Zico: ‘Negative pressure’ dragging Chelsea down

FENERBAHCE coach Zico has claimed that tonight’s Champions League opponents Chelsea were affected by ‘negative pressure’ during the quarter-final first-leg defeat in Istanbul last week.

The Brazilian boss also suggested that the Blues were not able to respond to Fener’s change in tempo after he brought on his two substitutes, one of whom, Colin Kazim-Richards, scored the equalising goal. “Fenerbahce has the honour of writing history as we have never gone this far in the Champions League before,” he said.

“We will have to play better than usual to go any further, but for Chelsea it is normal to be in the last eight and they have an obligation to go further, and that is a negative pressure for them.”