Speaking of losses, it is one of the less enviable tasks of a captain that he is often the one that has to face the media immediately after a setback on the pitch.



‘It is hard,’ he says of those hopefully rare occasions.



’Sometimes you don’t want to be there because of the emotions or the feeling but I have the experience, I have this characteristic in myself that I always face reality. At times when not being captain I did it as well and now we have a younger team, sometimes you have to show your face and it is part of the job.’



It is part of the job that is more than balanced out by lifting trophies at the end of successful campaigns, which is where we commenced this interview.



‘I always felt part of the team when things are going well or when they are going wrong,’ he sums up.



‘I am first to analyse and to improve, first of all myself because I am someone who always likes to win and to try to get as close as possible to perfection.



‘With my personality, with my passion, with my character I try to influence everyone next to me in every training session and every game. With the fans when we have tough moments I am the first to be there and to help anyone. We know we are in Chelsea and we have a lot of responsibilities, on and off the pitch, and you have to be ready in every moment.’



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