“It’s football…” – Marc Cucurella explains what it was like taking on future Chelsea star Estevao Willian | OneFootball

Chelsea take on their third Brazilian side of the Club World Cup tomorrow night when they play Fluminense, and Marc Cucurella is already looking forward to facing one player in particular – legendary former Blue Thiago Silva.

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Marc Cucurella on taking on “legend” Thiago Silva

Thiago Silva adresses the Chelsea fans.

“He’s a legend of football, a top player. He’s only played for big clubs and he texted me before the game [against Palmeiras] saying ‘let’s go, hopefully we can see you in a couple of days’,” the full back said in quotes picked up by Hayters.

“I texted him saying ‘let’s go’. We have the opportunity to play against him again and hopefully we can do good things and win this game and play in the final which is what we want to do.”

“They have a very high level. They have showed in this tournament that they are going right until the final (stages). Now we have another tough match against Fluminense… I think they’re showing they’re very good. Every (Brazilian team) is making it to the final stages.

“We’ve played against two Brazilian teams so far and now we will face a third. They fight until the end. We’re happy to be in the next round and to have this experience of playing against the South American teams which isn’t very common. Overall, we’re enjoying this tournament.”

Cucurella on battle with Estevao Willian

Cucurella also had a word for Estevao Willian, the winger set to join Chelsea after this tournament who he had battled (at times pretty intensely) in quarter final:

“It’s football, he tried to do his job, I tried to do my job. The most important thing is that we won and are going through. He had the chance to score a good goal so now hopefully he enjoys his holidays, can rest and will come back strong.”