Mario Melchiot

And what you just highlighted, you know, everybody's eye was going to be on Jamal and, you know, Cucurella.

And Cucurella is one of those players, you'd rather have him in your team because you don't want to play against him because he can annoy you.

But he had a great game against Yamaha, I'd say.

I like the fact that just how they responded to every, you know, like even tackles in the way, like when they kicked off the game.

In the beginning, you understand, keeping the ball in the team at the back, I was a little bit waiting because I was a little bit worried because in the beginning it didn't look that comfortable the way they were passing from the back.

But then afterwards they started to pick up and what they really used well, the pace.

And then, I mean, Estafal gave us an answer in the sense of what...

they really wanted to do because you get on the ball and dribble at them and take them on.

At the moment, one of the players that's really informed in doing that is Esther Vau.

He gets at you, dribbles, drops the shoulder, takes people on.

And I think that was one of the key things Chelsea was really good at.

Away from that, I think it worked well, consistently was really good for them.

But like we spoke, this game was at the bridge.

It's always good to play at the bridge when you play the big teams.

The hardest thing would be, you understand, if Chelsea wouldn't meet Barcelona at their side because it's always a different game.

But I think the fans around you, they help you a lot and I think they got motivated in that sense too.

And the key thing was, when Araujo got sent off, right,

The way the game went, it was almost like we know how his reaction can be.

Sometimes he can be really fiery.

And when Chelsea goes at you like that, it didn't surprise me that he got pulled over because he sometimes, he can be really tough.