The Champions League holders go into the first leg of their Europa League
semi-final with Basel on Thursday night knowing the much-maligned
competition represents a last chance of silverware.
Having failed to progress from the group stage in defence of European football’s biggest prize, Rafa Benitez’s inconsistent side tumbled out of both the Capital One Cup and FA Cup after reaching the last four.
But Cech is confident the Londoners will not be singing the Blues come the end of what has proved to be a turbulent campaign.
The keeper said: “It’s a semi-final of the Europa League, we would like to win it.
“We could be the first team in history to have won the Champions League and the Europa League back-to-back, so that would be a great achievement.
“It would be another European trophy to put in the trophy room at Stamford Bridge and I think it would be something we would be proud of.
“It would make the season successful and would make the fans happy, so we treat it with respect.
“We’ve come far and we would like to go all the way.”
Having failed to progress from the group stage in defence of European football’s biggest prize, Rafa Benitez’s inconsistent side tumbled out of both the Capital One Cup and FA Cup after reaching the last four.
But Cech is confident the Londoners will not be singing the Blues come the end of what has proved to be a turbulent campaign.
The keeper said: “It’s a semi-final of the Europa League, we would like to win it.
“We could be the first team in history to have won the Champions League and the Europa League back-to-back, so that would be a great achievement.
“It would be another European trophy to put in the trophy room at Stamford Bridge and I think it would be something we would be proud of.
“It would make the season successful and would make the fans happy, so we treat it with respect.
“We’ve come far and we would like to go all the way.”
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