Thiago Silva, The Brazilian defender and Chelsea captain, left the Stamford Bridge turf on Tuesday with a match ball under his arm. The London team had just been eliminated 4-0 on aggregate by Real Madrid in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, so the defender’s gesture from 38 years.
Subsequently, the Brazilian explained to the media the reason why he decided to keep one of the balls used in the match against Carlos Ancelotti.
“yeah disappointing finish the tie in this way after discarding several chances. But it’s like this this might be my last game in the Champions League. And it’s sad to end up like that,” lamented the Brazilian.
Thiago has a valid contract with the ‘blue’ team until June 2024, so next year he will still be in a position to play in the highest continental competition. However, the London team’s ugly campaign is in the lower middle zone of the Premier table,… 17 points! of positions that qualify for the Champions League.
Thiago Silva can’t hide his failure for KO: “We have examined the game in the first half, we still had a few occasions. But Real takes advantage of the first it has, the first you give. We created chances but I don’t understand why we couldn’t convert them. And it’s not a problem for the forwards, because we, the defenders, also miss some, like one of cucurella: if he had managed to score it, we would have seen a very different second half”.
Brazilian accumulates 105 matches in the top continental competition, where he made his defensive debut in the Milan shirt in 2009. He won the 2021 edition with Chelsea.
Source: La Verdad
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