'They are not just Thai players, they have also players from other countries and they play a tactical system that is not easy to play against. They didn't play probably their best players on Saturday and they will play against us, including Brazilian striker Cleiton Silva who was their league top scorer.
'They are not tired like us because we are not preparing for this game, we are preparing for the season and this match is part of the preparation.
'We are far from our top condition but I don't like to lose and the players don't like to lose so for sure we will try to get a result. To lose is not a drama but it is not nice and winning is part of the culture.
'I will give most of the players 45 minutes and they know that if they can work hard for three hours a day and tomorrow I only ask them to work hard for 45 minutes, then in 45 minutes they have to give a strong performance.'
Mourinho announced the 11 players to start the first half is as follows:
Petr Cech, Wallace, Tomas Kalas, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard, Michael Essien, Lucas Piazon, Kevin De Bruyne, Andre Schurrle, Romelu Lukaku.
The second half side will begin:
Jamal Blackman, Branislav Ivanovic, Gary Cahill, Nathaniel Chalobah, Ryan Bertrand, Marco van Ginkel, Ramires, Kevin De Bruyne, Eden Hazard, Demba Ba, Victor Moses.