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We won´t feel the strain, says Chelsea´s Drogba
LONDON (AFP) - Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has warned Valencia that his side won't crack under pressure in their decisive Champions League second leg next week.
Drogba's second half equaliser earned a 1-1 quarter-final first leg draw against the Spanish team on Wednesday and kept Chelsea in with a shout of reaching the semi-finals.
But Valencia will feel they are in pole postion in the tie as they only need a goalless draw in front of their own fans at the intimidating Mestalla Stadium on Tuesday to go through.
Chelsea, who have never won a Champions League match in Spain, already look likely to relinquish their Premiership title to Manchester United and failure to reach the last four could prove to fatal for coach Jose Mourinho following his falling-out with owner Roman Abramovich.
Despite the implications of defeat, Ivory Coast striker Drogba insists Chelsea were under more pressure at Stamford Bridge and claims they can relax because Valencia are now regarded as the favourites.
"There will be no pressure on us in the second leg, the pressure was here when they scored, " Drogba said. "So now we don't have any pressure.
"Valencia played very well but I think we again showed our character. It is not the best result but I think we can still do something there."
Chelsea captain John Terry echoed Drogba's confidence and claimed the forward, who is the first Blues player for over 20 years to score 30 goals in a season, will play a decisive role.
Terry said: "With Didier scoring goals we are sure we can score a few goals. We just need to keep a clean sheet.
"We have shown in the Champions League we can go away and go through. We need to be on our game and full of confidence and take the game to them."
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