Now World ViewHello and welcome to football.london for live coverage of Enzo Maresca's post-match press conference.
Chelsea have a one-goal advantage going into next week's Conference League round of 16 second-leg after a much improved second-half display against Copenhagen this evening. Goals from Reece James and Enzo Fernandez have put the Blues in the driving seat to get into the last eight of the competition. However, a Gabriel Pereira header pulled the Danish side back into the tie.
It was a slow and disappointing first-half from an attacking sense for the west Londoners in Denmark but it was much more convincing in the second period. James and Fernandez are certainly positive talking points from a Chelsea perspective but the defending for Pereira's goal was very suspect.
Maresca is set to be asked about all of the above – and more – in a few moments' time. Follow live updates from Maresca below.
Key Events
- Enzo is here20:22
- Welcome19:57
20:29Bobby Vincent
That's all
That is all we have time for. A transcript will be online soon.
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20:29Bobby Vincent
More on the clip he sent to James
First of all, when you watch a player you sometimes need to use imagination and imagining a player doing something. I watched some of his games when he was on loan at Wigan where he scored a fantastic goal from 25 or 30 metres. The best thing about Reece at the moment is he is helping the team with leadership.
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20:28Bobby Vincent
Afraid of next week's second-leg?
I'm always afraid. Now the focus is on Sunday's game and then we have two or three days to prepare for another difficult game.
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20:27Bobby Vincent
Staying focused
Also, because it has been a little bit of a sloppy goal. We can avoid that. It's football, it can happen. Now 90 minutes have finished and now we have 90 more minutes against them. The main game for us is Sunday's game, at home and we need our fans for 100 minutes behind the team and pushing the team. If we can win against Leicester on Sunday, we can do one more step to finishing in the Champions League… top four or top five, I do not know.
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20:26Bobby Vincent
James performance and midfield role
We know how important he is for us. He's our captain, a fantastic player. We need him fit, so that is our duty, our target because for sure he is going to help us. He can play in many positions because the good players can play in many positions.
You can ask Reece, when I signed for Chelsea, the day after I sent him a video about seeing him as a midfielder. I see Reece as a midfielder. Since day one. I sent him a clip when he was on holiday about how he can be a midfielder. He has played in full-back, central defender, so the main target for us is to keep him fit.
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20:24Bobby Vincent
Gusto injury
He's okay and he's better. They told me he can be ready for Sunday's game, so hopefully we can have him for Sunday.
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20:23Bobby Vincent
The victory
Very important for many reasons. It was way, it's a knockout game. They surprised us. They played with a line of five, so we didn't expect that.
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20:22KEY EVENT
Enzo is here
Updates to follow…
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19:57KEY EVENT
Welcome
Hello and welcome to football.london for live coverage from Enzo Maresca's post-match press conference following Chelsea's narrow victory away at Copenhagen.
Second-half goals from Reece James and Enzo Fernandez put the Blues in a commanding position in the Danish capital. However, a late goal from Gabriel Pereira has put the Danes back in the tie.
Maresca is due very shortly to offer his reaction, so stay tuned!
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