Enzo Maresca has insisted the goal for Chelsea have to be Champions League qualification forward of the Premier League run-in.
Chelsea sit sixth within the desk, although are only a level outdoors the highest 4 locations. Nevertheless, after a powerful begin to the marketing campaign, Chelsea have faltered in current weeks. The Blues have received simply two of their final 9 Premier League video games to fall out of the Champions League locations.
Maresca’s workforce journey to face fellow top-four hopefuls Aston Villa in an enormous recreation this weekend. Forward of the conflict, the Chelsea boss mentioned his workforce should construct on their progress this season and goal a spot in subsequent season’s Champions League.
“We spent virtually the season within the prime 4 and with 13 video games to go, the goal, for positive, is prime 4,” he mentioned at his pre-match press convention.
“We are going to attempt our greatest to attain that. Understanding the troublesome second we’ve got now. 5 or 6 important gamers out.
“I’m right here to win video games and convey this membership preventing for titles. The issue is while you win video games, you look humble and while you don’t win video games, you appear like an absence of ambition.
“My intention is to deliver this membership the place it must be.”
Aston Villa secured Champions League qualification for the primary time final season and are in competition once more for the highest 4. In Europe, Villa have reached the Spherical of 16. Nevertheless, Unai Emery’s workforce are with out a win within the Premier League since January 15.
Regardless of that type, Maresca has lavished reward on The Villans and the person in cost.
“Because the new mission with [Unai] Emery, doing unbelievable,” he mentioned on Villa.
“You may see within the Champions League, they completed within the first eight and so they’re preventing to complete within the prime 4 this season.
“The workforce is superb. And the supervisor is likely one of the greatest managers.”
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