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LONDON. — Chelsea will aim to start the new season as they ended the last with more silverware when they face Europa League winners Villarreal in the UEFA Super Cup in Belfast tonight.
Thomas Tuchel’s stunning impact since taking charge of the Blues in January has raised expectations for Chelsea to challenge in all competitions this season, particularly with Romelu Lukaku, on the verge of returning to Stamford Bridge for a club record fee of £97 million.
Tuchel’s men beat Manchester City to lift the Champions League in May, just five months after he replaced the sacked Frank Lampard with Chelsea languishing in ninth in the English Premier League.
Victory in Porto was Chelsea’s third over City in six weeks towards the end of the season.
Now they have the longer term goal of dethroning Pep Guardiola’s side as English champions.
“We want to win, we want to compete and of course we want to be successful,” said Tuchel ahead of his side’s return to competitive action in Northern Ireland.
“This is in Chelsea’s nature and of course we are up for the challenge.
“We will try to compete for every title in every competition we enter but I also think it will be a huge step forward if we can maintain the same quality, attitude and effort that we showed last season.” — AFP
Online Reporter