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Scott Trotter

Every word Mateo Kovacic said on his plan for Jorginho as he makes perfect Thiago Silva claim

What are you thoughts on Palmeiras and what is the importance of Thiago Silva since he joined Chelsea?

We're happy we are through to another final which is not easy because to reach the final of the Club World Cup, you need to win the Champions League and you need to win the semi-final.

We need to do on Saturday again a good job because Palmeiras is a great team with very good players, they are aggressive, with amazing fans so it will be a difficult game but we need first to rest and then we will be prepared.

About Thiago, I think there is not much to tell. Thiago is if not the, one of the greatest defenders of his generation. He has won almost everything and he brought so much experience to Chelsea. We are glad and happy to have such a great player and great personality in our dressing room.

How different can we expect Chelsea to be in the final considering a tough second half and how much have Jorginho and Thiago been talking about Palmeiras?

It was a difficult game, it was not easy to adapt because they are a good team and we struggled a little bit and we had a little bit the lost balls.

We could have scored a second goal early and this is our biggest problem, we don't close the games when we have the opportunity and then you get in trouble. You're just 1-0 up and the opposition has nothing to lose, they go all in so it is a difficult game.

With Palmeiras, we didn't talk about them because yesterday they had the semi-final and we didn't know they'd go through. We have now two days to prepare and for sure we will ask advice of Jorginho, Thiago and Kenedy because they know them better than we know them but we know that this will be a tough game. It's a final and finals are always difficult games.

It is traditionally thought that European teams don't take the Club World Cup as seriously as teams from South America, but you're desperate to win it?

We know what it takes to come to such a big tournament because you need to win the Champions League, so we need to appreciate this moment and to not take it for granted. To reach a Club World Cup Final is very difficult and we are there on Saturday.

We are desperate to win this trophy. We could be the first team in Chelsea history to bring this trophy to London so we are happy that we are in such a big final and we will do everything to win it on Saturday.

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