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Chelsea boss Pochettino: We'll experience 'real' footbal at Kenilworth Road

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino is looking forward to their trip to Luton.

The Blues visit Kenilworth Road on Saturday.

"I'm an old man, I am romantic," the 51-year-old Argentine said.

"I love football of the past and this kind of stadium makes you remember when I started to play.

"It's a stadium that smells different. It's not luxury in the way that we recognise luxury today.

"This type of stadium is one where you love to be there. It's history, it's completely different.

"Today we are living in a different era, but when you go there, you feel real football.

"We need to go to Luton thinking that it's going to be really tough. The stadium, the fans, it's a team that loves to fight and work really hard," the Blues boss added.

"If we want to get a good result, we need to be ready of course to play football, but we need to match the desire, the capacity to fight for every single ball.

"It's going to be a good test for us."

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