It is crunch time for Chelsea and their Champions League hopes as the Blues prepare for their final group stage game against Lille tomorrow (Tuesday) at Stamford Bridge.
A win will see Frank Lampard's men progress to the knockout stages of the competition, and a draw may be good enough, depending on the result between Ajax and Valencia.
But Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma admits that the Stamford Bridge showdown with the Ligue 1 side, who currently sit bottom of the group with just one point from five matches, is like a cup final for the Blues.
However, he is confident that Chelsea can handle the pressure for such a big occasion.
"Tomorrow is like a final for us," he said, speaking ahead of the game in west London.
"We have played well before, Ajax away we played good. At home it was crazy.
"Every game you feel a different pressure. You know if we win we go through."
Chelsea go into the game off the back of a 3-1 defeat against Everton in the Premier League on Saturday, which was their third defeat in the last four league matches.
But Zouma said the players are staying calm as he opened up on what head coach Frank Lampard has told his players ahead of the game, having been involved in many big Champions League matches in his own playing career.
"We know in the season it is up and downs. It is a different game, we want to play better," the French defender said.
"He [Lampard] just wants us to be more responsible in the games, take more risks maybe. That’s the message, because he knows the quality we have in the squad; very talented players.
“We are a young team but he wants us to help the young guys. He wants us to play like we play in training - to take risks. Playing with no fear; go into the games and give everything.
"He hates a defeat. He hates it. He is the kind of manager, who when you don’t do very well he comes to us and tells us our mistakes and tells us to do it better. He is very calm and he understands the game because he has been in it a long, long, long time. He just wants to give us advice and help us.
"Of course, when we make a mistake he is the first one to point it out. But only to try to make it right."
