UCL Qualification Is Realistic As Long As It Remains Mathematically Possible – Pochettino

Chelsea manager, Mauricio Pochettino has come out to label the club its own worst enemy. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, the week after the hammering by Newcastle United has been tough on everyone at the club, and this was down to the fact that the approach for that game was wrong.

He added that as long as qualifying for UCL is still mathematically possible, it’s definitely a realistic dream.

His words, “It was a tough week for everyone. But I am very happy because I think they reacted very well. After you watch the game, it was worse than my feelings after the game. I was tough with them inside and outside [in the media]. But that was my feelings with them, because I think our approach was wrong so we take responsibility too.

It was a good week to realise what we need to improve, to be more consistent and mature. We didn’t do things we cannot afford not to do in this process. I am very, very happy so far, even if it was tough in training and our meetings. But sometimes these situations help you improve. It’s not the opponent, we can see it against Tottenham, Manchester City and Newcastle.

You could easily say the one we were most likely to take points against was Newcastle because they had to play Paris Saint-Germain three days later, which could have been a distraction. Okay, we beat Tottenham and we lost against Newcastle. We are our own worst enemies and need to focus on us. If we are in a good place, we will compete in a good way and Brighton will not be a problem.

If it is mathematically [possible], we need to believe it is realistic.

It is another thing that will be tough to achieve, [qualifying] for European competition, but it is still there. Now, the most important thing is not to see the end of the season but to see the process and improve every day. That’s the most difficult thing in this process; it is to be focused on today and not tomorrow. That’s one aspect we were working on this week.”