Chelsea's talismanic captain says the club will look to attack Napoli from the get go as they seek to overturn a 3-1 deficit in the second leg of their Champions League last 16 tie.
If Chelsea needed any encouragement that their bid to book a quarter-final berth was not an impossible task, they only have look to London neighbours Arsenal who fell just short when faced with a much sterner challenge last week.
Arsenal trailed 4-0 from their first leg at AC Milan but only just fell short of an incredible recovery after beating the Italians 3-0 at the Emirates.
Chelsea's job is marginally less daunting than that even if Napoli are on a run of six successive wins in all competitions.
Returning captain John Terry emphasised the importance of a good start if Chelsea are going to remain in the competition.
"I think what could be important for us tomorrow night is the start which we had against Barcelona when we really needed to, I think we came out of the blocks firing which they didn't expect, and a good start to get the fans ready and make ourselves believe as well, to get off to a good start could be the key factor tomorrow if not, as I said before, we've got the experience and patience to know that it only takes a couple of minutes to score two goals," he said.
Interim manager Roberto Di Matteo admitted that along with a good performance his side would also need a little bit of luck.
"I think we will need a great performance tomorrow night and we need a little bit of luck as well, because in a cup competition you need to deserve a little bit of luck that makes you go through.
"Personally it would be a proud moment but more than anything we just want to do well for the club and our supporters and we want the team to show a very passionate performance and try to turn this leg around," he said.
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If Chelsea needed any encouragement that their bid to book a quarter-final berth was not an impossible task, they only have look to London neighbours Arsenal who fell just short when faced with a much sterner challenge last week.
Arsenal trailed 4-0 from their first leg at AC Milan but only just fell short of an incredible recovery after beating the Italians 3-0 at the Emirates.
Chelsea's job is marginally less daunting than that even if Napoli are on a run of six successive wins in all competitions.
Returning captain John Terry emphasised the importance of a good start if Chelsea are going to remain in the competition.
"I think what could be important for us tomorrow night is the start which we had against Barcelona when we really needed to, I think we came out of the blocks firing which they didn't expect, and a good start to get the fans ready and make ourselves believe as well, to get off to a good start could be the key factor tomorrow if not, as I said before, we've got the experience and patience to know that it only takes a couple of minutes to score two goals," he said.
Interim manager Roberto Di Matteo admitted that along with a good performance his side would also need a little bit of luck.
"I think we will need a great performance tomorrow night and we need a little bit of luck as well, because in a cup competition you need to deserve a little bit of luck that makes you go through.
"Personally it would be a proud moment but more than anything we just want to do well for the club and our supporters and we want the team to show a very passionate performance and try to turn this leg around," he said.
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