Chelsea midfielder Jorginho is today featured in a long chat with Brazilian outlet Globo Esporte.
Even though the player was born in South America, he decided to represent the Italian national team in 2016, and that’s what most of the conversation was all about.
Left out of the last call-up for the current internationals, Jorginho explained that manager Roberto Mancini chose to spare him due to recent injury issues he’s been having.
“I really wanted to be with the Italian team at the moment, but I had a physical problem,” Jorginho told Globo Esporte.
“Roberto Mancini called me before the start of the qualifiers and we talked. I wanted to, he wanted to, but honestly, I think that taking the risk of having a more serious injury at this point in the league was going to be very complicated.
“I have these two months now for Chelsea, which are going to be very important months, with a lot to be disputed, and then we come to the Euros. So, he evaluated and saw that the best thing to do was not to take that risk and I recover 100% so I could finish this season well.”
The 29-year-old commented on how hard it’s been to keep a place in the team, since the manager seems reluctant to keep the same line-up.
“I think that having a starting XI that changes a lot is good for the team, because that means that we have a lot of high-level players, of great quality, and whoever enters the pitch needs to do their best, to win.”
“This ends up making it difficult for the coach to make choices, but I think it’s positive. It increases competitiveness even in training, because we cannot relax, we need to be at our maximum physical level, be concentrated, always up there. If you let your guard down, you can stay out of one or two games, because the other players will be focused there.”
Then speaking of his works to be well rated in several features, the midfielder claimed there’s ‘no secret’ for it, as he’s been training hard on everything he can.
“Repetition, I think that’s it. Train, work, and believe in everything you do. Give 100% every day, that’s what I do. And I try never to settle, to always grow, to evolve. I run an average of 11 to 12 kilometres per game, but it varies a lot. There are times when we need to run more when we can’t control the moves so much. Or, if we are well positioned, more interceptions happen. But each of these statistics comes from teamwork.”
Jorginho has made 28 appearances in all competitions for Chelsea this season, scoring seven goals and assisting one other along the way.
