There's no substitute for Chelsea's experience, says Frank Lampard

The England midfielder was joined by John Terry and Didier Drogba on the scoresheet as Chelsea overturned a 3-1 first-leg deficit to prevail after extra-time. Roman Abramovich visited the home dressing room in the aftermath and urged the squad to maintain their focus and form in the weeks ahead under the stewardship of the interim first-team coach, Roberto Di Matteo, as they aim to clamber back into the Premier League's top four.

Yet they can now still aspire to win the FA Cup and, most significantly, the Champions League with the knowhow offered by the senior players, marginalised under the previous manager André Villas-Boas, suddenly appearing to be an asset. "You can't win these sorts of competitions without that," said Lampard, who had endured something of a bit-part role under the Portuguese. "You're not talking about old boys whose careers are flitting out. These are players that want to play, players that want to win. You can see that.

"When you've got that, if you can add to that with the youth and the quality we've got around the team as well, then that's a recipe and we have to carry on with that. The amount of nights that Didier has stood up, the amount of nights that John's stood up … that's what Chelsea are all about. If that can get us a result like that, then we go with it. It's been a difficult season, up and down, but hopefully this will push us on. There's the belief in the squad that we can go a long way."

Hope is already rising within the Chelsea set-up that Di Matteo can have a similarly reinvigorating effect on this squad as Guus Hiddink's arrival on a temporary basis did back in early 2009, following Luiz Felipe Scolari's dismissal. The Londoners went on to win the FA Cup, finish third and reach the semi-final of the Champions League that term.

"The same thing happened when Scolari left, but it's up to us, as players, to try to change everything this season," Branislav Ivanovic, scorer of the winner against Napoli, said. "The owner just said 'congratulations' and that he was happy to be looking ahead to the draw and keeping the season going for as long as possible. But this is only one game. We need plenty more if we are going to win trophies."

That more sobering assessment was shared by the goalkeeper, Petr Cech, as he addressed Chelsea's immediate prospects. "It would be wrong to judge on one game," he said. "We are far from being over [our problems] this season, so let's wait. It was important that an English team is still in the Champions League, and important for the country's coefficient as well. The Italian and Spanish teams are doing well and maybe fourth place in the Premier League may not get you into the Champions League the season after next.

"We are still on track. We can still finish third and our next two games in the Premier League will be crucial. In 10 days' time, this season could look completely different again, in a good or a bad way. For now, we can still think we can win two trophies, and hopefully we will win at least one. If we do that we can attract players and strengthen the squad for next year, too."

The fitness of David Luiz, who was kicked on an ankle in extra-time, and Terry will need to be assessed ahead of Sunday's visit of Leicester City in the FA Cup quarter-final. Di Matteo is expected to give opportunities to the likes of Gary Cahill, Fernando Torres, Florent Malouda, Mikel John Obi and Salomon Kalou from the start, with Wednesday's more daunting trip to Manchester City in mind.

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