Chelsea defeated Barcelona 3-0 in the Champions League midweek, and Enzo Fernández heaped praise on Marc Cucurella's performance.
"Obviously, Cucurella is a beast. Having a teammate like him every day is very special—he's hilarious and always in a good mood," Enzo said. “Besides that, he's well-trained and always eager to improve. For us, having a defender of his quality is extremely important.”
“To be honest, we're over the moon with this result. I think we fully showed our character and felt more and more comfortable as the game went on.”
“After Araújo was sent off, Barcelona had to be more compact, which gave us more space—and that's when we scored two goals at the perfect time.”
“Their defense was very high up, and we knew the spaces were behind Barcelona. We could use runs in behind, and we successfully found our forwards in those gaps multiple times. That's the plan Enzo Maresca prepared for us this week. We played better as the game progressed and finally won 3-0—it's an excellent result.”
"Right now, we're just taking it step by step. We don't put ourselves in the position of contenders, even though we represent a truly big club like Chelsea. We have a great team, and we're moving forward one step at a time."
