UCL: Real reason Chelsea was eliminated from competition – Cucurella

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Marc Cucurella, the left-back for Chelsea, has provided an explanation for his team’s exit from the UEFA Champions League at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain.

Remember that PSG triumphed over Chelsea in both the first and second legs of the Champions League Round of 16.

The champions of France’s Ligue 1 advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals with an aggregate score of 8-2.

In an interview with The Athletic, the Spain international emphasized that the Blues were lacking in experience.

In his view, Liam Rosenior’s team erred in launching an attack on the Parisians without a clear structure.

“We lacked experience. For a lot of players, it was the first time playing a match of that calibre, and we paid the price.

“You can always make a mistake, but we should have handled it better. There was a return game to play, and if you keep a cool head, you go back to London with a 3-2 defeat (the score with five minutes left of normal time in the first leg), and anything can happen.

“We made a mistake, tried to attack without a clear structure and then PSG took the chance and proved they have that cutting edge.

“Results like that are always hard to take. You are fighting and training every day only to realise, at the very end, that when games matter, we are still a bit away from the top level.”

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