Pedro Neto Club World Cup comments speak volumes of Chelsea intentions

Pedro Neto believes Chelsea must work "even harder" with the Blues winger insisting he and his teammates want to win the Club World Cup.

Neto netted his second goal of the tournament in the 3-1 loss to Flamengo on Friday, following his opener against LAFC last Monday. The Blues meet ES Tunis on Tuesday night and know a draw will guarantee progression to the round of 16.

"I think it’s about having the responsibility," Pedro told the official Chelsea website. "It’s not about being naïve, it’s about desire as well. In the first half, we didn’t start as well but you can see from our plays, even getting the yellow card, we were stronger in the duels.

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"We started well in the second half, better than the first half, but then maybe we were not so strong when they had the ball. We were not as competitive as we were in the first half. That made the difference.

"When I speak it's always as a team, it's not as individuals. So I speak as a team, we have, like I said, to give the next step if we want to win more important things. And this is what we have to do, we have to work even harder."

While Chelsea's performance against Flamengo was disappointing, Neto's intentions for the Club World Cup remain clear. "We are here to win it," he stated. "If we are to win it, we have to take those conditions with us and work even harder."

He added: "I am always confident. We are Chelsea, we play to win, and we have an unbelievable team.

"So it's like I said: we have to continue to win experience, to have matches in the legs, to continue to work hard, and to be consistent.

"We have to be thankful; we are here playing this tournament. There would be a lot of players who would love to be in my place [at the Club World Cup."