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Jorginho exclusive cup final interview: Returning to Wembley, appreciating
a full crowd and Chelsea's addictive hunger for success

26 Feb 2022


As we continue our build-up to tomorrow's Carabao Cup final at Wembley
against Liverpool, Jorginho talks about his return to a stadium at which
he has experienced so much and Chelsea's secret to success on the biggest
of stages…


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The summer of 2021 will live long in the English football psyche but even
longer for those of an Italian persuasion like Jorginho, the
Brazilian-born midfielder who moved to Verona as a teenager and opted to
represent the country of his formative years in the professional game.


His exploits at Euro 2020, delayed by 12 months and culminating in the
semi-finals and final being staged at Wembley, saw him ultimately voted
into third place in the Ballon d'Or awards later that year. He had earlier
been named UEFA Men's Player of the Year as recognition not just of
international glory but club triumphs in the Champions League and Super
Cup.


Now, thirty-three weeks to the day since that incredible evening for the
Azzurri, Jorginho will return to north London looking to make more
memories, this time in the blue of Chelsea.


'It means a lot,' he told us in an exclusive chat at Cobham this week
about his imminent return to Wembley. 'I had a few games there that I
don't like to remember but the last one is a good memory so I'm going back
there with the same positive energy to try to win this cup as well.


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Jorginho with his hands on the European Championship trophy last July at
Wembley


'This one is definitely a big target for me because I don't have it and I
need to tick it off. We're going to try everything, as hard as we can, to
win another trophy for the club.'


Mixed emotions are inextricably linked to Jorginho's Wembley trips. He has
been on the beaten side three times there as a Chelsea player, twice in
the FA Cup final and also in the League Cup final during his first season
in English football. This will be his fourth Wembley appearance in a
domestic final.


Even his greatest moment back in July came tinged with the initial
disappointment of Jordan Pickford saving his shoot-out spot-kick before
Italy triumphed, though the 30-year-old is quick to point out that it was
his successful conversion in the semi-final against Spain that booked his
side a place in the final in the first place.


As before every big game, he will be doing his homework on the opposition
goalkeeper and practising his unique penalty-taking style just in case,
though it is the prospect of a full crowd at the national stadium that
most excites him ahead of this latest visit.


For the Euros semi-finals and final, Wembley was only partially filled to
around 60,000 due to Covid-19 measures, while just a third of that number
were permitted for the FA Cup final last season against Leicester City.
Worse still, our clash with Arsenal a year earlier was played in front of
an empty stadium and so Jorginho will take extra time to appreciate the
sights and sounds of a bumper cup final crowd tomorrow afternoon.


'It's always an amazing atmosphere,' he said of Wembley. 'A big stadium
and one of the most important stadiums in the world so going there every
time is a nice feeling. I can't wait to be there with the team again and
see how it's going to be.


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The midfielder in action during last season's FA Cup final


'It's been really mixed for me over the years because I experienced all of
the different situations. Now I hope it's going to be a full stadium
because that's the best feeling ever for whoever loves this sport.'


While he has featured in two of our past four outings, the Blues
vice-captain reports feeling physically well, even if he knows a place in
our increasingly competitive midfield is far from guaranteed.


Mateo Kovacic has seemingly shrugged off the problem that led to his early
withdrawal against Lille, while N'Golo Kante was on top form in that 2-0
Champions League victory against his countrymen, teeing up Christian
Pulisic for our second goal of the game.


'I'm feeling quite good and really excited for this game so let's see,'
stated Jorginho. 'In the end, the most important thing is that we win the
trophy, not me being on the pitch, so as long as we can win then I'm
happy.


'The competition is good because when you have top players like this
pushing hard with very good quality, I know it's hard for the coach to
make a choice. We know we can rely on it because whoever goes out there is
going to give everything and the standard is high.


'We have all been working hard to deserve to be there so we know whoever
is on the pitch will play well and contribute for the team.'


With the trophy cabinet at Stamford Bridge creaking under the weight of
recent additions, there is no doubt this Chelsea group have developed a
knack for winning on the biggest of stages, but what is their secret?


Jorginho believes it comes down to an addictive, insatiable appetite from
the whole group to keep on experiencing those magical moments of glory.


'It's our hunger for winning trophies,' he explained. 'When you win one,
you don't get comfortable and you want to win more, that's the secret.


'You push even harder and work even harder to try to win more because
every time you win something, the next time it's going to be even more
difficult with the other teams coming for you.


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That winning feeling becomes so addictive, according to Jorginho


'That's why we are working hard to try to win again and again because
that's the mentality we have here. We like the feeling of it so we keep
pushing to try to win again because we like it. We try to be the best that
we can be for the club and for the supporters because this club and this
shirt deserves to be up there.'


Unlike our most recent final successes against Palmeiras and Villarreal,
the 2022 Carabao Cup final can perhaps be most closely aligned to last
May's Champions League clash with Manchester City.


Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel believes Liverpool are slight favourites,
pointing to their 10-point lead over us in the Premier League table, and
it is impossible to deny that the Merseysiders are in red-hot form right
now, having won nine games in a row in all competitions. Yet Jorginho has
been in football long enough to know that every opponent has frailties as
well as strengths.


'Every team has good and bad things so we need to try to find their weak
point because every team has some,' he added. 'When you find it, you need
to attack that point, so we just need to analyse and see what this point
of Liverpool is.


'They are a really strong team who are doing really well and maybe opening
the Premier League up again but we need to believe that we have good
potential to win this game because it's one game. As everyone knows, in a
final anything can happen; you just need to be well-prepared and try to
win the game.


'Everyone who plays against Chelsea knows our ability and that we can
really cause trouble for any team in the world. We are aware they are in a
good moment but they know that they cannot slip because we are here as
well working hard and we deserve to be where we are.


'For me personally, I keep visualising what the game is going to be like.
I will try to bring this positive energy and keep on visualising what it
will be like if we can win.'


Even with the positivity that the popular Jorginho is renowned for, his
younger self growing up on the southern coast of Brazil could scarcely
have imagined how his career would have turned out a decade-and-a-half on
from his brave move to Europe.


A continental king, a champion of the world, a polished midfielder
heralded with individual accolades, yet still hungry for more silverware,
more glory and more partying on that Wembley pitch.

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