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May 10, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Thomas Tuchel:
"You need to be careful with long-term plans at #Chelsea. You can end up that it’s not your plan any more. So a long-term plan is two or three matches."
“It's a difficult moment and you can even feel it at the football level because they have lost that level of excellence and stability. But this is at the moment, you know.”
"We have a good squad, and we are confident. It is like this that opponents try and win at home, this sometimes gives us more space. It is an impressive run, it shows we have the right commitment and attitude."
"It also shows our courage that we have these results. It is another day to prove it as it is a big stadium, a particular situation for our opponent. I have a feeling it is going to feel like a semi-final of the cup match."
"I still don't feel 100% comfortable because I took over from him in the middle of the year. We had a quick chat because he's a real gentleman and sent me a long message. I replied to him."
"I had the feeling, I knew a decision was done and it does not have to do with me pushing him out. I was happy to see a legend like him on the sideline of his club."
“Azpi is an example to everyone at the football club and he has such a huge influence here.”
[via @ChelseaFC]
Thomas Tuchel on Cesar Azpilicueta:
“An owner or a CEO of an old club once told me that you should take the mentality of your best players and your captain. This team has had the mentality of Azpi for years now.”
Thomas Tuchel on Reece James & Mason Mount becoming established #Chelsea players:
"I don't know if it is gratitude. I don't think Frank did it to do them a favour. I think every coach does it because it is all about helping the team."
"It is not about age in any direction. If Thiago [Silva] helps us and can perform, we don't care about how old he is. And we don't care how young somebody is. When you are ready, you are ready."
"We will talk about it at the end of the season. At the moment, it is a difficult situation for him personally, but I like that he still gives his input."
"It is like this in team sports that even if it does not make you happy – and I am sure he is not – he is still positive and still pushing, he takes care about the quality in training with the group that doesn't play so much."
"I was a huge fan of him as a player, and he is – and will remain – a legend at our club. This is a given. I was very happy when he wrote me that message, it was very gentlemanly."
Lewis Hamilton on his involvement with Sir Martin Broughton's #Chelsea bid:
"It's something that I'm excited about. I would say early on, for sure, I'm not going to be able to be as hands-on as the other people that are a part of it."
"We haven't won it yet, if we do there are lots of opportunities to get involved more over time, which is super exciting, particularly beyond racing, wanting to help with the success they've already had and help it be even more successful.
"It has to be an intimate environment that has to be close to the pitch. It has to be unique compared to anything that's been done at Spurs, Arsenal, Wrigley Field, or anywhere."
"Even just replacing seats with new material and renumbering them, you have to sit with all those season ticket holders and work through that process with the."
"I didn't expect to have so much recognition in such a short time, & now I'm being cheered that way, so it's certainly a great source of pride & I feel very proud to be part of this club. It's impossible not to know it [the words]."
"The chant gets stuck in my head. When I enter the stadium some of them start singing and then it spreads to the other side, 'Oh, Thiago Silva, Oh, Thiago Silva'. It really motivates me a lot."
"For me I’ve always been a player growing up, watching the Premier League and watching football. 'When I heard about different teams and certain players I always thought: Wow I want that to be me one day."
"A win is always most helpful when preparing for the next match, so now it is a bit harder because we have to digest a big loss, and one we didn't see coming."
"We were maybe not moving the ball sharply enough. I think in the first half we didn’t start well. At the beginning of the game we lost a few balls, they had a few chances."
[via @ChelseaFC]
Cesar Azpilicueta on Brentford defeat:
"We escaped without conceding, but we weren't sharp enough, we didn’t have the energy that we usually have. We finished the first half better, we were looking in control but not dangerous enough to cause them problems."
"We struggled in the beginning but I felt us more tired mentally. Not fresh enough. This is normal. Yesterday, we were wearing gloves and it was snowing in training. Today, it was very, very warm."
"Again, it's more difficult for us than them to play as the underdog & be well prepared for this match. We're well prepared but are in one half of a training session. It's more difficult, but in the context of all this I'm ok with the 1st half."
"We lost control for 10 minutes. It was a tough start for us which is also not the first time after an international break. We were OK in the first half and had a very good start to the second half and took the lead."
"Maybe we thought it was already done and we got punished in 10 minutes. In general we allowed too many shots and in general we lacked energy. We looked mentally tired which is normal after being around the world."
"A winter World Cup at the end of the year is going to be something new and unfamiliar, but we have to adapt."
[via @ChelseaFC]
Cesar Azpilicueta on 2022 World Cup:
"There will only be one week of training camp before the first game, which is why these international weeks when the group get together are becoming more and more important."
"Christian [Pulisic] was in the same situation as Kai [Havertz]. Both of them took the responsibility for the turnaround, so it is their responsibility, and they deserve the credit. They did amazingly and you can see it on the pitch."
"If the players step up their responsibility on a daily basis and fight heavily for it and accept no excuses for themselves, and dig into the situation and dig their way out, then they will have our full support."
"I wasn’t apprehensive but after eight years at a club [PSG], I was making such a big move at what is theoretically the tail end of my career, for many players at least."
"So many people had their doubts whether I’d be able to play to the same standard here as I did at PSG but I never had any doubts of how I’d perform for the club."
