{"id":1454,"date":"2026-04-27T18:01:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=1454"},"modified":"2026-04-27T18:01:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:01:05","slug":"chelsea-defender-explains-how-team-magically-got-powers-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=1454","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea defender explains how team magically got powers back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Trevoh Chalobah spoke to the media after Chelsea\u2019s FA Cup semi final win over Leeds last night, and tried to explain what had changed.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After Chelsea\u2019s narrow win over Leeds at Wembley, Trevoh Chalobah spoke to the TV cameras about why he thought his team had been able to suddenly raise their game following the sacking of Liam Rosenior earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know, maybe when you don\u2019t win games it\u2019s hard to get that determination back. For us it was just resetting, getting our standards back,\u201d Chalobah said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s still the players we had at the start of the season when we were flying. It\u2019s not like we lose our abilities overnight. It\u2019s just resetting and getting that feeling back and that mentality back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can see Chalobah speaking to Hayters in the clip embedded here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-lazy tweet-img lazyload\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;For us it&#8217;s just resetting, getting our standards back\u2026 It&#8217;s not like we lose our abilities overnight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea&#8217;s Trevoh Chalobah after the Blues reached the FA Cup final following the sacking of Liam Rosenior \ud83d\ude4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q789ZOJWBX\">pic.twitter.com\/q789ZOJWBX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hayters TV (@HaytersTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HaytersTV\/status\/2048719065032597579?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Chelsea players are back \u2013 but disappearance is going to cost everyone<\/h2>\n<p>We know what he means, but the reality is that these guys sort of <em>did<\/em> lose their abilities overnight. They stopped playing for the last coach, whether consciously or not.<\/p>\n<p>That is going to cost them all massively individually, as well as the club\u2019s long term future.<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Chelsea\u2019s domestic cup record has been a disaster for almost a decade now \u2013 a win in the FA Cup final would change all that.<\/p>\n<p>Eddie Howe is one of the front runners to get the Chelsea job in the summer \u2013 we\u2019re not sure how popular that would be with a lot of fans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPTC Podcast: Leeds fan Jack Durkin joins Jai Mcintosh to preview the FA Cup Semi Final!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/td3C9ns6uiU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories about <span class=\"topic\">Trevoh Chalobah<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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