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By LUKE POWER, SPORTS REPORTER <\/p>\n
Published:<\/span> 16:18 BST, 25 May 2026 <\/time> <\/span> | Updated:<\/span> 16:19 BST, 25 May 2026 <\/time> <\/span> <\/p>\n
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Cesc Fabregas has been hailed for making one of football’s ‘best motivational speeches’ by fans after guiding Italian minnows Como into the Champions League.<\/p>\n
Como thrashed (and relegated) Jamie Vardy’s Cremonese side 4-1 on Sunday to secure their place at Europe’s top table after just two seasons in Serie A. <\/p>\n
Fabregas has been in charge of the ambitious club, who count Thierry Henry among their investors, for two years. <\/p>\n
They have risen from the fourth tier to the Champions League in seven seasons – having nearly gone bankrupt a decade ago – but may be forced to play away from their beautiful lakeside\u00a0Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia due to UEFA restrictions. <\/p>\n
Fabregas gathered the squad around him after they finished fourth in Serie A and said in English: ‘I had a feeling. I always get my responses by feeling.<\/p>\n
‘Guys, it’s all up to you. It’s all thanks to every one of you. <\/p>\n
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Cesc Fabregas was lifted into the air by his Como stars after they reached the Champions League<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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He has been hailed for his motivational speeches after leading the minnows to fourth in Serie A<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
‘We try to help you, we try to give you certain solutions – you are the reason this is so f****** beautiful.<\/p>\n
‘I thank you for all my life, because this will probably be the best group I will ever coach. I have no doubt you will be remembered forever. <\/p>\n
‘Enjoy a f****** good holiday, enjoy a big party. You deserve everything. All the best. And what are we playing next year?’<\/p>\n
At this point, Como’s stars closed in on the 39-year-old and started to bounce around, chanting: ‘champions!’<\/p>\n
Back in the dressing room, the former Arsenal, Barcelona, and Chelsea maestro added: ‘Congratulations, you truly had a season of champions.<\/p>\n
‘I know that today we didn’t finish in the way that we perhaps we wanted. Tomorrow, training at 10 (joking).<\/p>\n
‘But one thing I have to say before we go out there with all our fans: thank you, but be strong, because this year is nothing.<\/p>\n
‘This is only the warm-up. Next year: more efficiency, more work. <\/p>\n
‘And like how I promised and you guys wanted: do you want to go to Ibiza?’<\/p>\n
At this juncture, he fired a fist pump into the air and the group burst into celebration. <\/p>\n
This is the Spaniard’s first senior managerial job and he has taken to the role like a duck to water, winning almost half of his games. <\/p>\n
He has been linked with high-profile jobs including the hot seat at Chelsea before Xabi Alonso was appointed. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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