Chelsea’s prime 4 place appeared like a given not way back. The query , not in the event that they have been going to succeed in the Champions League locations.
2 factors from a doable 12 in maybe our best run of the season has modified all that. Now the Italian coach is
“Since we began we’re there [in the top 4], however our focus is simply sport after sport, to see the place we’re, how we are able to enhance, after which the final 2 or 3 video games we see the place we’re after which from there we see.”
Effectively we want we might consider they actually have been going sport by sport – however the impression of those previous few matches is that the main focus has very a lot been misplaced. A prime 4 end would nonetheless be higher than what most anticipated earlier than the season began, however the truth we have been doing so effectively till Christmas will now make a fifth place end really feel an enormous failure relatively than a average success.
You possibly can see the coach talking within the clip embedded right here:
Maresca should observe what he preaches and get this staff again to fundamentals
A sport in opposition to Morecambe within the FA Cup is up subsequent, and can give the staff the prospect for a return to successful methods. However it in all probability gained’t depend for a lot – all the eye might be on the midweek sport in opposition to Bournemouth a number of days later.
They’re a really harmful staff, completely set as much as rip a facet like Chelsea aside if their perception is wobbling, which it actually appears to be proper now. There’s no have to panic, however Maresca should actually earn his wages this week on the coaching pitch.
