Football: Cahill wants Chelsea to show spirit

LONDON: Gary Cahill has urged Chelsea to draw on the memory of last season’s Champions League success when they face Swansea in the second leg of their English League Cup semi-final today. Rafael Benitez’s side travel to the Liberty Stadium trailing 2-0 from the first leg at Stamford Bridge and face a daunting challenge if they are to clinch a place in the Wembley final. The England international believes their performances in last season’s European campaign, which included a penalty shoot-out win in the final against Bayern Munich. “It’s not beyond us,” said Cahill. “We have done it before in the Champions League. It’s going to be tough because it’s a hard place to go. The key is getting the first goal, if we get it then it will be a nervous night for them. That’s what we’re aiming to do.”

Published in The Express Tribune, January 23^rd, 2013.