Mauricio PochettinoChelsea manager, continued his habit of having a box of lemons in his office, a tradition he adopted during his time at Tottenham Hotspur and which he also moved to the Stamford Bridge club.
“Yes, I would like to have lemons in my office,” the Argentine coach admitted this Friday. “It’s a habit, not a superstition, but I like it. I don’t know why I believe it or whether it helps or not, but it makes me feel better. It’s like being at home. My office at the training center is like home and the lemons make me feel like I’m there.”
In 2017, during his time at Tottenham, Pochettino revealed in the book ‘Brave New World’ who always has a box of lemons in his office to “absorb bad energy.”
At the start of the season, Pochettino was also asked about the issue of lemons after a bad run for the London team.
“They started working after two years at Tottenham. Give the lemons time. This is something we believe in. If you want to have good energy, you have to implement all the things you believe in,” said the Argentine coach.
The tiredness of the city
Chelsea travel to Wembley this Saturday to face Manchester City, champions of the competition, in the first of two FA Cup semi-finals. Pep Guardiola’s team vThey had to be eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Champions League against Real Madrid, who beat them in a penalty shootout after extra time.
“We know very well, when you play 120 minutes in the Champions League the effort is huge. And emotionally, it’s not always easy to recover after losing,” admitted Pochettino.
“It’s hard for them, it’s hard for us”
Despite the effort and fatigue accumulated by City, the Argentine coach assured that “of course it will be difficult for them, as it is for us. We must remember that they have an incredible team… they showed in the last six or seven years of what are consistent players playing under Pep’s philosophy.
“They are, if not the best, one of the best teams in the world in the last five, six or seven years,” said Pochettino.
Source: La Verdad
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