🎙Enzo Maresca's Full Pre-Flamengo Press Conference - Part 1/3:

🔹Enzo Maresca on Liam Delap and Nicolas Jackson: "I don't think at Leicester we ever played with two strikers together, but we'll see if Nico and Liam can play together."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Mykhailo Mudryk: "I spoke with Mischa in Poland when we played the Conference League Final. We haven't spoken since. There is nothing I can add. I don't have more information. Mischa is a Chelsea player. Until he is not, I will trust. It's not just about Mischa. It's in general [with all the players]."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Marc Cucurella: "Marc is very intelligent. When he has to go, when he has to stay. He is playing fantastic. He has played four, five different positions. He's very good at defending, scoring goals for us."

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🎙Enzo Maresca's Full Pre-Flamengo Press Conference - Part 2/3:

🔹Enzo Maresca on USA temperatures: "It's not easy. This is the reason why we will try to rotate players. It's for the other teams [as well]. We will try to do our best and win the game [vs Flamengo]."


🔹Enzo Maresca: "We try to train less, or at least we try to prioritise the things that are very important, especially in tactical aspects. With the amount of games, the amount of sessions, it's impossible for them as human beings to be fit for 11 months."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Flamengo: "They are very good team. They play nice football. They have many good players. The manager is a former player. Watching them you realise they are a very good team with very good organisation, full of quality, technical players."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Noni Madueke's future: "Noni is our player. In this moment, you can read many speculation [about players]. We consider Noni as our player for next season."

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🎙Enzo Maresca's Full Pre-Flamengo Press Conference - Part 3/3:

🔹Enzo Maresca: "The feeling that we have, it's like pre-season. The reason why is because we finished our season in Europe and then days off, then start again. It's not pre-season, it's the Club World Cup. We are here to go as far in this competition."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "No injuries at the moment. We need to rotate players. I'm not saying we will rotate 10, 11 players [every game]. We cannot play every game with the same players."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Moises Caicedo: "He is good everywhere. Other than 'keeper, he can play everywhere. We know that Moi can play in different positions, in the attacking phase. If he is playing attacking, that means Enzo or Cole is not playing [there]. It's a matter of balance."

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🎙Enzo Maresca's Full Pre-Flamengo Press Conference - Part 4/4:

🔹Enzo Maresca on Cole Palmer and no.10 shirt: "No, no [I was not involved]. I don't care about the numbers! It's a player matter. I have no doubt that Cole can wear the no.10 shirt."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "We had already one entire season already without Mischa. We are going to decide to go for a winger [with or without Mischa]. In both cases, we have Madueke and Neto as proper wingers, then we try to adapt with Tyrique. It's a position we need to improve."

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🗣Palmer on taking the number 10 shirt:

"Messi, the big one, Rooney and players like that. It's just an iconic number. I wore No. 10 all my life growing up and I just like the number."

"It's just an iconic number. I wore no.10 all my life growing up and I just like the number. I have not spoken to Misha yet but I will when the time is right. It is not really my place to get involved with him at the minute..."

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🗣Cole Palmer:

"It's just an iconic number. I wore no.10 all my life growing up and I just like the number. I have not spoken to Misha yet but I will when the time is right. It is not really my place to get involved with him at the minute..."

🗣 Palmer on taking the number off Mudryk:

“I have not spoken to Misha yet but I will when the time is right. It is not really my place to get involved with him at the minute. I will speak to him.”

🗣Palmer on enjoying football:

“I try and think it's just a game of football at the end of the day, like it's not life or death. So I just try and enjoy it.”

🗣 Palmer on why he wore a face mask on the plane:

“I just don’t like the smell of planes.”

🗣Palmer on Eden Hazard:

“He’s asked me for my shirt for one of his sons.”

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Estevão named Man of the Match. Back-to-back Man of the Match awards.

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🗣️ Cole Palmer on Estêvão:

"He's a really good player. I've spoken to him a few times. He doesn’t speak much English, so it was a case of Google Translate, but I've had a few conversations with him saying I'm looking forward to seeing him and playing with him..."

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‼️ Andrey Santos is expected to make his competitive debut for Chelsea in their Club World Cup clash with Flamengo.

🔗 Kieran Gill - Daily Mail

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“A message for Chelsea fans in English?”

🗣️ Estevao:

“Fans, Chelsea, see you soon”

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🗣Andrey Santos facing his former rivals Flamengo:

“I receive a lot of messages from Vasco fans on Instagram, there is also pressure from my friends, from my father, so I think I am under a lot of pressure regarding the result.”

"Everyone is asking for a victory [vs Flamengo], my father is also very critical, he asked for a goal against Flamengo if I have the opportunity, to do everything to come out victorious and, God willing, to be able to score a goal..."

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🗣David Luiz:

"It’s going to be a great game [between Flamengo and Chelsea]. Chelsea have been on an upward curve, with new ideas, new players. A lot of changes have been made to try and grow the team over the past few years, and we’re seeing the results!"

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🗣Moises Caicedo:

"Winning the Conference League was very good... but that’s in the past. We have another trophy ahead, and we’ll give our best because we want to win it. It would be very special for the whole team and the fans, so that’s what we want."

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Chelsea players who are 1 yellow card away from suspension:

• Marc Cucurella
• Reece James
• Tosin

❗️❗️Yellow cards DO NOT clear until AFTER the Quarter-Final has been completed.

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🚨Flamengo Manager, Filipe Luis:

“We have watched Chelsea throughout the season, they are a reference in terms of play and a model for us coaches to copy. They are a very strong team, with a perfect model.”

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🗣 Andrey Santos:

"When we talk about Chelsea, we have to work to win every competition. In two years [since being included on our pre-season tour], a lot of things have happened.



Now I have my son, I’m married, my whole life has changed. I have more experience, and I think I can be ready for the huge challenge."


🗣Andrey Santos on Caicedo:

"Moises is so special for me. I like the person and the player. He’s so different, such a good guy. He has so much experience, and has been very important to me since I arrived."

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🚨Cole Palmer has been nominated for PFA Player of the season - Voted by the players!

🔗 PFA

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🚨If Chelsea win tonight! - Projected R16 & Q-F scenario:

R16: Benfica or Boca Juniors
Quarter Final: Inter Miami or Botafogo

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