Damning: Key Chelsea player says same thing about this squad that fans and pundits have said for years | OneFootball

Marc Cucurella’s latest comments are a direct criticism of the way that Chelsea’s lack of Champions League experience cost them against PSG.

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Marc Cucurella’s appearance in a press conference for the Spain national team yesterday sparked a few headlines, and rightly so.

In the wake of Enzo Fernandez’s comments about potentially leaving Chelsea in the summer, Cucurella said similar things. He was a little less direct, saying it would be hard to turn down a move to his boyhood team Barcelona would be hard to turn down, should the opportunity ever arise. He made sure to be clear he was talking about something happening “in a few years,” and not soon.

But what was to come after that was even more explosive.

His interview with the Athletic today sees him openly criticise Chelsea’s ongoing project in a way we’ve not seen from a player before.

Cucurella points to lack of experience in Chelsea squad

His comments on the defeat to PSG in the Champions League, where the Blues were battered 8-2 on aggregate, mirrored what so many fans and pundits have been saying for years:

“We lacked experience. For a lot of players, it was the first time playing a match of that calibre, and we paid the price,” the full back said.

“You can always make a mistake, but we should have handled it better. There was a return game to play, and if you keep a cool head, you go back to London with a 3-2 defeat [in the first leg] and anything can happen. We made a mistake, tried to attack without a clear structure and then PSG took the chance and proved they have that cutting edge.”

Damning.

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