Chelsea captain Cesar Azipilicueta believes Mason Mount will recover after he missed a penalty in Chelsea’s defeat to Liverpool in the FA Cup finals.
The result means Chelsea has lost three consecutive FA Cup finals in a row.that is a bad record for a Club like Chelsea.
Like the EFL Cup in February, the two teams were able to break the deadlock in the regular 90 minutes and after extra time.
Chelsea lost 5-6 on penalties to Liverpool, The second time this season and against the same opponent.
Azpilicueta missed the second for Chelsea after Marcos Alonso had opened the Penalty shot-out for Chelsea. Edouard Mendy saved Sadio Mane’s penalty to make the kick level. Mason Mount’s penalty was saved by Allison Becker before Liverpool left-back Kostas Tsimikas scored the winning Penalty.
The defeat to Liverpool means Mason Mount has lost six consecutive finals at Wembley for both Club and Country. the latest is the Euro 2020 final against Italy, the EFL Cup against Liverpool, and the Saturday FA Cup against Liverpool.
Cesar Azpilicueta who also missed a Penalty on the night believes 23 years old Chelsea Midfielder will have many chances to rewrite the wrongs.
What did Azpilicueta say?
When Azpilicueta was quizzed about what Mason Mount might be feeling after the game he said via football. London: “For me as well, I missed my penalty as well.
“It’s not just Mason, we are all together here. We had the list [of penalty takers] and we all feel confident and we wanted to shoot.
“This time it happened. I’m sure Mason will have a lot of chances, he’s a young player, and I’m sure he will be okay.”
Azpilicueta added: “It’s part of football. Sometimes it’s true that it looks like it is, but of course, we are the first ones who are hurt.’’
“We want to do our best, we want to score the penalty and make our fans happy, but unfortunately it didn’t happen. We have to put our heads up and go for the next one.
“When we arrived at the penalty shoot-out, we tried to do the best we can. We were ready for it, but unfortunately, this time it didn’t happen again. It’s football, it is hard to take.
“We got over the line in the Champions League, the Super Cup, the Club World Cup, it’s the highest level. There is a fine line where two centimeters can be the difference between hitting the post and going out or hitting the post and going in.
“Sometimes it’s like this. It’s difficult to describe because now the level in football is higher and higher. The margins are shorter and every detail counts. Of course, it hurts when you have penalties after two such big games against Liverpool in the final and to lose.”
Chelsea and its new owners will have to strengthen some key departments of the team with Antonio Rudger and Andrea Christiansen all leaving the club on a free transfer this summer.
According to multiple reports, Thomas Tuchel has shortlisted three players to replace Antonio Rudiger and Andrea Christensen.
