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Mario Melchiot

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
629 total appearances

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ESPN FC
FA Cup Quarterfinals Draw

On training, yes, of course, everybody's been in that situation, but on the field, no, I never had it in the game.

ESPN FC
FA Cup Quarterfinals Draw

What do you mean everyone's been in that situation in training, Mario?

ESPN FC
FA Cup Quarterfinals Draw

What a big brawl like that!

ESPN FC
FA Cup Quarterfinals Draw

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.

ESPN FC
FA Cup Quarterfinals Draw

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.

ESPN FC
FA Cup Quarterfinals Draw

And literally, I come in a team that literally won the Champions League the year before, so...

ESPN FC
FA Cup Quarterfinals Draw

Trust me, I was tackling because I had to.

ESPN FC
FA Cup Quarterfinals Draw

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.

ESPN FC
FA Cup Quarterfinals Draw

And Guardiola, just the mindset of Guardiola, I want to win everything.

ESPN FC
FA Cup Quarterfinals Draw

So his mindset has always been about that.

ESPN FC
FA Cup Quarterfinals Draw

Slot is similar, but he's not in that situation where Guardiola is.

ESPN FC
FA Cup Quarterfinals Draw

So I think they will definitely put the strongest one.

ESPN FC
FA Cup Quarterfinals Draw

Because winning the FA Cup, everybody knows the history of it.

ESPN FC
FA Cup Quarterfinals Draw

When you win the FA Cup, when I had it the first time, I couldn't believe how the country reacted to it.

ESPN FC
FA Cup Quarterfinals Draw

Definitely they won it.

ESPN FC
FA Cup Quarterfinals Draw

Mario, could Chelsea win the FA Cup?

ESPN FC
FA Cup Quarterfinals Draw

It's a big shout for me to say yes, but you know what the thing is?

ESPN FC
FA Cup Quarterfinals Draw

In Cups, Dan, the day of the game, when you bring it up, you can always surprise somebody.

ESPN FC
FA Cup Quarterfinals Draw

So I will not say no, but I also will not say yes.

ESPN FC
FA Cup Quarterfinals Draw

You can say yes.