Slavia Prague boss Jindřich Trpišovský insists he wants Eden Hazard to start for Chelsea tomorrow night as it will show respect to his side.
The Blues are 1-0 up going into the Europa League quarter-final second leg at Stamford Bridge after Marcos Alonso scored a late winner in Czech Republic last week.
Hazard was introduced in that game 59 minutes into the match as the Blues struggled to make an impact throughout the game, finally getting a breakthrough in the final few minutes.
And while the Prague boss is still desperate to get through, he wants Chelsea's best players to be in the starting XI.
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"He's the best player. I think that he's at the same level with Messi and Ronaldo, he's in the same category if you ask me," Trpišovský said. "Not many people can play at his level.
"I really like watching him. I'd love for him to play tomorrow. Because if he plays tomorrow that means Chelsea takes us seriously.
"And if we win tomorrow we would beat the best Chelsea, and we would be respected. So we hope the best players will be here tomorrow. Hazard and maybe others as well.
"Willian, he played last time and we would like to see him again. I would be very happy for him to play tomorrow. But obviously you have to take care of other players as well.
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"So we talk about all the players, not just Hazard. But in teams like Chelsea you cannot just focus on one player, you have to focus on all of them.
"But I think that he is currently the best player in the world."
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