Reece James “doesn’t care” that Chelsea are underdogs for Sunday’s Membership World Cup ultimate in opposition to Paris St-Germain and insists the Blues will “shock lots of people”.
Having received the French Cup, Ligue 1 and Champions League, PSG are a sport away from a fourth main trophy of 2025 after destroying Actual Madrid 4-0 of their semi-final on Wednesday.
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Chelsea supervisor Enzo Maresca labelled them the “greatest crew on the earth” in his pre-match information convention, however his captain is unfazed by the reward for his or her opponents.
“To be sincere, I do not care that everybody is bigging up our opposition,” stated James. “We’re making ready proper and we’re going there to win.
“I have been in lots of finals earlier than the place we have been favourites and we did not come out on high.”
Similarities have been drawn between the youthful nature of each Chelsea and PSG’s squads, with Luis Enrique’s aspect beating different Premier League sides , , and within the Champions League earlier than destroying Inter Milan 5-0 within the ultimate.
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“PSG are wonderful and we’re anticipating a troublesome sport, however we even have an incredible crew and we’ll shock lots of people,” James added.
“I am certain the analyst crew we have now can be trying on the video games the place PSG have not executed so nicely, and we’ll try to adapt to that.”