{"id":7181,"date":"2026-05-11T10:59:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=7181"},"modified":"2026-05-11T10:59:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:59:58","slug":"cucurella-on-how-chelsea-managed-to-improve-their-fa-cup-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=7181","title":{"rendered":"Cucurella on how Chelsea managed to improve their FA Cup odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Marc Cucurella played a key role for Chelsea against Liverpool, and he gave his thoughts on the performance after the game.<\/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>Marc Cucurella ended up playing a key role in an attacking sense for Chelsea against Liverpool at the weekend, with his runs into the left channel really unsettling the Reds throughout the game.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the draw, the Spaniard saw lots of positives from his team\u2019s performance, especially considering the context of the run of defeats they\u2019ve had recently.<\/p>\n<h2>Cucurella on team\u2019s \u201creally good\u201d reaction to defeats<\/h2>\n<p><span>\u201cI think the reaction of the team was really good after the last performance. I think we showed again that if we want to fight, if we play together, we are a really good team,\u201d Cucurella said in quotes picked up by the club\u2019s official website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully we can grow in confidence after this draw. I think maybe at some points we deserved the win, but we need to build on this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a massive game next week. We need to take the positive from Saturday and prepare good for the game and arrive in the best condition.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Gary O\u2019Neil has laid into the Strasbourg players and the club\u2019s January decisions which left him with a weakened squad.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea are going to struggle as they search for elite managers, according to Ruud Gullit, who named a couple of reasons why.<\/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: Chelsea Reporter Lloyd Canfield joins the show!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7UP6ox8d4pk?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\">Marc Cucurella<\/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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