Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino on a London derby with West Ham and their hopes of European qualification
Stamford Bridge, Chelsea, London, UK
Stamford Bridge, Chelsea, London, UK
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00:00 It's difficult now to...
00:02 What do you think?
00:04 It's so difficult.
00:06 We'll start with Andy.
00:08 Look.
00:10 [Laughter]
00:12 [Laughter]
00:14 Today I am funny.
00:16 I am happy.
00:18 I am funny.
00:20 Mauricio,
00:22 I looked at the team sheet tonight
00:24 and saw that your bench
00:26 was like a kindergarten
00:28 with some kids there
00:30 that some of us have never even heard of.
00:32 Is there a chance,
00:34 you said yesterday, maybe that Unkunku
00:36 Levi, Levi, Colwitz.
00:38 Sorry?
00:40 Colwitz, maybe.
00:42 Is there a chance they could play?
00:44 But more importantly,
00:46 how important are those kids going to be for you
00:48 if they're not?
00:50 Because you cannot really afford to lose ground now.
00:52 This head of steam, this momentum you have,
00:54 you can't lose it now.
00:56 You are the player that needs to
00:58 arrive from inshore.
01:00 Now they really know
01:02 and they are going to fill in
01:04 and to feel that they need to
01:06 make the effort.
01:08 It's not because you are a big name.
01:10 You have a right to come here and go
01:12 and play and play in the way that you want.
01:14 That is, I think, the most important
01:16 today
01:18 that we can learn.
01:20 We can learn that it's not about quality
01:22 because when you are in Chelsea,
01:24 suppose that you have the quality.
01:26 But the most important thing is to go
01:28 and work for the team,
01:30 is to play, giving your best
01:32 and be in your best.
01:34 Because if you
01:36 go there
01:38 and you don't compete
01:40 and only you compete or your level is
01:42 50%, I think it's better
01:44 another with less quality, maybe younger,
01:46 but competing
01:48 in their best,
01:50 100%. That is, you know,
01:52 that happened during the season that
01:54 maybe we have
01:56 lack of, you know,
01:58 sometimes players not
02:00 in their best, you know,
02:02 to really compete
02:04 and really to get the
02:06 result that we deserve.
02:08 You mean
02:10 that some of the players may have to play
02:12 despite being in pain?
02:14 No, no, no. I didn't say that.
02:16 No, I said that
02:18 when you came from injury,
02:20 you always need time to build
02:22 your best, you know, condition
02:24 to after to play in your
02:26 best. And always because
02:28 of different circumstances,
02:30 setbacks, always we never
02:32 got
02:34 or we get the whole
02:36 team in our best.
02:38 You know, and that is the
02:40 difficult thing that sometimes
02:42 explain why we were inconsistent,
02:44 you know, during the whole season.
02:46 No, no, no.
02:48 No one player play with pain.
02:50 Yeah, right. Sure. Never, never.
02:52 Okay.
02:54 Yeah, so, I mean,
02:56 how important is it then that those
02:58 that everybody accepts
03:00 what's required now because
03:02 Europe is now going to be talked about in quite
03:04 strong terms, that you get into Europe.
03:06 Do you think that's a realistic goal
03:08 and how important is it
03:10 that those players realize that? The first part of
03:12 the question was if...
03:14 The players realize that they can't be
03:16 any more slips,
03:18 no more inconsistency if you
03:20 want to get into Europe. Yeah, but we cannot blame
03:22 them. I think the circumstances
03:24 that happen, I try to explain the circumstances, but we
03:26 cannot blame the player. The player want to
03:28 give their best
03:30 for different circumstances.
03:32 They cannot, you know, express themselves
03:34 on the pitch. But of course, it's
03:36 important that because today, I think,
03:38 to play against Tottenham, we show that
03:40 that
03:42 playing this way, competing in
03:44 this way, we can, you know,
03:46 achieve what we want.
03:48 Alex, BBC.
03:50 Hi.
03:52 Sorry, I say who
04:06 is affecting which people.
04:12 Speculation.
04:14 No, no, they ask me. No, no.
