“Only winning matters,” says Graham Potter after UCL draw places Chelsea in opposition to Real Madrid
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By Martin Graham | 18th Mar 2023
Chelsea supervisor Graham Potter has praised Real Madrid forward of their UEFA Champions League quarter remaining conflict whereas stating that successful is the one factor that issues.
The previous Brighton and Hove Albion supervisor is slowly regaining the belief of the followers after a torrid begin to 2023 and is now confronted with the most important problem of his profession as supervisor of the Blues.
Nevertheless, he has expressed confidence in a really shocking trend which fits in opposition to his normal mild-mannered manner. Potter is trying to win “the f***ing Champions League” as a technique to show his and his workforce’s potential regardless of their struggles this season.
“We’ll try and beat Everton [in the Premier League today], take the draw and then we will try and win the f****** Champions League,” Potter mentioned at a hospitality occasion for the membership’s workers.
He additionally expressed the identical confidence when the attracts had been confirmed and he was drawn in opposition to veteran supervisor Carlo Ancelotti. “I mentioned we’d attempt to *bleep* win the Champions League! That’s the identical for each seven golf equipment.
“They can even say that they might lose within the quarter-final as a result of that’s the character of the Champions League. We’ll concentrate on Real Madrid once we get there. In the meanwhile, it’s Everton.
“The feeling is excitement but, as I’ve said, I’d rather speak about Everton because that’s the [next] The other stuff is a long way away.”
His confidence has despatched sparks of positivity around the Chelsea fan base forward of the fixture. He then spoke to the media’s comparability between his show of confidence and Ancelotti’s calmer disposition in direction of the tie upon the completion of the attracts.
“I can’t be bothered to speak about how people think you should be,” he mentioned. “Carlo Ancelotti must be him, Pep Guardiola must be him and Jurgen must be him and I must be me. I don’t care what you assume is my response to that.
“The easy factor is if you happen to win you will be whoever you need to be and if you happen to lose any individual needs any individual completely different and that’s the truth.
“You simply need to be your self, be genuine. In any other case if you happen to attempt to act the state of affairs finds you out. He has been himself for the entire of his profession and completed extraordinarily nicely.
“I don’t know him personally. I performed in opposition to him when he was the coach at Everton. He’s a gentleman.
“There’s nothing I can say for how much he’s achieved in his career. It’s amazing. The length of time between his first and last Champions League wins – 20 years – it’s incredible.”
Martin Graham is an MFF sports activities author
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