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Kante believes Chelsea can turn a disappointing Premier League campaign into
a 'beautiful season' by winning the Europa League.
Chelsea sealed their place in the last four of the competition with 4-3
second leg win against Slavia Prague to set up a semi-final against
Eintracht Frankfurt.
They remain in the hunt for a top-four league finish ahead of the visit of
Burnley on Monday Night Football - but should they miss out, Chelsea will
still get into the Champions League if they win the Europa League.
"We can make the season beautiful by winning the Europa League," said Kante.
"That's the only title we can win now, so it would be great to win the
Europa League.
"We'll go into the semi-final [now] with confidence and we hope to qualify
for the final."
Chelsea raced into a 3-0 lead in Thursday's quarter-final second leg against
Slavia Prague at Stamford Bridge, only for the visitors to pull three goals
back for a fraught finale.
Maurizio Sarri's men prevailed 4-3 on the night and 5-3 on aggregate, with
Pedro on target twice and Olivier Giroud notching his 10th Europa League
goal of the campaign.
Chelsea are now into their ninth European semi-final in 15 years but Kante
dismissed the notion the Blues are favourites to beat in-form Eintracht, who
currently sit fourth in the Bundesliga.
"We're not favourites. We played a good match [against Slavia Prague] and we
will do all we can to get to the final," said Kante.
"But we're not favourites. I think it's important to be in the semi-finals,
it was our target."
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