https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2020/02/25/
mason-mount-ready-to-deliver-in-the-champions-league-with-munich
Mount ready to deliver in Champions League with Munich memories in mind
25 Feb 2020
Mason Mount had just entered his teenage years when he watched Chelsea
beat Bayern Munich to win the Champions League. Now it's his turn to help
the Blues try to get the better of the German giants.
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Mount is 21 years old and already has over 100 senior appearances to his
name, including six England caps. But should he feature against Bayern
Munich tonight it will be his first taste of knockout Champions League
football, like a number of his Chelsea team-mates. Simply put, he can't
wait.
'It's a massive feeling, to be able to be involved is brilliant,' says
Mount. 'For us younger boys, for us to realise we actually do need to step
up every game and that pressure is always on now. It helps us to perform,
I feel. It makes us stronger together as a team. So, it's a brilliant
experience and we're learning all the time.
'When you hear the Champions League anthem you kind of pinch yourself. I
remember speaking to Tammy about it and saying when the song is on it's
just an unreal feeling. It's kind of overwhelming to be involved and to
hear that song that many legends in the past have been able to stand there
and listen to. It's obviously a massive moment.'
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Mason Mount training at Cobham yesterday
As a Chelsea player since the age of eight, Mount knows why a game against
Bayern Munich resonates so strongly. He says our triumph in Bavaria in
2012 motivated him to reach the heights he has, and now his desire is to
help the Blues to another positive result against the serial Champions
League winners, and current German champions.
'For the final I was at home, with my family, we were all watching it. I
remember it very clearly. We were all jumping around in the front room
celebrating. And obviously how the game went, it was unbelievable to watch
and it spurred you on to want to be involved in a game like that in the
future.
'It's quite surreal, how in the past it's happened and now we're playing
against Bayern and a legend's the manager. It's crazy how everything's
happened, but we're very, very confident going into the game that we can
win.
'We need to take that confidence that we had at Ajax away and the big
performances that we've pulled off this season, and hopefully we can do it
now.'