Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says
he is still unsure whether Diego Costa will be fit for the start of the Premier
League season. The Spain international did not feature at Stamford Bridge on
Wednesday evening as the Blues were beaten 1-0 by Fiorentina in the International Champions Cup. Costa
has been battling a hamstring problem that also kept him out of the Community
Shield defeat to Arsenal last weekend.
Asked whether he expects the
striker to be fit to face Swansea on Saturday, Mourinho said: "I have no
idea. I don't risk saying yes, but I also don't risk saying no. "On Friday
at the next press conference I think I will tell you again that I don’t know.
But we have two other strikers, one to play and one to come off the
bench."Radamel Falcao started against Fiorentina while Loic Remy came on
later in the game and missed an excellent chance to equalize late on.
"It was a good training
session," said Mourinho. "It was good experience for the young boys
to have a better feeling of first-team football."For the others, it was
minutes. We need minutes and they got minutes. The ones that didn’t play on
Sunday had 55 or so, the ones that did have 35, which was nice."It was
competitive minutes against a good team, who played for a result and gave us a
very good training session."
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says
he is still unsure whether Diego Costa will be fit for the start of the Premier
League season. The Spain international did not feature at Stamford Bridge on
Wednesday evening as the Blues were beaten 1-0 by Fiorentina in the International Champions Cup. Costa
has been battling a hamstring problem that also kept him out of the Community
Shield defeat to Arsenal last weekend.
Asked whether he expects the
striker to be fit to face Swansea on Saturday, Mourinho said: "I have no
idea. I don't risk saying yes, but I also don't risk saying no. "On Friday
at the next press conference I think I will tell you again that I don’t know.
But we have two other strikers, one to play and one to come off the
bench."Radamel Falcao started against Fiorentina while Loic Remy came on
later in the game and missed an excellent chance to equalize late on.
"It was a good training
session," said Mourinho. "It was good experience for the young boys
to have a better feeling of first-team football."For the others, it was
minutes. We need minutes and they got minutes. The ones that didn’t play on
Sunday had 55 or so, the ones that did have 35, which was nice."It was
competitive minutes against a good team, who played for a result and gave us a
very good training session."
Chelsea made 10 changes to the
side that started in the Community Shield defeat to Arsenal, with only John
Terry retaining his place. And even though the Blues failed to score for the
second match in succession, Mourinho was satisfied with the workout."I
prefer to win 5-0 than lose 1-0, or score 10 goals instead of none, that’s
obvious, but the real one starts on Saturday," he said."We have the
real football on Saturday and today we couldn't face this game in another
way."
Chelsea made 10 changes to the
side that started in the Community Shield defeat to Arsenal, with only John
Terry retaining his place. And even though the Blues failed to score for the
second match in succession, Mourinho was satisfied with the workout."I
prefer to win 5-0 than lose 1-0, or score 10 goals instead of none, that’s
obvious, but the real one starts on Saturday," he said."We have the
real football on Saturday and today we couldn't face this game in another
way.
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