Marc Cucurella has develop into the marmite participant on the market proper now amongst Chelsea followers.
There’s many Blues followers who price him, and there are various extra who nonetheless don’t price him.
For me, I at all times mentioned that after I watched Cucurella at Getafe, I assumed he was a wonderful left again. At Brighton as effectively he was good. Then as soon as he arrived at Chelsea his type fully dipped, and let’s not ignore the truth that he has had some very poor video games for us and has typically had focus lapses and may be overly rash and headless when enjoying.
His Chelsea type has not been nice general. However the second half of final season he began to point out significantly better type and higher high quality, leaving out extra of the mind farts from his sport. And he has seemingly taken that into the Euros.
Make no mistake, his Euros type has not simply been constant, it has been constantly improbable.
To date on the Euros, Cucurella has:
Performed: 5
Tackles: 8
Ball Recoveries: 31
Passing Accuracy: 91.2%
Distance Coated: 53.27km
Common Score: 7.5/10
That’s not simply constant, that’s glorious.
Final night time he helped his crew attain the ultimate of the Euros, beating France 2-1. And as soon as once more, he was one of many higher performers on the pitch.
Stats vs France:
Cucurella registered extra ahead passes (24) than another French participant managed all sport between the 2 sides final night time.
Cucurella has registered extra profitable tackles (9), extra profitable interceptions (6) and extra blocks (4) than another Spanish participant throughout the Euros.
He’s actually proving Gary Neville incorrect proper now as effectively, which I feel we as Chelsea followers can collectively get behind and have fun!
No matter you consider Cucurella and whether or not you price him or not, I feel all of us have to be collectively praising his Euros to date, and likewise, a significantly better second half of the season with Chelsea – he’s been glorious recently.
I’m not taken with anybody calling this a flip flop opinion, I’ll ALWAYS reward our gamers when it’s due and so they deserve the reward, simply as I’ll criticise after I assume they’re enjoying badly. It’s so necessary to do each and drop any agendas. It’s necessary to name out positivity simply as a lot as it’s negativity.
Do I feel Cucurella is now going to show issues round at Chelsea? I’m sceptical nonetheless for the time being – my thoughts doesn’t simply overlook concerning the poor type he has proven and the numerous errors he has made at Chelsea. However I’m not so closed minded that I wont be ready to provide him, or any participant an opportunity to show me incorrect. Not essentially incorrect, as a result of as I mentioned I rated him at Getafe and at Brighton. However maybe to show my latest ideas on him incorrect and present they will make it and be a Chelsea participant.
If Cucurella is enjoying effectively then that’s solely a great factor for the crew I really like, so why would anybody be towards that?
And the factor that makes it even simpler to again Cucurella is as a result of he’s only a actually nice man, an important character, and I’ve heard he’s a extremely humorous and entertaining particular person to have round Cobham to assist preserve morale up. He deserves the reward, so we must always all completely be giving it to him proper now for his nice and constant performances on the Euros. If England can’t win it, then I’m all for Spain and Cucurella to deliver it dwelling!
I don’t know what his Chelsea future holds, the membership would take heed to good provides for each/both of Ben Chilwell and Cucurella. So we are going to see. However he’s put himself in an important place forward of beginning pre-season with Chelsea, and his technical and passing potential will make him an ideal Enzo Maresca participant, if he can minimize out the legal responsibility aspect of his sport. Jury stays out, however my thoughts is totally open.
