Antonio Conte happy as he assessed his side’s extra-time victory over Leicester City.
Chelsea
boss conte watched alvaro morata put
us ahead before half-time, and then our hosts’ number nine Jamie Vardy equalise
to take a tightly-contested tie to an extra half-an-hour.
It
was during that period pedro headed the winning goal and Conte
discussed his contribution among other subjects afterwards, but started off by
assessing the game as a whole…
‘We must be pleased with the
character we showed in this game against a really good team with great talent,’
Conte said.
After a Champions League game,
it wasn’t easy for us to play 120 minutes in this way, and in this weather. We
fought a lot and we showed great desire and will to fight, and will to reach
the semi-final for the second time in a row.’
‘For a striker it’s very
important to score. At the same time, I am very pleased with his overall
performance. He played a good game and showed great character and strength.
This goal will be very important for the future.’Another Spaniard delivered the knockout blow in unlikely fashion
‘He scored a header here
last season too! It’s great for him and the team.pedro is another player who is putting
everything in at every moment, if he starts or comes on. I am very happy for
him.’
Conte
explained why Bakayoko,Willian and andre Christensen were withdrawn
‘Baka got a yellow card, and we
are talking about a player with great physicality. In a game like this, you
have to prevent a second yellow card. For this reason, I decided to change him.
‘Willian was very tired. Willi played a
fantastic game with and without the ball, and he is in fantastic physical
condition. It was the same [tiredness] for
Christensen after the Barcelona game where we spent a lot of
energy.’
‘When you arrive at this point of the
tournament it’s very difficult to consider an easy game. Don’t forget Man City
were eliminated against Wigan. We must be ready to fight to try to reach the
final at Wembley for the second time in a row. It will be very important for
us, but we must know Southampton will have the same idea.
‘We
want to give the best satisfaction to our fans who pushed us a lot today. I
want to say thanks to them.’
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