阿斯皮利奎塔：本想迎接新挑戰，但我被說服而續約了 - 切爾西足球俱樂部 Chelsea Football Club

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阿斯皮利奎塔：我很高興繼續留在切爾西效力

08 8月 2022


阿斯皮利奎塔公開了他在切爾西的夏天，並解釋了續約兩年的決策過程。


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最近阿斯皮利奎塔簽下了一份為期兩年的新合同，延長他在切爾西的停留時間，
這份合同將使他為俱樂部效力超過10年。雖然他承認在做出最後決定之前有很多因素
需要考慮，但阿斯皮利奎塔表示，對切爾西的忠誠和承諾是最重要的原因之一。


“我真的很高興能簽下這份新合同，”阿斯皮利奎塔在首個週末勝埃佛頓後說。
“過去的幾個月有點瘋狂，但我真的很高興能在這裡多待一段時間。這是個新計劃，
我真的很期待接下來的賽季。”


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阿斯皮利奎塔簽下新合約


“這是一種非常罕見的情況，我的合同即將到期，然後俱樂部在三月被制裁了，
當時沒有任何辦法談論續約，情況這很困難。每個人都可以在媒體上大談特談我們，
但我認為行動勝於雄辯，我忠於我的俱樂部，我盡自己所能打好比賽，即使我不知道
會發生什麼。”


“然後新東家來了，我們進行了一次非常坦誠的談話，我決定留在切爾西是正確
的。”


今年二月我們在阿布達比贏得世俱盃冠軍後，隊長在切爾西完成了俱樂部的大滿
貫，贏得了在藍軍可能贏得的所有獎盃。他成為第一個實現這一壯舉的藍軍球員，他
說從那一刻起，他認為這可能是一個機會，可以掀開新的一頁了。


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阿斯皮利奎塔捧起世俱盃


“我一直都是完全誠實的，我們進行了對話，”隊長補充道，“我想，在世俱盃
之後，我贏得了這個獎盃，成為切爾西第一個贏得所有獎盃的球員，也許是時候回到
西班牙了，也許是為了一個新挑戰。”


在與主教練圖赫爾和新老闆進行了積極的交談後，阿斯皮利奎塔說他被說服了，
決定延長他的停留時間，他很高興這麼做。


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阿斯皮利奎塔和圖赫爾在我們戰勝埃佛頓之後


“但是後來一切都發生了，我們和主教練、老闆進行了很好的交談。我是俱樂部
的隊長，我希望繼續為切爾西效力。”


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阿斯皮利奎塔簽署了一份新合同


“我們之間的談話是保密的，但我們之間的溝通非常好，我們說出了我們的想法
然後我意識到我想繼續幫助我的俱樂部，”這名後衛補充道，“我真的很感謝老闆，
他們對我很好。從第一天起，我們的對話就坦誠而透明。他們告訴我，他們重視我，
希望我在球場上領導俱樂部和這些球員。”


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Azpilicueta: I wanted to stay committed to Chelsea - 08 Aug 2022


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azpilicueta-feels-responsibility-to-lead-chelsea-into-new-chapter

Azpilicueta feels responsibility to lead Chelsea into new chapter

10 Aug 2022


After signing a new two-year contract with Chelsea, Blues captain Cesar
Azpilicueta has described the responsibility he feels to help the club
make a smooth transition and establish the foundations for another era of
success.


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The Spaniard will celebrate 10 years with Chelsea later this month, an
incredible achievement even before you factor in the huge success he has
helped bring to west London during that time, but it was confirmed last
week that his Blues career will continue into a second decade.


That news arrived in a period of big change at Chelsea, as we begin our
first season under new ownership. The prospect of being part of a new era
at the Bridge is certainly something that excites Azpilicueta, although he
insists the question of motivation was never an issue when he was
considering the next step in his career.


'The motivation has been always there,' he explained. 'Since I arrived 10
years ago I have always found a club with ambition, always fighting for
everything at the highest level, so I'm really excited by what's going on.


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Applauding the travelling support after captaining us to an opening day
win at Everton


'We have a new project in our hands but our target and our ambition is
always to fight for everything and we will work hard to achieve it. We
know that every season the competition gets higher and higher, so we will
work hard to achieve the goals that we want for this season.'


