In 2016 and 2017, Mateo Kovacic was a Super Cup winner when the midfielder was with Real Madrid, and having now added to his silverware collection with Chelsea in the most glorious of ways when we became European champions in May, he is looking for more.‘This club is about winning, about winning titles,’ Kovacic stated before training in the National Stadium at Windsor Park that will host the game.‘We are here to do that and tomorrow we have the first opportunity to lift a trophy. We will do everything to be on our highest level, to compete against a great opponent, and to win our first game of the season.’

The 27-year-old is confident that not only do the Blues have the ambition to continue to win competitions, we also have the ability to do so.‘Chelsea is a club that is used to winning trophies, and that every year is competing for some trophies, and this young team has shown that in the last year we can achieve great things, and I'm sure we're not going to stop there.‘We are a young team that is hungry for titles, that wants to win titles, and we need to concentrate for tomorrow to lift our first one of this season.’