00:00Hi, everyone. Welcome. Welcome to Wrocław, and welcome to the Matchday Minus One press conference with Chelsea for the 2025 UEFA Conference League final.
00:12On stage with me is head coach Enzo Mareska. As a reminder, we have translations available in English, Polish, and Spanish.
00:20Please ask a question in one of these languages. Please, only one question, and state your name and media.
00:26Let's go ahead and get started. Tom?
00:30Who wants to get us started? Nizar?
00:42Yeah, for sure. The mood is a good one. It's a good mood. It's a consequence from the last game.
00:50But we know that the final is completely different because it's one game. Anything can happen.
00:57But overall, the mood is very good, yeah.
01:08I just met him outside and all the staff and some of the players that I know for different reasons.
01:16And, yeah, we just see each other.
01:19Can we wait for the microphones, please, when they arrive? John?
01:23Hello, Enzo. I just wonder, having qualified for the Champions League Sunday, if you follow that up with the European Trophy,
01:30what will that mean as a season overall? How do you view that season from a position where you started last summer?
01:38Well, let me think that we qualify that. We feel much better.
01:42Much better. I said a few times during the season that, for me, it was already a good season for different reasons.
01:53And can become a very good season if we finish top four, top five, and if we are able to win the final tomorrow.
02:04The first target is there. We achieved that last Sunday. And hopefully we can achieve tomorrow the second one.
02:11Out here, please.
02:27Can I answer in Spanish?
02:28Yes.
02:29No.
02:30No.
02:31Ante todo, es una final entre Chelsea y Betis. Entonces, simplemente estoy aquà representando a Chelsea y mi pensamiento, mi focus, está solamente en esto.
02:54Y es un equipo que es peligroso ante todo por lo que quiere el entrenador y luego por la calidad de jugadores que tiene.
03:06Andy.
03:07Hola, Enzo.
03:09Hola.
03:10Si te voy a volver a Sunday, vimos a Levi Colwell en el pincel, hablando de los crÃticos de Chelsea y lo dijo en televisión.
03:21You swore in a press conference as well, talking about the critics of Chelsea.
03:26It feels to me almost like the siege mentality is back at Chelsea.
03:32Chelsea used to thrive on that because people never liked them that much.
03:36Does it feel like that, that there is a siege mentality building at Chelsea?
03:40And also I wonder if, did you get in trouble with your wife for swearing with your daughter sitting next to you at a press conference?
03:47First of all, I think it's a good feeling that the players react when there are some critics.
04:03So I think it's a good reaction from the players.
04:08Then Levi's reaction, May's reaction was just an outburst for the moment.
04:17And the reason why is because in our bad moment or bad run during the season,
04:25I mean February, March when we draw points, many people were talking from our point of view,
04:36they were not talking in the right way.
04:38And the reason why is because, yes, we are young, yes, we are the youngest squad in the history of the Premier League.
04:55But at the same time, they are men.
04:59So I also use that critics to say, guys, today is a chance that we can say that we are not young,
05:07we are mature enough, we can compete and we can do the right things.
05:10So I think Levi's reaction, May's reaction, different players that they react, it was just an outburst.
05:20In here, please.
05:22Was your wife upset with you for swearing?
05:24No, she was very happy, she was at the stadium.
05:27She was happy?
05:28Yeah.
05:29I have four kids, so she was at the stadium with the four kids, so we were all happy after the game.
05:34Even with you swearing?
05:35Everywhere, thank you.
05:37Yes, please.
05:39Coach, Harit Zataryan from Armenia, Chelsea was facing with FC Noa in London.
05:46And from that time, there were a lot of talks in Armenia that this is a finalist.
05:51So how is the feeling that from that time when you were in the league group stage, you were already in the mentality of being a favourite of the tournament.
06:00So how is the feeling of being this favourite?
06:03And one more question, if I may, short one.
06:06This is a trophy which is missing in the Chelsea Museum.
