00:00Hola Kuku, ¿cómo es emocionante que tú traves Barcelona cuando llegaste a la Academia y llegaste a jugar contra ellos como un jugador de Chelsea?
00:10Sí, bueno, fue un juego muy especial para mí, para mi familia, creo que jugué contra ellos hace muchos años,
00:19así que ahora tenemos la oportunidad de jugar en la Champions League, en especial las noches,
00:24siempre que el Chelsea-Barca fue un juego muy bueno, así que espero que mañana podamos hacer un buen juego y ganar estos tres puntos.
00:34¿Y qué recuerdas sobre el leave en Barca? Porque te hubieras dejado para ir a Aibar para jugar más fútbol,
00:40pero tú, por ejemplo, ir a Aibar, Brighton y ahora a Chelsea, has llegado al mismo nivel como Barca.
00:45¿Te sientes que estás en un nivel muy alto ahora, donde te enseñaste que podrías jugar para Barca?
00:52Sí, creo que ahora estoy en un buen nivel, tengo una buena confianza, tenemos un buen equipo, el equipo juega muy bien,
01:00así que esto me ayudó también, pero no pienso sobre esto porque tal vez si me quedo en Barcelona y no me muevo solo,
01:09tal vez no tengo la oportunidad de jugar a la Champions League, para ganar este juego para Chelsea y ganar los trofeos que quiero.
01:16Así que creo que todo pasa por una razón, así que estoy muy contento con mi carrera y muy contento de jugar para Chelsea,
01:24y tomorrow play this big game.
01:27Jacob, just on the end here, first round.
01:30Hi, when you played against Esteval at the Club World Cup, when he was playing for Palmeiras,
01:37it looked like, especially in the first half, that the two of you were really kind of going against each other,
01:42it was quite a physical battle.
01:44Were you surprised by how much, given that he's a kid, he stood up for himself against you?
01:50And also, did it give you confidence that he was going to have no problems adapting to English football?
01:55Yeah, for sure. I think for him it was not a good, easy game because he needed to run a lot and then we put a lot of pressure on them,
02:05but always he responded with a lot of personality, always asked for the ball and the surprise because he's a really young player.
02:15So, but yeah, and then he have the opportunity to score and this shows that he's a good player, always he play with a smile, he have a fresh energy and he helps a lot to us
02:26and hopefully tomorrow he can play and he can help us and score.
02:32Yes, Matt.
02:33Hi, Matt. This is a big week, Barcelona and then Arsenal in the league after that.
02:38Do you think it's a real chance for the team to make a statement? And do you believe that the team can compete to win the Champions League and win the Premier League title this season?
02:51Yeah, well, yeah, it's a big week. As you said, I think all the players want to play this game because always they have a special feeling.
03:02All the people is very focused and they want to try his best.
03:07And yes, I think we have a good opportunity. We need to know that, OK, it's a two big games, but it's nothing more than three points.
03:15I think if we win this game, for sure, you have more confidence and all the people start to speak about you.
03:21But we don't need to forget that we are in November. We have a long run ahead.
03:28So we need to continue in this in this moment. I think two, three weeks ago when we lose against Brighton at home.
03:35And then I think United, all the people said that Chelsea is very young and we are not ready.
03:41And now we we play good games and we came in a good moment.
03:45And the people start to say that maybe we can fight for a trophy and for the Champions League.
03:50It's true that we want to win all the trophies, but no.
03:53And two weeks ago we we are not the bad team and now we are the best team.
03:56We need to continue what we are doing, play in our level, enjoy winning games.
04:01And let's see what this team is is able to do.
04:05And Jack, the end.
04:07Mark, just back on Esteval, you've got a unique position of having played with both him and Lamine Yamao.
04:14They've drawn some comparisons with their age and what they're doing.
04:16Can you just compare the two of them and how remarkable they are for their age?
04:22Difficult one, this one. No.
04:24Yeah, I think both of them that are really very special players.
04:28They have a lot of talent. They always want to the ball. They always try to do the one by ones.
04:34They are these players. They can decide the games.
04:41And then I think maybe the only difference or at the moment the difference is like Lamine.
04:46He's playing in Europe for maybe two or three seasons ago and Esteval is arriving this season,
04:52but he's doing really well. I think if he's continuing in this way and this level and
04:58improving in all the aspects he can arrive to Lamine's level.
05:05Are they similar personalities? Are they similar people?
05:08Yeah, for sure. I think they are both very funny.
05:12They always try to love. They enjoy with the ball.
05:15They like to always have this smile in the face.
05:18So I think these players, if they feel happy, they can perform in his best level.
05:25Simon here at the front.