Instead, it is the responsibility he believes goes along with wearing the
captain's armband that seems to have been upmost in his mind when putting
pen to paper on his new contract.


The 32-year-old acknowledges the final months of last season were tough
for everyone associated with club, but knows it is his job to lead by
example in the difficult times as well as the moments of glory, meaning he
was proud to take on the challenge of leading the team through it, as he
is to lead us into the next chapter of Chelsea's history.


'In the last months, since February, with the sanctions and the change of
ownership, we lost players too, we have lived moments of uncertainty. It
was not easy, but now a new chapter begins and of course now we are living
a period of transition.


'When we lived these moments of difficulties, you have responsibility as
captain. It's not only to be there to lift the trophy when you're in first
place, it's also to be there when there are moments of uncertainty,
moments of difficulty. So in my role as captain, I feel the responsibility
to help us stick all together to go through this period of transition, to
work hard on the pitch to get the results.


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Signing his new two-year Chelsea contract


'The new owners, they have a great ambition to keep winning trophies, to
expand and grow as a club. So from my role as captain I will try to help
as much as I can on and off the pitch, also to make it a bit more stable.
I feel the responsibility to be here and hopefully to enjoy more good
moments in the future.


'We have new people working hard to make the club better and better. We
had very honest conversations, we shared our opinions and at the end of
the day we all want the same thing – to keep winning trophies, to keep
improving the team, to keep growing and pushing. So I'm really pleased and
proud to be part of it, to be captain and give everything I have with my
experience and my leadership to help everybody at the club.


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Meeting our new owners at Stamford Bridge after the last game of the
2021/22 season


'We had a very successful period for the last 19 years with the previous
owner, which is amazing, and now a new chapter begins. In life
opportunities come and we have to take them.'


Azpilicueta also looked back on what has been an incredible 10 years with
Chelsea, during which he has won every major trophy going, and admitted it
has surpassed anything he could have imagined when he first came to west
London a few days before his 23rd birthday.


Back then he was one of several promising summer signings – which
included Eden Hazard, Oscar and Victor Moses – who joined the freshly
crowned European champions knowing they faced a difficult task forcing
their way into an experienced and established side.


'I arrived in 2012 and I remember it very well, one of the young lads
coming into Cobham with great ambition. Chelsea had just won the Champions
League, so of course we wanted to have these feelings too, to win all the
trophies that Chelsea won before.


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Training at Cobham for the first time with manager Di Matteo in 2012


'I knew that I was not a big signing who was coming to walk straight into
the starting XI, but I knew that the club had confidence in me. The
manager at the time Roberto Di Matteo trusted me and Michael Emenalo the
technical director as well. So I felt the confidence even if I knew that I
had to work my way into the team and I focused on learning every day even
if I didn't play at the beginning, and to grow from there. 10 years later
I'm still here!


'Of course I wanted to win trophies but I didn't think about winning a
lot, you just want to win trophies. After 10 seasons, to win every single
trophy, it's a big achievement I'm really proud of, but I still want more.
That's very clear, I don't want to stop here, I want to help the club to
keep winning more trophies to make our fans proud. When you have the
feeling of lifting a trophy you want to repeat it and repeat it.'


Those trophy triumphs also stand out when he considers his best moments
with the club, although thrashing Wolves 6-0 on a perfect Blues debut
remains one of his happiest memories.


'I would say my debut with Chelsea against Wolverhampton in the League Cup
was one of the best. I was looking forward to playing that game and I
really enjoyed it. The result was good, it was at Stamford Bridge, so
everything went right.


'Then winning trophies has always been the key moments you enjoy, whether
it was the day when we won the Premier League for the first time since I
arrived, in 2015, or the day that we got the trophy, or winning the
Champions League in Porto. The Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi was quite
special as well, to get that trophy for the first time in the club's
history.


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Celebrating his first Premier League title in 2015


'I would say as well there have been very good moments where we enjoy a
great atmosphere at Stamford Bridge, and away with our fans as well. When
we won at West Brom for my second Premier League title, that was one of
the moments we really enjoyed.'


With his new contract meaning we have at least two more years of
Azpilicueta at Chelsea to look forward to, we are sure there will be more
great moments to add to that list soon.

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Hoddle: 'Matthew will be sitting up there looking down now and

loving Chelsea being winners. He'll just love Chelsea winning.'


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