This summer, Chelsea showed everyone that they had to be taken seriously. After acquiring a deserved qualification in the Champions League, the Blues managed to win the Club World Cup. Following a nice route, the London club only made a bite of Paris Saint-Germain in the final. An XXL performance which had necessarily put a spotlight on the excellent work of Enzo Maresca at Stamford Bridge. Author of a good summer recruitment with the arrival of several good players (Joao Pedro, Liam Delap, Jorrel Hato), Chelsea had something to fuel his ambitions in the championship and on the continental scene.
At the start of the season, Chelsea met expectations. Despite an inaugural draw against a Crystal Palace which will stand up to many cadors this season (0-0), the Blues had managed to tame West Ham (1-5) and Fulham (2-0) before the September break. It was after this international window that the wind completely turned for the teammates of Robert Sanchez. Hanging against Brentford on the return of this truce, the men of Enzo Maresca were dryly beaten by Bayern Munich for their start in the Champions League (3-1). In bad shape, the Londoners also had to deal with an inconvenient number of wounded.
Enzo Maresca is pointed out in England
Beaten by Manchester United last week, Maresca players had everyone in the world to eliminate Lincoln, third division boarder, in the middle of the week in the cup. With a single victory in his last five games, Chelsea welcomed Brighton without certainties this Saturday. Deprived in particular from Palmer, Lavia, Colwill, Adarabioyo, Fofana or Delap, the Blues have however opened the scoring thanks to Fernandez. Finally, the red card by Trevoh Chalobah and the tactical change of Maresca which resulted of it turned the meeting in the nightmare. With a double of Welbeck and another goal from De Cuyper, the Seagulls overthrew blues at home and who are bogging into the crisis. Pointed out after this defeat on social networks, Enzo Maresca will quickly have to find psychological and tactical springs to relaunch his team.
Not being able to manage his team which takes many red cards, the Italian also does not master the meetings in numerical inferiority. Asked after the meeting, Jorrel Hato returned to the impact that the red card had on their setback against Brighton: “I think everyone played in the first half, we dominated them. We scored a good goal and in the second half, after 10 minutes, we conceded a red card. After that, we knew it would be difficult. Red? For me, it seems that Trevoh played the ball. I have to see the match again, I don't know. When you are 10 against 11 for 40 minutes, it's important. »» Chelsea will quickly have to correct the shot. Currently seventh in the Premier League, the capital's club will face Benfica of a certain José Mourinho in the Champions League this week before challenging Liverpool, who lost against Crystal Palace this Saturday, next weekend. A tough program to pull yourself together and which could even cause Enzo Maresca and his team to flow in the crisis …
