Chelsea player on loan at Lorient discusses tackling
Brazil great, what he learned at Ipswich and a picture with Lampard he loves
“It was an unbelievable experience,” Trevoh Chalobah says as he remembers coming off the bench to help Lorient record a famous victory over
Paris Saint-Germain in January. “Being on the same pitch as Ángel Di María, Neymar, Kylian Mbappé – I’d been watching this team play in the
Champions League. To beat them was unbelievable.”
Chalobah had entered at half-time, stepping into midfield and setting his sights on stopping the superstars in PSG’s attack. The score was 1-1, Neymar’s penalty cancelling out Laurent Abergel’s opener. It was the ultimate test of Chalobah’s defensive capabilities. “Neymar was playing as a No 10,” the 21-year-old says. “I had to mark him a lot. Even when I tackled him, it was like: ‘Wow, I tackled Neymar.’”