If you’re a Chelsea fan, you’ll know exactly why Cesar Azplicueta is just called ‘Dave.’
Upon arriving at the club from Marseille in 2012, the Stamford Bridge faithful struggled to adjust to his long surname and subsequently applied more simple name ‘Dave’ to the defender.
Azpilicueta has gone on to become an incredible servant for the west London side and was named the Blues’ captain after Gary Cahill left in 2019.
He is now known as ‘Azpi’ by many, but new Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel appeared to have trouble with the pronunciation during the 0-0 draw with Wolves on Wednesday night.
Luckily, his former player at Borussia Dortmund, Christian Pulisic, was there to step in and help him out.
Pulisic could hilariously be seen saying: ‘It’s Azpi, not Azpli!’ to Tuchel on the sidelines.
Tuchel pledged to conjure the ‘special energy’ required to turn Chelsea into serial silverware winners following the 0-0 stalemate.
“From now on I don’t see too many weaknesses: I will focus on our strengths, the mix is amazing of the team between experienced players, big personalities and young, hungry talent,” he said.
“I’m used to creating the special energy and atmosphere you need to create the possibility to win every three days in a league like this.
“And I believe we can do this on a daily basis.
“What I saw yesterday (in training) was very open stuff, very helpful stuff.
“We will build a team that nobody wants to play against. And that’s the challenge for me to do that as quickly as possible.”
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