20/05/2025
🎙Enzo Maresca's Full Pre-Betis Press Conference:
🔹Enzo Maresca on Manuel Pellegrini: "It's special [to be in a final against him]. I spent four years with Manuel. He's a reference for me because of his career and history, and especially because he's a top person.I spoke with Manuel yesterday, to be honest. We are so close. We spoke in the past a lot. We will speak in the present and the future."
🔹Enzo Maresca: "I didn't see the players since the Man United game. I will see them today. For a personal reason, I was not here yesterday. The focus is just on Nottingham. Then after that final, we will be focused on the final.I am here to talk to you about the final [today], not with the players [until after Nottingham Forest].""
🔹Enzo Maresca: "I am not happy, 100% [about Real Betis playing Friday and Chelsea playing Sunday before the final]. You cannot allow a team more than 48 hours when you play a European competition final."
🔹Enzo Maresca: "Filip is going to play the final. He played all the competition. It's unfair that you arrive to the final and not play. Betis will be Filip plus 10 players. He deserves to play the final. At the moment, Marc Guiu and Christopher Nkunku start to take part [in training]. But they are still not both 100%"
🔹Enzo Maresca: "The main target is, for sure, to win again, a European competition with Chelsea. It's something important for the club, for the fans, for everyone. It means we are going in the right direction."
🔹Enzo Maresca: "This season has helped the players to win games. It's the only way to build a winners' mentality. Until now, we are close to the last step. Hopefully we can win the title."
🔹Enzo Maresca: "If I ask you it's normal if a team has 48 hours more when you play a European final? It's not normal. If it's UEFA, La Liga, the Premier League... I don't know."
🔹Enzo Maresca: "I was in Madrid on Sunday watching Atletico vs Betis live."