Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte urged his team to make every effort to enter the FA Cup semi-final.

The FA Cup was the only tournament that Chelsea could win this season.

"It was a shame to fly out of the Champions League, especially after two good matches with Barcelona, ??but this is football, this is life," said Conte.

"Now we have to play in another tournament, we must approach the match with confidence in our abilities and try to pass on. This is an outstanding tournament - the oldest football tournament in the world.

Last season we did well in it and got to the final at Wembley, and now we have the opportunity to go to the semifinals of ".

"It will not be easy. Lester has a good team, two years ago they won the title of Premier League. They are composed of several talented players with good abilities. They used to fight a lot. In the home match with them we had a hard time, because they exerted serious pressure on us and moved a lot ".

Match 1/4 finals of the FA Cup between Leicester and Chelsea will be held on Sunday, March 18th. Beginning of the meeting at 18:30 Kyiv time.