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Maresca: We want to develop a winner mentality, and the way to achieve this is to win the competition

10:21am, 28 May 2025【Football】

May 28th at 3:00 am on May 29, Chelsea will play against Betis in the Europa League final. Before the game, Blues coach Maresca attended the press conference and talked about some of the current situation of the team.

Confidence about the team

—The team atmosphere is very good, this is the result of the previous game, but the finals are completely different. This is a winning or losing game, anything can happen.

About Pellegrini

-I just saw him outside and all the staff, and for some different reasons, I also know some of their players.

If you win the UEFA Champions...

- I have said it a few times, and in my opinion, it has been a good season for different reasons. It would be a great season if we ended the season four or the first five before and won the finals. We have achieved the first goal, and hope to achieve the second goal.

Remarks about your Sunday "Fxxxoff"

- First of all, it feels good to see the players react in the face of criticism, and I think the players respond well. That was just an outbreak at that time. During the season, when we are in poor condition, many people's remarks do not come from our perspective, and they speak in the wrong way. The reason is that we are young, yes, we have the youngest squad in league history, but at the same time, we are all men. I also used critics to prompt us to respond, and Colville's reaction and mine, were just an outbreak.

About the European Union this season - The most complicated thing about the European Union is to convince the players to know that this is the best event in the world for us, and the reason is that we are participating in this event. We need to respect every European opponent, I am not focused on writing my name into history to win this event, but I will be happy for the club and the fans.

Jackson is eager to make up for his mistakes?

- I hope so, I think Jackson owed his teammates at that time because he put the team in a state of one less fight against Newcastle.

Regarding striving to win the first trophy

- Europa League is very important to us because this is the event we are currently participating in. Since we are in this event, it naturally becomes our most important competition goal and we will strive to win the trophy. We want to develop a winner mentality, and the way to achieve this is to win the game. We have won a lot of games this season, but that’s not enough, tomorrow we have to show our desire to win.

About playing the final after the Premier League goal is achieved - the message sent by the past 48 hours is: we have accomplished something important, but if we want to prove that we are becoming an important club, we need to show our desire to win games and win championships. Tomorrow is a different game, a final, a game we will win no matter what.

About Muderick

-Is he here? I have no idea. I'm glad he's here.

About the people who criticize Chelsea

- No, I'm not talking about the fans, they've been on our side all season. I'm definitely not talking about fans, I'm talking about people talking about us the wrong way when we throw away points. My behavior is a way to maintain players, and that's just an outbreak after the game.

The impact of Chelsea win on the boss

-This is important to everyone. A few days ago, you can see how happy they are. It's normal, when you come here, you invest money and you end up hoping to achieve some important achievements.