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The Blues boss thinks his team should have won the match in Germany and is focusing on silverware this season
Maurizio Sarri thinks that Chelsea deserved to beat Eintracht Frankfurt in the first leg of his semi-final confrontation in the Europa League and that the Italian wants to win the competition.
The tactician made the bold move to dismiss star-studded Eden Hazard on the bench, as the Blues drew 1-1 in Frankfurt, while Pedro canceled striker Luka Jovic's arrival.
And Sarri believes that, despite the absence of the Belgian at the start, the performance of his team deserved a victory that night.
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He also insisted that it was of little importance to know which Chelsea team to face in the final – if they were to get there – and cautioned about the strength of their opponents in the second leg, dismissing any notion of a benefit due to their purpose on the outside.
"I want to reach the final against any team, Arsenal or Valencia," Sarri told reporters after the match.
"It's exactly the same for me, with whom we play – I do not want to play the final – I want to win – three months ago, we were in trouble in a very difficult championship and it's not a big deal. It's not easy to react, but In the last 15 days of the season, we are fighting for the top four and the final of the Europa League, so we deserve a trophy.
"I think we made a mistake in the first 20 minutes because I thought from the bench that we were only playing to handle the result of the match for 0-0. But we can not do that.
"Then we started playing after 25 minutes and played very well until the 85th minute, we deserved to win for the number of opportunities, we controlled the game for 70 minutes and we should have But they are dangerous in the counterattack if you give them places, we deserved to win.
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"1-1 is not that bad.They are very dangerous at home, but they are really very dangerous.I have seen the matches of Eintracht in Europa League and they are dangerous.
"We want to go to the final, but we know very well that we will have to play a very good game next week."
Sarri has already reached a final in his first season at Stamford Bridge – the Carabao Cup – but was defeated by Manchester City on penalties.
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