04:18 We need to put in context and be
04:20 clear. They ask me.
04:22 They ask me
04:24 in some question.
04:26 But I never say
04:30 that it's
04:32 affecting... No.
04:40 If I say that, I don't
04:42 remember because my English is coming worse and worse.
04:44 You know?
04:46 I
04:48 don't know. I don't
04:50 want to lie, but I don't believe that I
04:52 say that.
04:54 We were talking about, you know, the judgment
04:56 on the end of the season, like this,
04:58 and that, but if
05:00 I feel that I am under
05:02 scrutiny, you know, and
05:04 the judgment, that was
05:06 I think was a little bit a question from
05:08 the people, but I say
05:10 what I see, what I
05:12 say, I don't remember
05:14 so well now, but
05:16 I see enough.
05:18 It's like
05:20 to prove, you know,
05:22 is to prove after
05:24 all these circumstances and all
05:26 this situation, you know, that we
05:28 deserve to be, that was in the last
05:30 few weeks, deserve to be here next
05:32 season. I say, who
05:34 is going to judge me?
05:36 I need to judge, you know,
05:38 ourself and then, of course, to
05:40 the player, but I think with all the
05:42 circumstances, but
05:44 I wanted to say
05:46 that it's enough with this type of
05:48 rumors, you know, that
05:50 if I have
05:52 one year more contract here and
05:54 no one say nothing, suppose
05:56 that I'm going to be here.
05:58 Only if, you know,
06:00 when then we finish the season and
06:02 someone say to me, "Ciao."
06:04 You know, because we
06:06 don't know at the moment.
06:08 I suppose that I have
06:10 one year more contract and I'm going to be
06:12 here, but, you know,
06:14 enough is about to stupid rumors,
06:16 you know, because
06:18 you need
06:20 to ask the club, if the club
06:22 want me to keep going or not.
06:24 You know, not to
06:26 write things that
06:28 have no sense,
06:30 you know.
06:32 Two more and then we'll finish for the night.
06:34 - Mauricio, the home form to start
06:36 the season was not so good,
06:38 but the last few... - Not so good.
06:40 - The last few months and stuff,
06:42 you know, the team is
06:44 so big. Do you think opposing teams will be
06:46 getting scared
06:48 to come here? - We talk about performance,
06:50 I think we are for sure,
06:52 if we deserve points
06:54 and talking about performance,
06:56 we are in the top four.
06:58 The result in competing is different and I agree with you that
07:00 we didn't compete well,
07:02 but talking about performance,
07:04 I think we are in the top six for sure.
07:06 - But at home, do you think teams now,
07:08 the atmosphere here feels very different
07:10 in the crowd to the way it was
07:12 at the start of the season, the fans...
07:14 - It's difficult to appreciate that, it's difficult
07:16 for me. Today was fantastic,
07:18 the help of the fans.
07:20 - Do you feel like opposing teams, they're going to be scared
07:22 now to come here?
07:24 - You need to ask
07:26 the opponent. You know, I think
07:28 that it's true that the last season
07:30 the team was suffering a little bit,
07:32 you know, struggled to win here,
07:34 and now we are doing fantastic in the last
07:36 few months and that is good for the
07:38 team. - Last question, Mike.
07:40 - Your last four games
07:42 at West Ham, Forest,
07:44 Bournemouth and Brighton,
07:46 some fans might think
07:48 there's lots of points to be had there... - The most dangerous
07:50 game, the most dangerous game. - That's the way of thinking.
07:52 - Yes, the most dangerous game, because now it's about
07:54 to keep the same mentality
07:56 for Sunday, and Sunday we are going to
07:58 play again a team that is so strong,
08:00 physicality, you know,
08:02 West Ham is doing
08:04 a fantastic season also,
08:06 competing in
08:08 Europe,
08:10 and for us
08:12 we need to recover
08:14 the players, we don't have too
08:16 many options maybe to add
08:18 fresh people to the
08:20 pitch. They had the whole week
08:22 to prepare the game,
08:24 That is why the most dangerous games are coming.
08:26 - Thanks, see you guys.