1 at home to Basel in the first group match, Mourinho conceded Chelsea could not afford to drop three more points in the Romanian capital.
Jose Mourinho will give Juan Mata a start in tomorrow's Champions League clash at Steaua Bucharest, a game the Chelsea boss insists his team must win.
Having lost 2-1 at home to Basel in the first group match, Mourinho conceded Chelsea could not afford to drop three more points in the Romanian capital.
"Tuesday is the game that we cannot lose," he said. "Even a draw, probably, is not a good result for us so now we have to prepare ourselves.
"We have to get 12 points to be out of any danger so if we lose there we still have four matches to play and we will have to win them all. We don't want to put ourselves under pressure."
Tuesday is the game that we cannot lose. Even a draw, probably, is not a good result for us
Mata has started just three of the nine games in Mourinho's second spell in charge of Chelsea.
The Spain midfielder was so influential coming off the bench in the 1-1 Premier League draw at Chelsea's London rivals Tottenham on Saturday that Mourinho decided he now deserved to be rewarded.