Chelsea had been disappointing by their 2-2 end result in opposition to Qarabag final night time, and conversely you’d anticipate their opposition to be delighted.
However as an alternative, an interview with certainly one of their goalscorers confirmed that the Azeri staff really thought they deserved extra. They roared again from 1-0 all the way down to take the lead, and actually had a load of excellent possibilities within the second half to win it, even as soon as Chelsea had
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Attacker says Qarabag “needed extra” from draw
Chelsea heat up in Baku. (Photograph by Aziz Karimov/Getty Photographs)
“I might say we had been a bit disenchanted; we needed extra, but it surely’s Chelsea,” Cape Verde attacker Leandro Andrade stated.
“They’re champions of the world. They’ve an excellent coach, so I’d say a degree was not dangerous. It was all proper.”
“We simply continued to play, making an attempt to showcase our soccer, not considering the sport was over.”
It exhibits how poor our stage was that an opposition participant is disenchanted that they didn’t beat us.
No disrespect to Qarabag – they put in a courageous efficiency and had been filled with grit and combat. However any staff we placed on the pitch after £2bn spent must be sweeping them away. We definitely shouldn’t be leaving them considering they deserved extra from the sport.
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This wasn’t a weak staff both – and we nonetheless didn’t get the job executed.
You may see Andrade talking within the clip from TNT Sports activities embedded right here:
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