Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink is confident Diego Costa will test the defence of Champions League opponents PSG tonight.
With finding the target imperative against Blanc's team, the Chelsea manager is unconcerned that Diego Costa's goal record in this competition for Chelsea does not match his scoring rate in the Premier League, or that Eden Hazard was substituted during the first leg in Parc des Princes.
"Diego has scored recently in not the worst league in the world," Hiddink reasoned. "He is frequently scoring since December. Before that it was he and the team that had a problem not scoring so let's hope and see if he can make it on the European level as well.
"Eden at the time when we were playing away in Paris was just coming back from a rather severe injury and we could not ask him to be top game-fit. We are now some weeks further on and he can and must show tomorrow what he is capable of, which is more than in the away game, but the reason for his substitution was to not go into a danger zone due to his recent comeback from his injury. We think he can deliver now at full fitness."
With finding the target imperative against Blanc's team, the Chelsea manager is unconcerned that Diego Costa's goal record in this competition for Chelsea does not match his scoring rate in the Premier League, or that Eden Hazard was substituted during the first leg in Parc des Princes.
"Diego has scored recently in not the worst league in the world," Hiddink reasoned. "He is frequently scoring since December. Before that it was he and the team that had a problem not scoring so let's hope and see if he can make it on the European level as well.
"Eden at the time when we were playing away in Paris was just coming back from a rather severe injury and we could not ask him to be top game-fit. We are now some weeks further on and he can and must show tomorrow what he is capable of, which is more than in the away game, but the reason for his substitution was to not go into a danger zone due to his recent comeback from his injury. We think he can deliver now at full fitness."
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