Club World Cup a main target: Torres
7 Dec 2012 7:44 AM IST
Chelsea striker Fernando Torres insists the Club World Cup is one of the season’s primary targets for the struggling Blues, who became the first Champions League holders to crash out at the group stage.
The Spanish forward scored twice in the Stamford Bridge side’s thumping 6-1 win at home against FC Nordsjaelland on Wednesday but it was not enough to take them through to the knockout phase.
After visiting Sunderland on Saturday, Chelsea will fly to Japan where they will start as favourites to win the intercontinental tournament in which they are featuring for the first time.
‘I think it’s one of the main targets we should have this season,’ said Torres, who has struggled for goals since his dramatic 50-million-pound ($80 million) transfer from Liverpool nearly two years ago.
‘We have never been there (Club World Cup) and it’s always a completely different atmosphere in Asia, not just in the crowds, especially the weather conditions and the way the South American teams approach the competition,’ he added.
‘We will mentally prepare and hopefully we arrive there with enough time to adapt and be focused to win this tournament and take it seriously, as we should,’ he told FIFA.com.
The Spanish forward scored twice in the Stamford Bridge side’s thumping 6-1 win at home against FC Nordsjaelland on Wednesday but it was not enough to take them through to the knockout phase.
After visiting Sunderland on Saturday, Chelsea will fly to Japan where they will start as favourites to win the intercontinental tournament in which they are featuring for the first time.
‘I think it’s one of the main targets we should have this season,’ said Torres, who has struggled for goals since his dramatic 50-million-pound ($80 million) transfer from Liverpool nearly two years ago.
‘We have never been there (Club World Cup) and it’s always a completely different atmosphere in Asia, not just in the crowds, especially the weather conditions and the way the South American teams approach the competition,’ he added.
‘We will mentally prepare and hopefully we arrive there with enough time to adapt and be focused to win this tournament and take it seriously, as we should,’ he told FIFA.com.
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