Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has compared the task he has of restoring the Blues to the top of the Premier League pile to the rebuilding job he did as Juventus coach.
Chelsea gave Conte the perfect start to life at Stamford Bridge on Monday as Diego Costa's 89th-minute strike secured a dramatic 2-1 win over West Ham, and the intensity and determination that the Italian has tried to drill into his new squad over the summer was evident throughout.
Conte is attempting to exorcise the demons of the worst season in the Roman Abramovich era at Chelsea, and believes the challenge is similar to what he faced when taking charge of a Juventus squad that had endured two consecutive seventh-placed Serie A finishes in the summer of 2011.
"Juventus hadn't won the title for many, many years and at the start it did not appear easy," Conte told the latest edition of Chelsea magazine.
"I remember that because confidence was low and the players didn't trust themselves. It's important to work in that situation and I remember we worked very hard.
"We can see a bit of the same situation now, no? After a bad season, 10th place was no good for the players, confidence was low and the fans weren't happy with this situation. But I know only one word that we must follow and that is to work, and to work very hard.
"If we stay together, in bad and in good situations, very, very soon we will try to go back to playing for the title. It's not easy, but we must try and we must find the right motivation, the right spirit to fight."
Summer signing N'Golo Kante says the strength of Conte's vision for Chelsea was the key reason why he decided to leave Premier League champions Leicester City to move to Stamford Bridge, and says his new head coach has not disappointed him up close.
"I chose Chelsea because I spoke with the manager here and when I did that, I realised the capacity of the manager and that is why I made my decision," Kante said. "Now I have discovered him, and discovered how he is training, how he is, and what I can say is he is passionate and a hard worker.
"He likes to communicate, to make me understand his idea of football here. He said he knows how I play and he thinks I can be a good player for his team and that's why I've come here. And, of course, I like Premier League football and that is why I decided to stay in this league.
"My ambition is to achieve good things with the club, to get success in the Premier League and, I hope, return to the Champions League. To the supporters, the only thing I would like to say now is that I will always give my best for the club, for the team."