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He used to clean Chelsea's toilets but Terry hopes to flush away Liverpool
26 February 2005(選錄)
Chairmen,owners,managers and players have come and gone,but throughout the
rise of Chelsea there has been one constant.John Terry has been at Stamford
Bridge since he was a trainee and spent years simply trying to earn a regular
place in the team.No wonder he could hardly hide his exciement at the club's
Surrey training ground yesterday as he looked ahead to leading his side out
in the Carling Cup final against Liverpool in Cardiff tomorrow.
"To be made captain earlier this season made me feel very proud,"Terry said.
"I've been here since I was a kid. I've been right at the bottom of this club.
I've cleaned boots, I've cleaned toilets.I've been ball-boy.Now,to be at the
top,hopefully lifting trophies,is the ultimate."
"People are saying that we've hit a blip,"he said."this is a chance for us
to shut people up.We want to bounce back,win the cup and then focus on the
champions' League and the league.A cup final is a perfect stage for us to do
that.
"When you're clear at the top of the league like we are - and like Arsenal
were last year and Manchester United before that-people want to knock you
down.It's a chance for you as experienced players and as an experienced
manager to deal with situations like that and take the criticism.
"It's important for us to win our first trophy.There is still a long way to
go in the League and in Champions' League.If we get this one in the cabinet,
people will progress in the two other competitions.
"Right from the word go,the manager and the players showed that we're in this
competition to win it.acouple of other big sides didn't field their strongest
teams,but we did.We have been to a lot of tough places and made some long
journeys but we've got our reward now because we're in the final.But it will
be worth nothing if we go there and lose,so we have to go there,forget about
the last two games and just concentrate on one thing - winning.
"It's down to us to pick ourselves up after two defeat and this is a great
chance to do it.Losing those two games has been a new experience for the team.
Myself and Lamps have had to pick the players up in training.We've just told
everyone that they have to forget about the Barcelona match and focus on the
big game on Sunday."
Terry is well aware that tomorrow he will be renewing his acquaintance with
Fernando Morientes,who scored in both legs against Chelsea while on loan to
Monaco.He will be a major threat again for Chelsea.
"It would obviously be good to get revenge because we felt we could go all
the way last year" Terry said."He's a great player.He's got great experince.
He's made for it. He's fantastic in the air.He scored a great header a few
weeks ago.He holds the ball up well, and when you've got people like Stevie
Gerrard coming lat from midfield it's going to be difficult.Hopefully,if we
can stop player like that,we'll come out on top."
He added:"It's a one-off game.Anyone can win on the day.They had a good
result in the week,so they're in a bit of form so they'll be full of
confidence.We've lost two on the bounce so people might start favouring
Liverpool a bit,but as a squad we'll go there full of confidence.We've had
few words to say to ourselves this week,but we have to pick ourselves up
and bouce straight back."
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