Maurizio Sarri fears for the safety of his Chelsea players after branding Dynamo Kiev’s pitch “dangerous” and a “disaster.”Sarri’s squad trained at Kiev’s Olympic Stadium on Wednesday evening ahead of Thursday’s Europa League last-16 second leg.
1Training in Kiev is complete, so we'll now hear from Maurizio Sarri as he addresses the media at the Olympic Stadium… #DYNCHE pic.twitter.com/wFWNUB9Rai— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) March 13, 2019“But the situation is this. So we have to accept the situation.“I don’t know the reason – probably the winter. I played here two years ago (with Napoli) and the pitch was wonderful.”The stadium was the venue for last season’s Champions League final and also hosted two of England’s matches at Euro 2012.Blues forward Willian, who scored a superb free-kick in first leg, shared his manager’s concerns and feels the team will have to be cautious. “We know that we have to take care of ourselves tomorrow. Sometimes that’s not possible,” said the Brazilian.“Sometimes it happens, you get injuries. But I hope, tomorrow, we just go there and play well and win this game.“I think we’ve played on pitches that weren’t the best as well, so we have to adapt.”
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