Cech bullish about prospects
Petr Cech insists Chelsea can compete on all four fronts after their commanding 4-0 Cup victory over Portsmouth.
Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari has made a point in the last fortnight of stating that he is not prioritising the Champions League over any other competition this season.
The Brazilian named a strong side for the Fratton Park tie - including Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard and John Terry - and Chelsea strolled to victory.
Cech was a virtual armchair spectator and kept the 94th clean sheet of his Chelsea career to move second equal with Carlo Cudicini behind club record-holder Peter Bonetti.
And afterwards Cech stressed that Chelsea will not run out of steam in their trophy quest.
"If you look at the players we have in our squad, whatever line-up we put on the pitch will be strong," he said.
"We are trying to win every competition, so it is not a surprise that the manager decides to put out a strong team in all games.
"We will see what happens in the later stages of the cups but at the moment I am playing all the games. I feel physically very good and I am not suffering from any fatigue.
"This group of players looks really impressive. We have a lot of quality here.
"In this game, even a player like Wayne Bridge who hadn't played for quite a while was able to play very well."
Scolari, who had been upset with Chelsea after the Champions League win over Bordeaux, was pleased with their more patient approach at Fratton Park.
Cech continued: "You can see a little bit this season that we try to play a little more with the ball. We have the players to play this style and I think, as a manager, you want to adapt to what you have in your squad.
"We have a good squad to pass the ball but we haven't only played that sort of game.
"Against Wigan we fought really hard to get three points with players a lot of people would say are only players to play nice football.
"We showed that we are strong enough even in battles and this is important."
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