Thiago excited to play against Chelsea in FA Cup final

midfielder

has expressed his delight at reaching the FA Cup final and playing against Chelsea, having narrowly missed the chance to play for Liverpool in their previous final against Blues.

The Spanish midfielder was in the squad for the EFL Cup final against

in February, but suffered an injury while warming up and missed the match. He watched the game in tears from the bench, but in the end, his team was able to defeat the Blues on penalties and win the competition. Before the crucial match on Saturday, the former star of Barcelona and Bayern Munich expressed his happiness that he has another chance to participate in another final against Chelsea.

He said:

"We fought a lot to arrive in that moment, that you can play in a final, and then suddenly because I had a bad thing, a bad neck problem and it caused just like a chain of movement that in the end caused me an injury in the hamstring.

"It's a moment where you are just frustrated. You just calm down a bit, you try to be cold enough to face the final. It was as it was. 

"We won it and, for sure, it's bittersweet that you don't play that game, but you're happy for the team.

"Lifting a trophy is a special moment but it was more for the frustrating situation that everybody had the last few years. It was because of what we have been through and was a kind of celebration of overcoming that situation."

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