Maresca on Chelsea's 5-0 FA Cup drubbing of Morecambe
11/01/2025
Stamford Bridge, London, UK
11/01/2025
Stamford Bridge, London, UK
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00:00Okay, who wants to get us underway? James?
00:19Yes, good afternoon in terms of we won, that is important, and then also the performance
00:34in these kind of games, you have to show how serious, how professional you are, and I think
00:38once again the players they show that.
00:44Yes, it's a little bit also the picture of the game in terms of he was most of the time
00:51the only one with more space, because all the rest were man to man inside the box, there
00:57was not space.
00:58He was the only one that he can carry the ball and try that option and we are happy
01:04for him.
01:05Did you know he could strike a ball like that?
01:08Yes, he can do that, the only thing is that from central defender you struggle a little
01:13bit to see them at the edge of the box attacking, but when we arrive there we have to try that
01:20kind of, as I said, solution, also Axel Di Sassi try a few times, that means that our
01:28central defender they are at the edge of the box and this is a good thing.
01:33Were you encouraged Tuzin to shoot Mourner?
01:37No exaggerate.
01:38No, it was just because yesterday he didn't finish the session because of unwell, so this
01:50was the reason why.
01:51And was James first football since the hamstring injury, or did you make him half-time?
01:57Yes, for him and for Romelu it was just to protect them, the idea was to play 45 minutes
02:02and hopefully we can start from there and build some physical condition and allow them
02:08to be with us until the rest of the season.
02:11Any contact yet from Dortmund in terms of a loan deal?
02:17For who?
02:18No, I don't know to be honest, no I don't think so.
02:23How are you going to build up with Rhys James and Romelu Laviu, are we going to see this
02:29kind of thing a lot and how long will it take to see them play nicely this month?
02:33The idea is to slowly, slowly build the right condition, especially probably for Rhys, you
02:39have to be a little bit more careful.
02:42So now the good thing is that they both play 45 minutes, they both finish well, not any
02:47problem and hopefully now we can, as I said, we can start to help them to build the right
02:55condition.
02:56How do you think Tariq George did today as well?
02:59Good, good.
03:00Tariq George is doing well with us, he already played some games, especially in the conference.
03:05He's the same age as Josh Achipong, very young both, so hopefully with them we can give them
03:12more chances and they can also become an important part of this team.
03:20And Kunku's now 13 goals, Chad Felix I think 7, they've both got a lot of big game experience,
03:28are they knocking on your door a lot asking to play more and start more in the Premier
03:32League?
03:33Are they putting pressure on you?
03:36No, they didn't knock on the door, they didn't ask nothing but they don't need to ask, you
03:42can see that they show like tonight but I think two games ago against Ipswich we started
03:51with Joao and Cristo.
03:54So the previous game we also started some games with them, so I think they got the chance
04:03already in the Premier League and that means that every time they play in the Premier League
04:07they have to score or assist.
04:09The important thing is that when we need them, they are there.
04:16Can I just ask one more, just in terms of this competition, how important a run is now
04:21given that the European Champions League is done in March?
04:27It's an important competition but since we started I think we are trying to deal or to
04:34treat the same competition, all the competition the same way.
04:37Premier League, Conference, unfortunately Carabao, we lost to Newcastle, now FA Cup
04:41but we try to do our best in all the competition.