John Terry will simply not agree with Moises Caicedo’s assessment of Chelsea’s Champions League elimination at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain.
The Blues came crashing out of the tournament on Tuesday night after losing 3-0 in the second leg of their last-16 tie.
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In the first leg, Chelsea lost 5-2, meaning that they were defeated 8-2 on aggregate. Before this week, Chelsea had never conceded eight goals across two legs in Europe’s elite competition.
Moises Caicedo claims Chelsea tried their ‘best’ against PSG
Despite conceding eight goals, including five in one single match, Caicedo has claimed that Chelsea did everything they could against PSG.
In a post-match interview via ESPN, the midfielder said: “Of course we know PSG are a very tough opponent. We tried to show our best, but they are the current champions of the competition. We did our best but we didn’t get what we wanted.”
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Regarding the first leg, it is hard to disagree with Caicedo. Chelsea went toe-to-toe with arguably Europe’s best club for around 75 minutes.
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However, the second leg was a different story. Yes, it was another mistake that set PSG on their way to another victory, but after that, how can you say Chelsea tried their best?
Players were losing second balls, misplacing passes and getting in each other’s way. The second goal they conceded after Caicedo’s mix up with Andrey Santos was just ridiculous. If that was Chelsea’s best, then this team is in serious trouble.
John Terry never would have had Moises Caicedo reaction in his day
The Chelsea teams that Terry played in never would have suffered an 8-2 loss, and if they did, no one would have come out and said they did their best.
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The level that the Blues were at, the team would have been apologising. Losing to PSG is fine; conceding eight goals is not.
Understandably, Terry was far from happy after Tuesday night’s result. He said on his TikTok: “You cannot lose 8-2 over two legs. I’m sorry, you can’t. I don’t care who you are, what team you are, you just cannot lose 8-2. So really frustrating.”
Unfortunately for Chelsea supporters, listening to Caicedo’s words, maybe this is now the club’s standards. ‘We got beat 8-2, but at least we tried our best!’ Pathetic.
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