Chelsea fullback Marc Cucurella has defended Nicolas Jackson after his red card in their Club World Cup defeat to Flamengo.
Jackson came on in the second-half and lasted just six minutes before seeing red for a high challenge of Fla midfielder Lucas.
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Cucurella said at the final whistle: “He’s very sad. He tried to win the ball, had the bad luck that he kicked his leg and that’s it.
"He’s a young player with a lot of quality but maybe needs to improve a little bit in these things.
“But he has to learn. After the manager spoke, he said sorry, he didn’t do it on purpose. He’s a very important player for us, we will miss him in the next game but this is football.”