Marc Cucurella has become the marmite player out there right now amongst Chelsea fans.
There’s many Blues fans who rate him, and there are many more who still do not rate him.
For me, I always said that when I watched Cucurella at Getafe, I thought he was an excellent left back. At Brighton as well he was good. Then once he arrived at Chelsea his form completely dipped, and let’s not ignore the fact that he has had some very poor games for us and has often had concentration lapses and can be overly rash and headless when playing.
His Chelsea form has not been great overall. But the second half of last season he started to show much better form and better quality, leaving out more of the brain farts from his game. And he has seemingly taken that into the Euros.
Make no mistake, his Euros form has not just been consistent, it has been consistently fantastic.
So far at the Euros, Cucurella has:
Played: 5
Tackles: 8
Ball Recoveries: 31
Passing Accuracy: 91.2%
Distance Covered: 53.27km
Average Rating: 7.5/10
That’s not just consistent, that is excellent.
Last night he helped his team reach the final of the Euros, beating France 2-1. And once again, he was one of the better performers on the pitch.
Stats vs France:
Cucurella registered more forward passes (24) than any other French player managed all game between the two sides last night.
Cucurella has registered more successful tackles (9), more successful interceptions (6) and more blocks (4) than any other Spanish player during the Euros.
He’s literally proving Gary Neville wrong right now as well, which I think we as Chelsea fans can collectively get behind and celebrate!
Whatever you think of Cucurella and whether you rate him or not, I think we all need to be collectively praising his Euros so far, and also, a much better second half of the season with Chelsea – he’s been excellent lately.
I’m not interested in anyone calling this a flip flop opinion, I will ALWAYS praise our players when…
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Author : Simon Phillips
Publish date : 2024-07-10 11:32:06
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