{"id":9829,"date":"2014-03-31T05:15:32","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T05:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=9829"},"modified":"2014-03-31T05:15:32","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T05:15:32","slug":"champions-league-chelsea-will-rise-to-occasion-at-psg-mourinho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=9829","title":{"rendered":"Champions League: Chelsea will rise to occasion at PSG &#8211; Mourinho"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9830\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9830\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Jose-Mourinho_3103109.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9830\" alt=\"Jose Mourinho\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Jose-Mourinho_3103109.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Jose-Mourinho_3103109.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Jose-Mourinho_3103109-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jose Mourinho<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho expects his side to rise to the occasion when they take on Paris St Germain in the Champions League quarter-final first leg on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues will travel to France after suffering a costly 1-0 defeat at Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Mourinho questioned the qualities of his players at Selhurst Park, but he anticipates they will shake off the setback at Parc des Princes.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;I don&#8217;t think I need to do a lot now. Paris is the kind of match they feel comfortable to play.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A big match, great stadium, opponents with top quality, a profile of referee that normally stops a lot, doesn&#8217;t let aggression come into the game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think they will be fine, they will be in their natural habitat in that match so I believe they can do a good match there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mourinho has repeatedly insisted this season that his players must learn to perform when the results really matter.<\/p>\n<p>He suggested some Chelsea players were out of their comfort zone at Crystal Palace, just as they had been in defeats at Everton, Newcastle and Stoke earlier in the season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The easiest thing to do is to play well, is to perform, when you are not playing for something big,&#8221; Mourinho said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The difficult thing is to perform when you feel the heat. Because of that some players are big and some are not so big.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s courage. I think it&#8217;s personality qualities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have players for everything and you have other players that are in their habitat in some circumstances.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mourinho revealed striker Samuel Eto&#8217;o is unlikely to be fit for Wednesday&#8217;s match and left-back Ashley Cole is definitely out.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Credit: Sky Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho expects his side to rise to the occasion when they take on Paris St Germain in the Champions League quarter-final first leg on Wednesday night. The Blues will travel to France after suffering a costly 1-0 defeat at Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday. 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