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Everton are hoping for a repeat of the famous Bayern Munich night with the fans right behind the team from the kick off. We will have to do it without The Yak, and Joey Yobo from the first leg, but we will have Arteta and Osman back to play the footy. Ossie is a doubt however along with Manny, AJ, and Hibbo, but all should be ok and will undergo fitness tests in the morning. Two one down from the first leg, the Blues have it all to do, but with 37,000 plus Evertonians singing their hearts out, and the players playing their socks off, it is a battle we can win.
Moyesy says: "It’s going to need a monumental performance by us. But we’ve had some really impressive performances this season against the big teams – we haven’t beat them as yet – but we’ve had some big performances when you look at the Arsenal game and the Man Utd game, so something has got to give. The final is a long, long way away yet. We’ve got a very hard semi-final to get through first, so to talk about winning the cup is too premature for me. All I can think about is trying to get through a very difficult second leg of a cup tie. Everton have been in a position like this many, many times before so it’s not new to the club. It’s not as if Everton Football Club have never been in a semi-final or a final so we shouldn’t be surprised by what we’ve produced so far."
Mikel Arteta says: “To get to a final with Everton would be so special. It has been too long since this club was at a major final and we want to put that right. It would be massive for everyone if we could do that. Getting to a final is really important for a club’s development. Winning also guarantees you a place in Europe as well. It is just a question of small details. The big teams are used to it and they know how to get the results they need to get to finals.
We have to believe that we can do the same. Hopefully we can deal with the pressure. I’ve won a couple of things before and the feeling is amazing. If you win, all the effort you have put in to get there comes through your body. You feel unbelievable and we all want to experience that here. We know how big it is going to be. It is going be absolutely massive, one of the biggest I have ever played for this club. We will be doing everything that we can to make sure we go through. It was so disappointing to miss the first leg. It was a really difficult game to watch. We had some players missing but now we have nearly everyone fit and though we lost the first leg, we still have a really big chance to go through. So let’s just go and do it.
We will give Chelsea a lot of respect. They deserve it as they are a great team with great players. They have players who can win a game for them, even when they are not playing well. We will have to be careful. But we are very enthusiastic and we want to do it.”
Kipper's XI To Start: Howard, Hibbert, Jagielka, Lescott, Valente, Osman, Carsley, Neville, Arteta, Cahill, Johnson,
Everton from: Howard, Wessels, Hibbert, Neville, Jagielka, Lescott, Stubbs, Valente, Osman, Cahill, Carsley, Arteta, Gravesen, Johnson, Vaughan, Anichebe