The away dressing room was quiet except for the sound of breathing and water bottles being drained. Players sat slumped on benches with ice packs on their legs while others stared at the floor, processing the first half that had just ended.
Gasperini stood in the center with a tactical board in his hand, his expression calm but serious, and he waited until every player was looking at him before he spoke.
"That first half showed exactly what I expected," he said, his voice carrying authority without being loud. "Chelsea are quality and we knew that, but we gave them too much space in transition, let them run at us when we lost the ball."
He drew circles on the board with a marker, marking where the three goals had come from—Sterling's movement at the back post, Mount's shot from distance, the deflected goal off Moretti's leg.
