Chelsea Starting Disadvantaged of the European Elite Group

Guus Hiddink straightforwardly stated that Chelsea began to lag behind the European elite and it takes hard work to be able to catch them.

Chelsea's 1-2 defeat of Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes in the first leg round of 16 Champions League and it makes Chelsea should be able to hit PSG at Stamford Bridge to qualify for the quarter-finals.

In the match, Hiddink realized that Chelsea began to lag behind the European elite and must work hard to get back in line with the club's top European.

"When you see the potential for a club like Barcelona, ​​PSG and Bayern Munich, then there will be a big difference."

"Honestly, PSG is very strong, not only the 11 core players they have. But they had 15, 16, 17 players were very great," said Hiddink was quoted as saying on FourFourTwo.

According to Hiddink, heavy duty that must be assumed by the new Chelsea manager next season.

"Being a Chelsea manager will not be an easy job. I do not want to talk too much, but they certainly should be able to analyze the great strengths of this team, the weaknesses that exist and how they should react to build a stronger team next season."

"The coach who came to Chelsea should have a long-term vision because that is required by this team," said the former coach of the Dutch national team.

In view of the Hiddink, the current Chelsea squad still need additional experienced players to compete with the big European clubs.

"We have a number of young players on the bench opponent PSG. I am not worried to lose them in the field."

"But to fight in a long competition, a team needs a player coatings are also experienced," said Hiddink.