Willian, Filipe Luis & Cuadrado to miss start of Chelsea season

The two Brazilians and one Colombian will be in need of a rest after their efforts in Chile, according to Jose Mourinho, with the tournament starting in less than two weeks' time.Jose Mourinho has confirmed that Chelsea's South American players involved in the Copa America will miss the start of the new Premier League season.The newly crowned champions have three players who will play at the tournament that starts on June 11 in Chile - Brazilian duo Willian and Filipe Luis, as well as Colombia's Juan Cuadrado.With the Copa America ending just over a month before the beginning of the new league campaign, Mourinho said he will have to make do without the trio for the start of Chelsea's title defence.
They need holidays. It's very important for them they have their proper rest," Mourinho told reporters.The squad are at the limits of their physical and mental energy. In a couple of weeks they will have their month's holiday to prepare for pre-season.The players in the Copa America will need a rest after that. Willian, Cuadrado and Filipe will not start the season with us, for sure.Mourinho was speaking at a news conference ahead of their clash with Graham Arnold's Sydney FC on Tuesday, a game in which the manager insists his team will not approach lightly.When the opponent has the ball you have to park the bus all the time, if you don't concede goals you have more chances to win, Mourinho said.I can give the coach Arnold my team. The front three I will play will be Loic Remy, Diego Costa and Eden Hazard. If we park the bus with these three in attack I'm sure we will be ok.We want a very good match. We feel always responsibility. You cannot lose, you cannot just play for fun, you have to go for a result.We are still celebrating the league title, but we are already thinking about next season and Tuesday is our last game of the season as a club. We want to compete, we want to give a good show.It's very important for us as a club, it's been a very long time since Chelsea has been here and to come just a week after we are champions is even a bigger responsibility for us.