Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho laments Fernando Torres injury after convincing win in Bucharest
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho laments Fernando Torres injury after convincing win in Bucharest
"We played good football with intelligence and maturity," said the Portuguese manager after his side's 4-0 win
Feeling positive: Jose Mourinho is confident his side with progress
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Fernando Torres' knee injury took the shine off Chelsea's resurgent
Champions League display against Steaua Bucharest on Tuesday.
Within hours of the Blues celebrating Torres' escape from the expected extra FA ban for scratching Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen, the Spaniard lasted just 11 minutes of their Romanian romp.
Two
from Ramires, an own goal by Daniel Georgievski and a late strike by
Frank Lampard saw the Blues bounce back from their shock defeat by Basel
with a 4-0 win in Romania.
But
Torres will have a scan on the ligaments in his left knee today with
Chelsea fearing he might be out for at least a month - a potentially
longer absence than his ban would have meant.
Mourinho said: "The bad news is the injury.
"The
doctor is very confident it is not a big injury like we had with Marco
van Ginkel, but it's something with his knee, his ligaments, and we have
to wait for the scans.
"Fernando knows that he doesn't play against Norwich on Sunday and will not go to join the (Spanish) national team.
"He
knows that he has 15 days until the next match he can play, against
Cardiff. Let's see the scan. If the injury is for 15 days I think he'll
be fine.
"The problem is if it's more time. It's a pity for the
guy because, physically, he was in a very good moment. He played
fantastically against Tottenham and deserved to start this game. So it's
a pity, but that's football. Let's see the scan."
Mourinho was
delighted by his side's dominant display, adding: "I put the players
under a lot of pressure for this game, I felt that - and they coped well
with that pressure.
"They accepted the pressure and used it as a
motivation, not a factor in showing no confidence. The boys were very
good, very strong, and played very well.
"We were very good for all 90 minutes and I was happy with every one of my players. We played a complete game.
"I
felt we could have scored more, too. It looks like everything was
offensive but we defended very well. We were very solid, kept
controlling the game and did not give them the initiative."
Mourinho
also told Sky Sports that he was confident that his side would secure
progress to the knockout stages of the competition.
"I think we are going to qualify," he said. "Today's result is important because if we don't win we are under pressure.
"We have to control the situation and make points against Schalke and then beat Basel and Steaua." No ban: Fernando Torres escaped further sanction from the FA
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Mourinho also defended the Football Association's decision not to retrospectively punish Torres after he manhandled Jan Vertonghen during the weekend's 1-1 draw at Tottenham.
"It doesn't surprise me," said Mourinho, who offered another thinly-veiled barb at Vertonghen.
"The
FA represents English football and in England they never punish on
emotion. They punish when you don't respect the integrity of game by
simulating."
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