Jose Mourinho has once again stressed that Petr Cech plays a major role at Chelsea despite having been limited to only 66 minutes of action in the Premier League this season.

The Czech Republic stopper has become the number two at Chelsea in a remarkable fashion. Few doubt the 32-year-old slipping into this position a few months ago, but the return of their Courtois as one of the top goalkeepers in the game has forced Mourinho into making this decision. Even though Cech is being sparingly used to this season, Mourinho says that the experience and quality that the 32-year-old brings is extremely important.

According to Petr Cech, his situation at Chelsea FC at present is definitely frustrating and it has prompted him to start thinking about moving away from the club.
Cech has not been included in the starting line up of the Blues in any of the league matches that they have played in the 2014-15 Season.
The Italian’s only league appearance so far came versus Arsenal the previous weekend and that too only because the no. 1 goalie Thibaut Courtois injured himself in the middle of the match.
Cech’s main concern is that if he doesn’t play that much at Stamford Bridge, he might fall out of favour for Czech Republic as well.

Chelsea’s Petr Cech is considered to be one of the best goalkeepers in the world but the Czech footballer will have to perform better than ever in order to retain his spot in the starting lineup of Jose Mourinho as Thibaut Courtois has already made his return to Stamford Bridge after enjoying a sublime loan season with the Spanish club Athletic Madrid.

Along with Diego Costa, Courtois was another performer who played a huge role in the title winning season that Athletic Madrid enjoyed during the previous season.

The father of the Belgian shot stopper Thibaut Courtois has clearly said that his son is not ready to be second in the pecking order at Chelsea. So, before having him, the Blues management will have to make a decision on the future of their first choice goalie Petr Cech.

Courtois had made a move to Stamford Bridge in July 2011 after leaving Genk, but, in the last 3 years, he hasn’t played a single match for Chelsea. He had been loaned out to the Spanish club Atletico Madrid immediately after his arrival and since then, he has been there only. He has already made close to 100 league appearances for Atletico and is currently their no. 1 goalkeeper.

Two of the experienced Chelsea players, Branislav Ivanovic and Frank Lampard, will not be seen in action for the next 4 weeks or so. Both of them had got injured during the match against Liverpool last year.

Jose Mourinho, the man in charge at Chelsea, said that after his team’s victory against Southampton FC on the first day of 2014.

Ivanovic had made his way out of the ground in the earlier stages of the game against the Reds after suffering a knee blow, while, Lampard had done a bit of damage to his leg muscles just moments before the half time break and hadn’t gone onto the pitch in the second half.

In football, we often see that the achievements of a defender or a goalkeeper go unnoticed, while, the achievements of an attacking player get discussed widely. The same happened with Petr Cech a few days ago.

Playing for Chelsea against Southampton, the 31 years old Czechoslovakian kept a clean sheet. It was the 208th time that he had done so playing for the Blues and with that, he got levelled with Peter Bonetti who is considered as one of the greatest Chelsea goalies so far.

That was certainly a huge achievement for Cech, but, surprisingly, it didn’t get talked about as much as it should have.

Cech should be given a lot of credit not just because of the fact that he has equalled the record of Bonetti, but, because of the no. of matches that he has taken to do so. He has taken 272 matches lesser and that is something which is admirable.
Cech has been a part of Chelsea since the last 9 years or so and he has made 450 appearances for them so far.

Talking to the reporters yesterday about getting equalized with Bonetti in terms of the no. of clean sheets, Cech said, “Peter is one of the club’s all time greats. So, it’s really a huge thing for me to get levelled with him. I have had the opportunity of meeting him a few times in the past and I must say he is a fantastic human being.”

Meanwhile, Cech might be breaking one more record in a few months’ time i.e. the record of keeping the most no. of clean sheets in the Premier League. Currently, the holder of that magnificent record is David James, but, Cech is not too far away from him.