06:10So if you will win, they will be your name as a head coach of the team.
06:15So feeling about that as well, thank you.
06:17Probably the most complicated team, the most complicated thing this season about the conference has been to convince the player that for us was the best competition in the world.
06:31And the reason why was because it was the competition that we were in.
06:34So every game has been difficult, especially because I needed to convince the player that we were not able to drop nothing because you can lose points against any team.
06:48And we need to respect any team in Europe and any team that we face.
06:53And then I am not focused on winning this competition or with this trophy because of my name.
07:05For sure I am happy if we win, but I am especially happy for the club, for the fans.
07:10And as you said, also because Chelsea can become the first club in Europe to win all the European competition.
07:17Simon.
07:18Sorry, please just a reminder to use the microphone.
07:22Got the mic here.
07:24Hi Enzo.
07:25Nicholas Jackson, what kind of mood is he in?
07:29Do you get the feeling that he's hungry to make amends for his red card?
07:35And have you told him to channel that sort of energy in the right way to watch his discipline?
07:42I hope so.
07:43I hope so because I think Niko is in doubt with his teammates.
07:50And the reason why is because in that moment Newcastle away was for us the most important game.
07:58And he left his teammates with 10 players for one hour.
08:02So for sure he's in doubt.
08:04For sure he's a good guy.
08:06For sure he recognised the mistake.
08:08He apologised with his teammates.
08:10That is very important.
08:11And I'm sure that tomorrow he's going to do a very good game for us.
08:15Jacob.
08:17Hi Enzo.
08:18It's been suggested at times that this competition is maybe not the most important thing for Chelsea.
08:25But from your experience as a player, what does winning that first piece of silverware do to the team's mentality?
08:32Is it important for these players just to get that first taste of it and just become hungry for more and more?
08:38The conference is important.
08:40For us it has been important since day one.
08:42And the reason why is because it's the competition that we are in.
08:47We cannot play Champions League if we are a conference or we cannot play Europa.
08:52We are in a conference so for us it was the most important competition.
08:56We need to try to win that.
08:59If we are able to win, I think it's a good thing.
09:02Especially because we continue to build the winner mentality.
09:06That I said many times, to build a winner mentality there is only one way.
09:09Win games.
09:10You cannot build a winner mentality if you don't win games.
09:13I think we won many games this season, but it's not enough.
09:19Sunday game is finished.
09:21We qualify.
09:22We are all happy.
09:23But tomorrow we need to show again the desire to win the title and to win the game.
09:28In the front, please.
09:29What's up, Mr. Gonzalo Tosa, from Chiringuitón Español.
09:32Can you say?
09:33Now on the radio, they asked you what Chelsea doesn't have the Betis.
09:36And he said that, above all, he has money.
09:38Is that the difference between Betis and Chelsea?
09:43I personally believe that with money, they won't win games.
09:49They won't win games.
09:50Then, I've spent two years of my career as a player with Isco.
09:54I know him quite well.
09:56He's a phenomenal player.
09:58And tomorrow will be a football game.
10:03Gary.
10:04Enzo, hello.
10:05Hi.
10:06Obviously, job done really in terms of the big aim this season.
10:11You had two seasons to get Chelsea into the Champions League.
10:13You've done it in your first season.
10:15How do you get the team to react so they say,
10:18right, we're up for this now.
10:20We've got extra confidence.
10:21We can relax.
10:22As opposed to, job done.
10:24We don't need to bother too much about this game.
10:26No, the message in the last 48 hours has been,
10:32we did something important.
10:36But if we want to confirm that we are becoming an important club,
10:43we need to show the desire to win the title, to win the game.
10:48So, as you said, job done, fantastic, all happy.
10:51But tomorrow is a different game.
10:53It's a final.
10:55And it's a game that we want to win at any cost.
10:59Down here, please.
11:00Angela Cien, for Canal Sur Televisión.
11:02Has definido a Manuel Pellegrini como uno de tus padres profesionales.
