Guus Hiddink reported good news ahead of our FA Cup sixth round tie at Everton, with John Terry set to travel to Merseyside and Eden Hazard available for selection.

Speaking to the media at Cobham, Hiddink outlined the determination within the group to bounce back from the disappointment of our midweek Champions League exit and secure a place in the semi-finals of a competition he helped us win in 2009 courtesy of a final victory against tomorrow’s opponents.

'We had a difficult loss,' he said. 'Of course there is always disappointment, we only had two days to recover physically and psychologically.

'It’s always a blow when you are knocked out, it’s a setback but the players have to respond. Physically we can do that but mentally we must also be resilient.'

Terry hasn’t played since limping out of our 5-1 win over Newcastle last month but the captain, whose next appearance for the club will be his 700th, has trained in the last few days and could be involved according to Hiddink.

‘He worked rather well in the past days and he will be included in the travelling list,’ said the Chelsea manager. ‘Of course, he has not practiced a lot in the last weeks and days. I will see today whether there is a reaction to yesterday’s training. I would like him to travel to Liverpool.’

Hazard, meanwhile, was forced out of the game against PSG 13 minutes from time and it later came to light the Belgian had started the match despite carrying an injury.

Hiddink acknowledged the winger isn’t 100 per cent fit right now, but he should play at least some part tomorrow.

‘He is not absent of injury,’ said the Blues boss. ‘You can have an injury where you cannot play but you can have one where you can play but you are not fully fit.

‘That also has an influence on the freshness and it’s true that’s a worry. He will be okay. He will be available. He’s desperate to participate in the team performance.’

Another player who went off injured on Wednesday was the in-form Diego Costa, whose first-half strike had drawn us level on the night.

‘He went off and had some problems,’ added Hiddink. ‘Yesterday he had rest and treatment, today the same, so I will see how he is. It’s in his hip.’

When we won, it was beautiful to go up the stairs and see the players and the captain grabbing the cup, and I happened to be the last one and to have it also, that was a thrilling moment. The FA Cup not just in England but worldwide is recognised as the cup to win. I was fined later because I smoked a celebration cigar in Wembley!’ he smiles.

But that was then and this is now, and no one doubts the 2016 version of Everton will pose a stiff test as the two teams vie for a place in the last-four. Some of their squad remain from the 2009 final, players such as Tim Howard, Tony Hibbert, Leighton Baines, Leon Osman and Steven Pienaar.

‘Not all the players are there any more but that game is of course in the history of Everton as well,’ notes Hiddink, ‘and I think they are very keen also to do well in the FA Cup to make it a good season, so it will be very tough going up there.’ 

It is the quarter-final stage this weekend but our FA Cup tie against Everton cannot help but stir memories of our manager’s previous meeting with the Merseysiders in this competition.

The FA Cup final in 2009 was unusually late in May and the weather was befitting the start of summer. It was sunshine almost all the way for Chelsea that day as we recovered strongly from conceding a goal so early it even beat Roberto Di Matteo’s never-to-be-forgotten strike as the FA Cup final’s fastest.

By the end of the afternoon, Hiddink was celebrating with his players the capturing on a major piece of silverware to end his first spell in charge here. But what are his most-cherished memories of the day? How did it go for him on a personal level? These are questions asked by the official Chelsea website as his current team prepare to face Everton again.

‘What I liked very much and also in the semi-final against Arsenal at Wembley, was when we were on the bus on the way to the stadium, you saw all the fans integrated, walking on the street in their shirts which was for me amazing,’ Hiddink recalls.

‘I am from a country where the fans are separated by fences and here they were not and for me, this is real football. The teams are competing in old rivalries and the fans have their preferences of course but they are walking together. That is how it should be.’

Hiddink turns his thoughts to the game itself.  

‘We were 1-0 down, surprisingly we got caught very early but the team reacted with confidence because they were not panicking, not thinking it is a final and it is slipping away. They played as they were used to playing in other big games in the FA Cup and in the Champions League, so they were confident to restore this and we did. Didier Drogba scored with a header and then Frank Lampard with a left-foot shot. We also had a shot from Florent Malouda which might have been in but was not rewarded. 

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Samuel and Georgette Eto'o

Ivorian Georgette formally married Cameroonian Samuel Eto’o in 2014. One of the most successful African footballers in history, Eto’o and Georgette had a traditional wedding in 2007 and already have four children together. The childhood sweethearts look as happy as ever: