19/04/2024
Chelsea FC 🔵:
🎙Mauricio Pochettino's Full Pre-Man City Press Conference - Part 1/2:
🔹Mauricio Pochettino: "We were talking a lot after Monday. We were practising penalties. I made clear after the game. We had a meeting with all the players, staff, sporting directors. I explained my feelings. If someone happens again like this, it was clear the message. We now need to move on. They understood the situation. They need to respect the rules. Discipline is so important. The way they approached it was in a very wrong way. It's to apply common sense and act in a different way in the future."
🔹Mauricio Pochettino on Man City tie: "It's going to be difficult. We are with all the energy and capacity to compete and fight. We are ready. We are ready. You never know [if it goes to penalties]. We've practised. We have a clear idea. In the end, it's difficult to guess what's going to happen."
🔹Mauricio Pochettino on Cole Palmer: "That [goals and assists] is a consequence of his job, and teammates that provide the possibility to pass the ball in the right moment. Penalties is also helping. He's performing in a very good way. He's far away [in a good way] from what we expected in the beginning... I need to be honest! He always talks very highly of Manchester City and Pep [Guardiola]. He's not this player who has something like this [proving a point against former side] inside. He's very grateful [for City]."
🔹Mauricio Pochettino on FA Cup restructure: "I can understand the frustrations of the different clubs... to have a replay, to live the experience and the capacity to have more incomes. Like I need to be with big teams in Europe avoid playing more games. It's not fair for both. It's not easy for everyone to be happy. I am not on one or the other side. I have no influence in the decision. I can only describe the reality."
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🎙Mauricio Pochettino's Full Pre-Man City Press Conference - Part 2/2:
🔹Mauricio Pochettino: "The experience [Wembley defeat to Liverpool] could be a good point for the team. It could be good... how to help, rest more and be calm, approach the game in a different way."
🔹Mauricio Pochettino: "I hope we can win and go through to the final. That's our objective. I am not going there and thinking that [about Gary Neville's Carabao Cup final comments as point to prove]."
🔹Mauricio Pochettino: "It's going to be a completely different game [than Carabao Cup final], against a different club. The most important thing is to adapt to the circumstance. With the experience [of Carabao Cup final defeat], it could, must be important for us [on Saturday]."
🔹Mauricio Pochettino on Man City tie: "It's a semi-final, but it's a final. If you don't win, you don't get another game at Wembley."
🔹Mauricio Pochettino on Christopher Nkunku: "They assess day-by-day. In the last few days, he has the possibility to be involved in part of the training session. We need to see the reaction and how he evolves."
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