Mason Mount could not resist to reply to Toni Kroos on Wednesday evening after reaching the final of the Champions League. The Real Madrid midfielder said prior to the second meeting with Chelsea that he had never been awake by a particular opponent or player. For the former Vitesse player reason to remind Kroos of his statement after the elimination of Real in the billion dollar ball.
Kroos made the statement in the run-up to the clash at Stamford Bridge. “In my fifteen years as a football player, I have never lost any sleep over anything,” said the German in Spanish service. “Chelsea showed in Madrid that they really can function as a team. They have a German coach (Thomas Tuchel, ed.), So that doesn’t surprise me. They defend well and have speed at the front, those are their most important qualities. ” Mount couldn’t help recalling the words of Kroos after Chelsea’s 2-0 win, without specifically mentioning the Real player’s name.
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“I heard one of their players say that he had not yet been awake from an opponent. But Real should have been awake from us,” Mount said in conversation with CBS Sports. “We work so hard as a team, we really defend with our lives. We have hardly given away any chances against Real. There is a solid team and we have to keep that up”, says the playmaker of Chelsea, responsible for the liberating 2- 0 in the 85th minute, along with his teammates. Michael Owen was in the studio BT Sport praising the outstanding Mount.
“I think Mason Mount, including Phil Foden, can become one of the best players in the world,” said the former forward in his role as an analyst. “That is really possible. It is great to witness their development up close.” Fellow analyst Rio Ferdinand agreed with Owen’s hymn on Mount and Foden, and the former Manchester United defender thinks England coach Gareth Southgate will hold gold in the run-up to this summer’s European Championship.
According to Tuchel, Chelsea booked a well-deserved victory over Real at home. “The first half, however, was difficult. They often had the ball and managed to hurt us”, it sounded in an interview with BT Sport. “We were nevertheless dangerous in the counter and our drive to defend fortunately never disappeared. In the second half, the defensive structure was even better. It was a great performance from my players and we could have finished it much earlier. However, this is not the time to be critical. The performance is amazing and the team deserves all the praise “, said the overjoyed Tuchel.
Casemiro was disappointed that Real had nothing to do with the predominance in the first half in West London. “We were better in the first 25 minutes,” said the midfielder afterwards Movistar. The Brazilian cannot explain why Real was no longer able to contain Chelsea after that. “They kept getting better and great opportunities arose. We are of course disappointed, especially because this was a very important game. But Chelsea were the better team.” Despite the elimination, Casemiro is also proud. “We have shown how great our previous performances in the Champions League were. It is not easy to win this tournament.” Real captured the most important European prize four times between 2014 and 2018.
Zinedine Zidane shared Casemiro’s opinion that Chelsea deserves the final place. “I can only be proud of my players”, the losing coach reported in the Spanish media. “We have given everything and have come a long way this year, but Chelsea have really delivered a great performance tonight. We are not happy, logically after a defeat in the semi-final in the Champions League. It is difficult to accept, but tomorrow we will just be there again “, concluded Zidane, who resumed the title fight in LaLiga with his team on Sunday with a home game against Sevilla.