SM
Rangers vs. Celtic: 8 hrs 56 mins
Upcoming predictions and previews
Collect News Data

Sergio Conceicao fearful of Chelsea reaction to West Brom thrashing

:Headline: Sergio Conceicao fearful of Chelsea reaction to West Brom thrashing:
Sergio Conceicao fears the Blues will be "awake" after the home humbling.
Sports Mole

Porto boss Sergio Conceicao fears Chelsea's 5-2 loss to West Brom will have the Blues "more awake to danger" in Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final first leg.

Conceicao has warned his Porto players to be wary of the wounded Blues, who succumbed to a first loss under new manager Thomas Tuchel in the Premier League on Saturday.

"You know that Thiago Silva was sent off in the first half and that the game had a different course," said Conceicao.

"Chelsea until this last game had been extremely competent, they have not lost a game in the Champions League, they have the second-best defence in the Champions League and also in the English League.

"They are a competent team, and when these defeats happen it serves as a warning.

"If you want my opinion, I would prefer that they won the last game. Because these situations make the siren sound and make everyone more alert, more awake to danger, and I honestly don't like these defeats very much."

Porto will take on Chelsea without their suspended two top goalscorers, Sergio Oliveira and Mehdi Taremi, for Wednesday's last-eight first leg in Seville.

The Portuguese side battled past Italian giants Juventus in the last 16, and have been determined to keep highlighting their underdog status in the build-up to facing Chelsea.

"Obviously we look at Chelsea and see that these weekly tests are much more competitive than ours," said Conceicao.

"You can see that Chelsea's games are all extremely difficult, and that's an advantage for them.

"Anyway, when you enter the field, you don't think that we spent 25million Euros and Chelsea 250million.

"We will not think that Evanilson was the most expensive player, at 8million, and the most expensive player in Chelsea was (Kai) Havertz, at 80.

"On the field it's 11 against 11, with a strategy defined according to each team's idea of play.

"There may be one or another variant of the game to face this opponent specifically, but from there on there is nothing impossible. Everything is possible."

body check tags ::

amp_article__442087 : Collect and Make Data not in DataBase  : 
last updated article - 2021-04-06 14:49:14:
html db last update - 2021-04-06 14:49:14 :

ex - 7200 : read : write cache and make html

Click here for more stories about Sergio Conceicao

Click here for more stories about Chelsea

Share this article now:
CM
Read Next:
Thomas Tuchel plays down Kepa-Rudiger training ground bust-up
>


Sports Mole provides in-depth previews and predictions for every match from the biggest leagues and competitions in world football.
AL
Sign up for our FREE daily preview newsletter direct to your inbox!
Read more about Sergio Conceicao Sergio Oliveira Mehdi Taremi Evanilson Football
Follow @SportsMole for the latest breaking news stories, and follow @sm_headlines to get every headline from Sports Mole
Recommended Next on SM
Thomas Tuchel plays down Kepa-Rudiger training ground bust-up
Slot, Amorim and who? Premier League club enter the transfer race for forward

Page options

Premier League Table
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Liverpool18143145172845
2Arsenal19116238172139
3Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest1911442619737
4Chelsea19105438231535
5Newcastle UnitedNewcastle1995532211132
6Manchester CityMan City199463226631
7Bournemouth198652923630
8Fulham197842825329
9Aston Villa198562831-329
10Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton196942928127
11Tottenham HotspurSpurs1973941281324
12Brentford197393335-224
13West Ham UnitedWest Ham196582335-1223
14Manchester UnitedMan Utd196492126-522
15Crystal Palace194872027-720
16Everton183871524-917
17Wolverhampton WanderersWolves1944113142-1116
18Ipswich TownIpswich1936101833-1515
19Leicester CityLeicester1935112242-2014
20Southampton1913151239-276
Scroll for more - Tap for full version


Sports Mole provides in-depth previews and predictions for every match from the biggest leagues and competitions in world football.
AL
Sign up for our FREE daily preview newsletter direct to your inbox!

Loading ...

Failed to load data.

history www

Partey time or a young Gunner? Arsenal's options to replace suspended Timber

1

PT

Arteta's change of heart: Gunners' January stance on Saka replacement revealed

2

AC

Preview: St Etienne vs. Reims - prediction, team news, lineups

3

PS

Preview: Doncaster vs. Port Vale - prediction, team news, lineups

4

PD

Man United to battle Bayern? Amorim transfer setback for Premier League star

5

MU

Slot, Amorim and who? Premier League club enter the transfer race for forward

6

SA

New Year's Day's Championship predictions including Sunderland vs. Sheffield United

7

NY

Preview: Guimaraes vs. Sporting Lisbon - prediction, team news, lineups

8

PG

New Year's Day's League Two predictions including Notts County vs. Walsall

9

NY

Lavia latest: Chelsea injury, suspension list vs. Palace

10

LL


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .