No Champions League a 'blessing in disguise' for Chelsea - Pochettino - video Dailymotion

Mauricio Pochettino hopes the extra rest Chelsea will have this season can help ease their injury crisis.

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00:00 No European football might be disappointing for Chelsea fans, but for you, has this week

00:06 felt a bit like a blessing in disguise having a full week with your squad?

00:10 Yes, because I think for us it's about recovering players from the injuries and players that

00:18 were out in the international break. For us, the circumstance I think is good to have time

00:25 to work. I think it was a very good week. We worked really, really hard with the players

00:31 that we have and then time to recover players. If you are involved in competition like in

00:35 European competition, it's difficult. And of course, it's a time that for the fans of

00:40 course is difficult because normally Chelsea is a club that is involved in the European

00:47 competition, but at the moment because of the circumstance we are not. And I think we

00:52 need to take advantage of the situation.