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azpilicueta-on-chelsea-being-london-s-best

Azpilicueta on Chelsea being London's best

29 Nov 2020


If there is one man in the Chelsea squad who knows the importance of a
game against Tottenham better than most, then it is Cesar Azpilicueta.


https://i.imgur.com/texKuz2.jpg


Our club captain loves nothing more than securing victory over our north
London rivals and ahead of today's Stamford Bridge meeting against Jose
Mourinho's side, the Spaniard has offered an insight into the mentality he
adopts for these types of games and the levels he demands of himself.


'Since I arrived at Chelsea, I always tried to have the winning mentality
of every game to finish at the top and to compete for trophies,'
Azpilicueta said.


'That includes being the top team in London and we want to be at the top
because that means we are the number one. That's what we fight for. We are
in good form and, hopefully, we can improve on last season and now reach
higher levels.'


This season has provided some challenges for the skipper, with the
right-back spending parts of this campaign on the substitutes' bench and
watching from the side as the Blues compete both domestically and in
Europe.


Azplicueta has contested with Reece James for a starting spot, with the
young England international preferred by Frank Lampard often this term.


From the sidelines though you can always hear him offering his support,
never sulking, and the Spaniard knows his chance will come again during
this long season.


Azpilicueta in fact recalls what it was like for him as a younger player,
keeping out experienced Chelsea stars such as Ashley Cole and John Terry
in previous years.


'Obviously, I am captain and I feel the responsibility,' he said, of his
leading role. 'Everybody wants to play as much as possible and we try to
make it a difficult choice [team selection] for the manager.


'In my case it's true that I played nearly my whole career in the team for
Chelsea and I played consecutive games. I played a whole season when we
won the Premier League with Antonio Conte.


'But it's part of football and I had examples like John Terry, and Ashley
when I was playing left-back, and I never had any bad feelings from him.
It was completely different, he was always helping.


https://i.imgur.com/jKfQAEH.jpg
Reece James and Cesar Azpilicueta - competing for a place and competing in
warm-up


'I push and I train hard to get as many minutes as possible, when the
manager needs me to be ready for him, but you know when I'm out I try to
help from the stands.


'I want my team to win and to fight for every trophy. That's the
responsibility I have and I feel I have to show the example every day to
push my team-mates, to help, in this case Reece. And I think it's very
important we fight together and we are not selfish just thinking of our
own situations.'

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