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Chelsea FC players assess Galatasaray pair off

Chelsea player Mikel called the Galatasaray pair off: "a tough game"

16.12.2013 - Update : 16.12.2013
Chelsea FC players assess Galatasaray pair off

LONDON

Following the draws at the House of European Football in Nyon, Chelsea FC players assessed their pair off with a familiar face, Turkey's soccer club Galatasaray.

The London team announced the pair off with Galatasaray from their website with a title of "Big game, big test". Playing for Chelsea between 2004-2012, the FC drew attention that Didier Drogba will return to the Stamford Bridge for the first time since leaving Chelsea. In addition, the club shared the opinions of their footballers John Obi Mikel and David Luiz about the pair off.

26-year-old Mikel, who expressed that it would be great to see his former team mate Drogba at Stamford Bridge again also added, "He won major trophies, he's a big player with a big personality. He is coming here with his new club, Galatasaray, who we want to beat, so we shouldn't get carried away about him coming back, we want to win the game."

Highlighting that Turkey's Galatasaray is a "great team", Chelsea's Nigerian footballer said, "Didier, Sneijder, they have a good team and obviously they have Roberto Mancini who is trying to implement his philosophy. It will be tough but it's a game we're looking forward to."

Furthermore, London team's Brazilian defender, David Luiz stressed that the game with Galatasaray would be "hard" for them. Reminding that despite the suspended game between Galatasaray and Juventus due to heavy snow fall, they beat a team like Juventus and added, "It is good for us to play the second leg at home, but for sure you need to get a great result to qualify, that's why we need to get a great result in the first game. We have to think that we need to win that game because even if we draw 0-0 and they come here and score an away goal, it will become a very difficult game."

Moreover, after the draws in Nyon, Chelsea FC shared a photo of Drogba with a Chelsea top on its official Twitter account saying, "We will see you soon, Didier".

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