Mauricio Pochettino issued a rallying cry to the Chelsea support as his side aimed to turn around a 1-0 first-leg deficit against Middlesbrough to reach the League Cup final
Mauricio Pochettino issued a rallying cry to the Chelsea support as his side ended to turn around a 1- 0 first-leg deficiency against Middlesbrough to reach the League Cup final on Tuesday. Chelsea are sagging in ninth in the Premier League despite backing Pochettino heavily in his first transfer window in charge. But there has been some cause for sanguinity in recent weeks as Pochettino’s men have put a miserable run of home form behind them to win six games in a row at Stamford Bridge. stager protector Thiago Silva had to play interceder as a section of the travelling Chelsea support turned against Pochettino and his players when they lost to alternate-league Middlesbrough two weeks agone.
Pochettino, however, is hoping the suckers can roar his side on to a comeback to reach the club’s first major final since Todd Boehly’s institute took charge of the club in May 2022.
“It’s a passport to go to a final, to visit Wembley. It’s a really important game for us and we need to show it’s important for the club, for us, for everyone,” said Pochettino at his pre-match press conference on Monday.
“We want to be in the final but first we need to beat a veritably good platoon, Middlesbrough, that in the first leg we could not beat.
“Of course, it’s going to be tough, but we’re confident that we can have a veritably good game against Middlesbrough in front of our suckers. We need to take advantage of playing at Stamford Bridge with all the energy that will restate from our suckers.”
A series of injuries to crucial players has played its part in a delicate launch to life at Chelsea for Pochettino.
Midfielder Cesare Casadei and forward Diego Moreira have been recalled from loan spells at Leicester and Lyon independently to bolster the team.
One of Chelsea’s big summer signings Christopher Nkunku has been confined to just one launch for the club as the Frenchman picked up a hipsterism injury shortly after returning from knee surgery.
Pochettino verified that Nkunku will again be absent for the visit of the Championship side.
“As can be after a long-term injury, chancing the balance is the most delicate thing,” said Pochettino.
“He suffered a little thing in his hipsterism – a problem there – and is recovering. It’s not a big issue but it’s delayed the possibility of him being available for the group.” Know More Latest Football News…
