Florent Malouda admits even with just one group game completed, Wembley is on the players' minds as we pursue European glory.
This season's Champions League Final will be held at the national stadium in north-west London, an arena that has been both kind and familiar to Chelsea in recent years, with 10 appearances there since its reopening in May 2007.
After our 4-1 win at Zilina, in front of 11,000 spectators in a damp Slovakia, Malouda admitted the glamour of the Final seemed a long way off, but by no means unimaginable.
'We have it in mind because it is Wembley, it is like our home, and we try every year,' said the Frenchman. 'Of course we are at the beginning and trying to finish first in the group, and we have to play game after game. We will see in May if we can be at Wembley.'
On a soggy night without key players Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba, the goals continued to flow - four in Zilina make it 21 for the season in five games - and Malouda believes other teams need to beware of our potency in front of goal.
'I think that's our strength, we play a system where everybody knows what he has to do and players come in and out and the result is still the same,' he explained. 'Everybody can score and it is difficult for the opponent teams.
'We have to maintain that good atmosphere and keep our focus because we play every competition to win, obviously it will be difficult but we have to be really hungry.
'We're playing good football but every game is different and at the end we made scoring look easy but we just try to start each game playing well first and look for an opportunity. That's what we did.'
Michael Essien's strike after 12 minutes was his third in two games, and his team-mate is delighted the Ghanaian is back and firing after seven months out at the end of last season.
'He is a machine, a train, and I am really happy to see Michael get his fitness,' said the 30-year-old. 'He is playing full of confidence, he is top and he is scoring goals. I think he will give more to the team and the best is still to come.'
Nothing could be more ominous for opponents Blackpool this weekend, though with Lampard hopeful of a return, it may be that he takes a more defensive role than the one he has fulfilled in the England man's absence.
This season's Champions League Final will be held at the national stadium in north-west London, an arena that has been both kind and familiar to Chelsea in recent years, with 10 appearances there since its reopening in May 2007.
After our 4-1 win at Zilina, in front of 11,000 spectators in a damp Slovakia, Malouda admitted the glamour of the Final seemed a long way off, but by no means unimaginable.
'We have it in mind because it is Wembley, it is like our home, and we try every year,' said the Frenchman. 'Of course we are at the beginning and trying to finish first in the group, and we have to play game after game. We will see in May if we can be at Wembley.'
On a soggy night without key players Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba, the goals continued to flow - four in Zilina make it 21 for the season in five games - and Malouda believes other teams need to beware of our potency in front of goal.
'I think that's our strength, we play a system where everybody knows what he has to do and players come in and out and the result is still the same,' he explained. 'Everybody can score and it is difficult for the opponent teams.
'We have to maintain that good atmosphere and keep our focus because we play every competition to win, obviously it will be difficult but we have to be really hungry.
'We're playing good football but every game is different and at the end we made scoring look easy but we just try to start each game playing well first and look for an opportunity. That's what we did.'
Michael Essien's strike after 12 minutes was his third in two games, and his team-mate is delighted the Ghanaian is back and firing after seven months out at the end of last season.
'He is a machine, a train, and I am really happy to see Michael get his fitness,' said the 30-year-old. 'He is playing full of confidence, he is top and he is scoring goals. I think he will give more to the team and the best is still to come.'
Nothing could be more ominous for opponents Blackpool this weekend, though with Lampard hopeful of a return, it may be that he takes a more defensive role than the one he has fulfilled in the England man's absence.
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