CWC: I’m proud to be part of Chelsea glorious story, says Hudson-Odoi
Chelsea attacker, Callum Hudson-Odoi, is pinching himself after winning the Club World Cup.
Hudson-Odoi was in the Chelsea starting line-up as we triumphed 2-1 in extra-time against Palmeiras in the FIFA Club World Cup final, lifting that trophy for the first time in the club’s history, a fact which makes the winger very proud.
“It’s crazy. I think I’ve said it from the start, it’s an amazing feeling to know you have the opportunity to play in such big competitions anyway, but to have the opportunity to win them as well, the feeling like that, I don’t know how you can describe it.
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“Especially when it’s something for the first time for the club. I think every one of the players deserves a lot of credit, they did really well and they deserve it. Hopefully we keep creating more history for the club and win as much as possible.”
On the final, Hudson-Odoi continued: “The way they defended was really difficult at times, they defended with six or seven players at the back all the time,’ explained Hudson-Odoi. ‘So it was so difficult to get past but I think at times, you can’t defend like that for 120 minutes of football, you’re going to open up sooner or later.
“So it’s definitely a big thing for us to know that the more you keep playing the more opportunities you’re going to get around the goal and you’re going to create more.
“It’s just about us taking the chances and I think that we did that in the final. It was a difficult game but we’re glad that we won the match.”
Hudson-Odoi also discussed his assist for the opening goal at the Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, as it was his cross that found Romelu Lukaku to send a powerful header into the top corner.
“We try to link up as much as possible,” he added. “I think whether it’s in training or games we try our best to see each other’s strengths and what we try to implement in our games. We know that Rom sometimes likes it to feet, he likes it in behind, he likes it in the air.
“So at that moment when I saw him with the ball I thought: ‘you know what, I know Rom, if I get this cross perfect he’s going to score it’. So as soon as I got it in there I said to myself ‘yeah, it’s a goal’. As soon as it went in my head was just going crazy.
“But we combine a lot in training and obviously in games we’ve been trying to as much as possible. Sometimes it doesn’t work, sometimes it does, but at the end of the day you’ve just got to be positive, just keep going and trying to push as much as possible.
“So that’s what we try to do, keep trying to combine and hopefully he’ll get more chances and score more goals.”