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Palmer broke his toe playing FIFA! | Marc Cucurella | Chelsea v Barcelona

Football

Year2025

Duration17m

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Marc Cucurella makes light of Cole Palmer’s freak injury, revealing the Chelsea star was ‘running’ after playing FIFA and broke his toe in the process. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro. 00:05 - Playing Barca: Special. 00:50 - High level: I’m at a good level. Good confidence. If I stayed at Barcelona the I don’t have the opportunity to play for Chelsea and win trophies. 01:53 - Estevao CWC: for sure. For him it wasn’t easy because he needed to run a lot but he responded with a lot of personality. It showed he’s a good player. 02:50 - Big week, chance to make a statement?: It’s a big week. All the players what to play these games. Everyone is focused. We have a good opportunity. We want to win all the trophies. 04:18 - Estevao and Yamal: difficult one this one. Both are very special players. They can decide games. Only difference is Yamal has played in europe for years and Estevao started this year. He can arrive at Yamal’s level. 05:07 - similar players?: Funny. 05:51 - no longer Cole palmer fc?: we’ve missed him for a couple of games, but we’ve won big games. We miss him but we are Chelsea. Most important thing is the team. 06:41 - Crazy Palmer injury: these things can happen. I’m stronger than them so I don’t feel it. Hopefully he can recover fast. 07:15 - what’s happened?: I’m not sure he probably lost a fifa game or something. 07:41 - How do you prepare for Yamal?: I told Estevao to wear shin pads. It’s not Yamal v Cucurella. It’s a big game. Tough battle and hopefully do our best. 08:35 - Chelsea improvement: it was tough. All these things we are now more calm and mature. We showed last season we are a better team. 09:50 - Yamal prep: I try to prepare in the best way. I have the support from my teammates. Hopefully a good game. 10:39 - favourite position: with this manager we have different ideas. My best is left back but I’m happy to play higher. 11:49 - How do you see everything with Yamal: he’s a special player. He’s going through a lot. He’s young and it’s