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Maresca on Chelsea's 3-1 defeat at Bayern Munich

17/09/2025

Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany

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00:00Okay, who'd like to get us under way?
00:20Nizar, in the front here, please.
00:22Hi, Nizar, what were your reflections from that match?
00:24Because it seemed like the first half were very evil,
00:26but then the second half, maybe you lost your way a little bit
00:30and then Bayern killed the game.
00:33I think the first 20 minutes, we started very, very good,
00:38creating two, three clear chances without conceding nothing.
00:43Then we conceded the goal that we can avoid that kind of goal.
00:47And the dynamic changed a little bit,
00:49but even with that, we were in the game.
00:51We continued to play, we scored a goal.
00:53Probably in the goal we scored, there is also a tough decision from the referee
00:58because you can also judge in different ways, but no problem.
01:03Even with that, we started second half.
01:06I'm not agreeing with you because in the way we started second half,
01:09it was much better than first half until the goal we conceded.
01:13And then again, for 10 minutes after the goal we conceded,
01:17the team was not good enough.
01:18But again, at the end, we tried again.
01:20We scored the second one, but this kind of competition against this team
01:25requires to be full focus and playing the right way for 95 minutes.
01:30I think we play good, but not for the entire game.
01:34Ben.
01:35If you could just elaborate a little bit on the Jonathan Tarr incident,
01:39you were booked after that goal.
01:41Did you feel that it should have been a red card?
01:43For me, it's clear red card, yeah.
01:45Because there is not, I already said also in the Premier League,
01:48when there is not intention to go for the ball,
01:51and just intention is to kick another player.
01:56Why it's not a red card?
01:58The referee said to me because it was not hard or aggressive enough.
02:02But in any case, you try.
02:04So to give you the red card,
02:07they need to see the blood or they need to see the same thing.
02:10If the intention is to go that, it's a red card.
02:13So for me, there is not any doubt.
02:16Matt, in the front here, please.
02:19Down here.
02:27Do you think it could have or would have been a different result
02:31if there had been a red card for Jonathan Tarr?
02:35Matt, personally, I'm happy with the performance
02:39because we knew how difficult it was to come here against this team.
02:45So we knew that it was a very tough game, difficult game.
02:50But overall, I think we competed very well.
02:53The first 20 minutes, again, we didn't consider nothing.
02:56We created two, three clear chances.
02:59And then we considered the goal and changed a little bit.
03:01But even with that, we were in the game until the end.
03:03And for sure, it's very difficult to think to come here
03:07and to control the game for 95, 100 minutes.
03:10This is not reality.
03:14Was this a good reminder for the players,
03:17the level of the Champions League?
03:18Because you only really made like three mistakes
03:21and they all lead to gold.
03:23To be honest, I think the players,
03:25they were already aware of this competition,
03:28how difficult it is.
03:29You cannot commit a mistake in the way we have done.
03:35But it's a game that, I just said to the players,
03:37it's a game that I think we can learn a lot
03:39and build something special from this defeat.
03:44Gary, just in the middle there, please.
03:52Hello, Enzo.
03:53So next it's Benfica.
03:55Looks like it's going to be Jose Mourinho's Benfica,
03:59a return of a Chelsea legend.
04:01You've never played against him before.
04:03Are you looking forward to that?
04:05Yeah, absolutely.
04:06Absolutely, yes.
04:08As you said, it's a legend for the club,
04:10but it's a legend in general for the trophy
04:13that he achieved.
04:16Simon, just down here, please.
04:20In the middle.
04:21In the middle.
04:25Enzo, a couple of things for me.
04:27Cole Palmer seemed to be holding his groin
04:30very late on, I think, in the injury time,
04:32just checking that he's okay.
04:34And secondly, there's a big gulf
04:36in terms of Champions League appearances
04:37between Bayern and Chelsea.
04:40Is it inevitable that there's a learning curve involved?
04:44And do you have time to learn at this level?
04:48Cole, I think, is okay.
04:50I asked him at the end and he said that it's okay.
04:52Then, in terms of experience between them and us,
04:59I think there was a huge difference
05:01because of the games they played in Champions League
05:05or because of the age, it doesn't matter.
05:08But even without, we show that we compete
05:11in the right way to come in this stadium
05:14against this team.
05:15I've been already in this stadium
05:16playing Champions League game
05:18as assistant manager or as assistant coach
05:21with Seville, with the city.
05:24I don't know how difficult it is
05:25to come here and compete.
05:28Again, you cannot think to come in this stadium
05:31against this team and try to dominate
05:34and control the game for 95 minutes, 100 minutes.
05:37This is not reality.
05:38It's difficult that happens.
05:41So, in the way we compete for part of the game,
05:44we were very good.
05:45Probably the mistake we did,
05:47it's something that we can learn from that.
05:49And as I said, I have the feeling
05:51that we can build something special
05:53from this defeat.
05:55Jacob, in the front here, please.
05:56What was your view on the penalty for Bayern?
06:01Did you think it was a foul
06:02or was Kane just a bit?
06:03I didn't review, to be honest.
06:05I didn't review and I didn't ask Moy.
06:06So, I don't know.
06:08I don't know.
06:09Probably if you watch from television,
06:10you can tell me if you think that was penalty,
06:13but I didn't watch back.
06:15Rob, in the middle there, please.
06:22Is there a worry that with this Champions League format
06:25that even this one single defeat
06:27could put quite a lot of pressure on you
06:29if you want to go straight into the last 16
06:32and not worry about the extra round?
06:34It could be that you maybe can't really afford
06:36to lose another match
06:38if you want to get into that top eight now.
06:41To be honest, I don't know.
06:42We have still seven games.
06:44So, from the seven games,
06:45I don't know how many games we need to win.
06:48I don't know how many games we afford to lose.
06:52No idea.
06:53We just lost a game tonight.
06:55We have seven more games,
06:56so there are plenty of points.
06:59Okay, thanks guys.
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