'The doubters can F off!' - Maresca defiant as Chelsea show mettle for UCL - video Dailymotion

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca claims he never doubted his players and was always confident of securing UCL berth

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00:00I didn't have any doubt, to be honest, about the players. I said that the doubt was from outside.

00:08You know, all the ones that they have the answer, all the ones that they have the truth,

00:15they were saying that we are too young, we are not good enough.

00:21We, they were waiting for Villa draw points in case we want to achieve

00:26Champions League. And they were saying that we were not able to win in this pitch because too young,

00:32because not experienced. And unfortunately for them, they have been all wrong. All the ones,

00:39you know, that they have the truth and they have the answer for everything. So in English,

00:44I would say F off to all of them because the players, they deserve that. And the way they have,

00:52I said many times, therefore they have been, they have been doing us being fantastic.