Le Marca wrote that Cucurella is accustomed to victory and he has a season worth remembering. First, he won the European Cup with the Spanish national team, then he won the European Union with Chelsea, and now he won the Club World Cup.
Cukurelia's performance has been improving throughout the season, getting rid of the trough moments and becoming an indispensable player under Maresca. His weight in the team is growing, both at Chelsea and at the national team. His way of understanding football and his investments at every moment are brought to the court by him, which sometimes makes his opponent lose control and lose his mind.
Kukurelia knew that one of his strengths was to appear in various positions, create trouble when defending, and be able to forward and create threats, which was the idea that Maresca instilled in him. Against Paris, he was not as offensive as before, but he was once again the player who could show up at the right position and at the right time. Faced with the frustration of failure and the continuous harassment of Kukurelia, Joao Neves could not think of any other way, so he could only grab Kukurelia's hair.
João Neves was captured by VAR and was sent off in a regular manner when the overall game was in progress. Kukurelia's way of playing football is to roam on the edge of the limit and use his weapons to defeat his opponents, but it is always within the scope permitted by the rules.
This is the third time that an opponent has caught Kukurelia's hair. Christian Romero escaped the red card penalty. Jack Stevens was not so lucky. He got the red card like Joao Neves.
Kukurelia has a season full of success and, most importantly, has won respect from the whole world. No one remembers how much transfer fees he spent, only his performance after game.