Chelsea star offers support to Jorginho after Italy’s defeat

Chelsea football star and England international Mason Mount has offered support to his teammate and Italy international Jorginho.

This comes after Italy, who are the current Euro champions, were booted out from the list of those that will be participating in this year’s world cup by North Macedonia a few days ago.

The defeat has left Jorginho devastated, and Mount has reacted to this.

‘I always mention that Jorgi is the joker in the group,’ Mount said. ‘But when it comes to big games against us, there is nothing but respect between us all.

‘When you’re at that level and you’re playing in finals, football is on the line and there is passion that goes into the game.

‘The hunger to win for your country means so much, so there would never be a joke about it afterwards. It’s all about respect. If you look at how far both teams (England and Italy) had to come to get that opportunity in the (Euro 2020) final, it was a massive amount of work,’ he added.

‘So, no, I won’t be giving him jokes or stick about what’s happened with Italy. It’s hard for me to see a player I have played with for the last three years go through something like that.

‘You know how much hard work it takes to get into that position, so to just fall short is so disappointing.’

Mount revealed he has also reached out to Jorginho.

He said: ‘I actually sent him a little message and said, “keep your head up, you’ve had an amazing season and hopefully we can go on this season to win some more things together”.’