Mario Melchiot
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On training, yes, of course, everybody's been in that situation, but on the field, no, I never had it in the game.
What do you mean everyone's been in that situation in training, Mario?
No, but not like that, but Dan, you have to understand, sometimes in training, when the passion goes, and you play the game, I'll give an example, before example, at Ajax, they like to say to you, you've got to train the way you play.
So sometimes we had training sessions, and it was like literally playing a game, and I came from school, and then in the beginning, especially, they were teaching me, like, hey, you've got to step up your game, man, because if you don't do that, you will have a problem.
And literally, I come in a team that literally won the Champions League the year before, so...
Trust me, I was tackling because I had to.
Yeah, yes, because I think for both managers, if you look at the game, if you can win, Slot, he's in the situation of winning the league anymore, so the FA Cup is important for him.
And Guardiola, just the mindset of Guardiola, I want to win everything.
So his mindset has always been about that.
Slot is similar, but he's not in that situation where Guardiola is.
So I think they will definitely put the strongest one.
Because winning the FA Cup, everybody knows the history of it.
When you win the FA Cup, when I had it the first time, I couldn't believe how the country reacted to it.
Mario, could Chelsea win the FA Cup?
It's a big shout for me to say yes, but you know what the thing is?
In Cups, Dan, the day of the game, when you bring it up, you can always surprise somebody.
So I will not say no, but I also will not say yes.