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London, England, UK. 20th May 2025
1. 00:00 SOUNDBITE (English) Enzo Maresca, Chelsea Head Coach:
(On his special relationship with mentor Real Betis’ head coach Manuel Pellegrini)
"It’s special, as you said. I spent four years with Manuel (Pellegrini). He’s a reference for me because of his career, because of his history and especially because he’s, in terms of human being, he’s a top person and I define him like a professional dad because many times when I need to take big decision. We are in contact and yeah, thanks for that."
2. 00:38 SOUNDBITE (English) Enzo Maresca, Chelsea Head Coach:
(On Betis’ Isco)
"He’s a top player, his career speaks for himself, many years with Real Madrid. We played together when Isco was very young. He joined us from Valencia and we had a top team. The striker was Ruud van Nistelrooy. We had Isco, we had Joaquin, we have Santi Cazorla, me. That was a top team, yeah."
3. 01:12 SOUNDBITE (English) Enzo Maresca, Chelsea Head Coach:
(on 48-hour turnaround for the final compared to Betis who play Friday)
"’I’m not happy… 100 percent. You cannot allow a team 48-hours more than the other team when you play Europe in competition final."
REPORTER: So you think you shouldn’t be allowed to play on Friday?
"Or they play Sunday like us."
4. 01:30 SOUNDBITE (English) Enzo Maresca, Chelsea Head Coach:
(On playing a full strength team for every game)
"For each game, we try to play our strong(est) eleven. So if during the season we played Conference League with a different team or with different players, but we were sure in that moment that, for that game always was the strongest one and we see for the final."
5. 01:48 SOUNDBITE (English) Enzo Maresca, Chelsea Head Coach:
(On the pressure to win)
"The main target is, for sure is, also you know for personally it’s important, but the main target is to win again a European competition with Chelsea. I think it’s something important for the club in this moment for the, you know, for the fans, for everyone because it means that we are going in the right direction. And personally I will try to prepare the game exactly in the same way I prepare all the rest, because I consider every game important. For sure it’s a final, that at the end decides the title, but we’re going to try to prepare the game in our best and hopefully we can win the title."
SOURCE: Pool
DURATION: 02:33
STORYLINE:
On Tuesday, Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca sat down in front of the press on the media day ahead of next week’s Europa Conference League final against Real Betis in Wrocław, Poland.
During media day press conference Maresca opened up about his mentor Real Betis’ head coach Manuel Pellegrini calling him his ‘Professional Dad’, ahead of facing him in the Europa Conference League final next week.
Maresca also has expressed his unhappiness at his team getting two fewer days to prepare for the Conference League final compared to Spanish opponent Real Betis.
While Betis plays its final La Liga match on Friday against Valencia, Chelsea closes its Premier League campaign on Sunday – three days before the Conference League final in Wroclaw, Poland – against Nottingham Forest.
So Maresca has another idea.
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