05:29Hi, Mark. I remember a question being asked to Pochettino about Chelsea players having to
05:36prove they're not Cole Palmer, FC. Chelsea won nine of the last 12 games without him. Do you feel like
05:44you as a group have proven that you're not solely reliant on Cole Palmer as much as perhaps you were in the past?
05:51Yeah, for sure. I think now we miss Cole for a couple of games and the team
05:56play in a really good level. We win big games as well. It's true that Cole is very important for us and
06:04we miss him. But we are Chelsea. We have a lot of good players with a lot of qualities and we need to
06:10perform. The most important thing is not the player, it's like the team and we need to win all the games.
06:17I try to do our best. It doesn't matter if we miss some players because it's true that Cole,
06:22Levi as well and all these players that are important for us, but we don't have excuses. We need to perform as well.
06:28Hiya. With Cole, it's a crazy injury, knocking his baby toe against the door at night. Obviously,
06:38there have been some bamps with him in the dressing room. What have you said to him and what has he
06:42said to you about what happened? To be fair, I don't believe. No, but it's true that these things can
06:48happen sometimes. Me, I have a couple of times this thing, but I'm stronger than them, so I don't feel
06:56nothing. But yeah, these things can happen is a big upset for us because he's near to play with us,
07:03to train with us and then now he needs to rest. But this part of the life, apart of footballers,
07:10we have personal life and we have these kind of problems, so hopefully he can recover fast.
07:14What was he doing? What happened? Do you know? To be fair, I don't know. He's running,
07:19no? Because I think he lose a FIFA game or something like this, I think.
07:28Hi, Mark. Obviously, you've played with Lamine Jamal for Spain. I was wondering whether it
07:34helps, I suppose, in terms of your preparation that you have Esteval at the moment to sort of
07:38prepare for these games and how do you prepare to face Jamal and how do you deal with them?
07:44Yeah, well, Esteval, I tell him to put shimp at this training because I try to,
07:48I start to training with him. And now, well, it's difficult. This kind of players is always
07:54difficult to play against them because they have a special talent, a lot of quality. So,
08:01well, tomorrow I think it's not the Lamina versus Cucurella. It's a big game. We have my teammates
08:10for sure try to help me and we need to have a big game because we want to win this game. And it's true,
08:16it's a tough battle, but hopefully we can do our best and win the game.
08:21Hi, Mark. Enzo Mureska has just said to us that he believes that Chelsea are a better team than when
08:26they lost to Bayern Munich on match day one. Looking a little bit further back, do you believe that
08:31Chelsea have improved since last season and during this season as it's gone on? And if so,
08:36in what ways? Yeah, for sure. I think every week we try always to improve. I think, for example,
08:42the first game against Bayern Munich for a lot of people or some of the players is the first
08:48Champions League game is a bit tough and we play away as well against a big team. So,
08:53all these things that after a couple of games we are settling, we are more calm. I think we are more
09:01mature now. We know better the things that we need to do and I think we show last season at the end that
09:08we are better team than before and I think step by step we are we are showing that we are better.
09:14It's true that we need to stay what we are doing now that this is we know the games is not um
09:21it's not good enough to win a couple of games and then drop a little bit. We need to stay
09:26always in in our best level if we want to compete for the big things.
09:30Time for two more in English, one at the back. Hello, my name is Jacek Kurowski. I'm from Polish
09:34television and yes, we named this game that's Mark Kukureya against Lamine Yamal exactly.
09:41So, can I ask you about Lamine one more time? There is something in his play that you cannot prepare
09:48on or you you know everything about his playing? No, no, it's true. Against these players you never know
09:56what's uh what he want to do in every action but I try to prepare the game in the best way and I have
10:05the opportunity to play against him so I know I know him a little bit and then I have the for sure
10:12I have the support for my teammates and always he tried to help me and finally he's 11 against 11
10:18so hopefully we can have a really good game and win these three points that was very important for us.
10:23Hi Mark, I want to ask you about your role. Technically it's a left back but you're basically everywhere on the
10:30pitch. I'm wondering if you have a favorite position when you attack or a space on the
10:37pitch in which you feel more comfortable when you're attacking comfortably.
10:41Yeah, I think with this manager and he loves to have different ideas, we have different formations
10:48and you need to adapt but I'm very happy. I think my best position is the left back but I'm happy when
10:55I play a bit higher when I can arrive to the box. Last season I have the opportunity to score a lot of
11:00goals so I feel very good helping the team and celebrate these goals and yeah I think I'm happy with
11:06this because it's not every week the same, the same formation or the same things. You always need to
11:13to try to learn new things and be focused on the training because probably we're changing a lot but
11:19I think these are good because it's not the routine if always we have different things too.
11:24Okay, we'll move on to some questions in Spanish and we'll start.
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