Jamie Carragher actually does charge Enzo Maresca as a head coach, and he has executed for fairly some time.
While he’ll usually criticise Chelsea’s challenge and recruitment, he has all the time backed the teaching talents of Maresca, and he continues to take action.
He’s put him up there now with Pep Guardiola, along with his newest evaluation on Sky Sports activities this week.
Carragher praised Chelsea’s possession play versus Spurs from the weekend.
“I’ll let you know a supervisor who can coach this, and that’s Enzo Maresca. We’ve seen this so much from Chelsea since he got here in, it’s nothing new,” Carragher mentioned.
“What you see by way of rotations is: you’ve received a central midfield participant in Reece James, now a part of a again three within the center there, splitting the centre backs.
“You’ve received your proper again, at occasions you see it with the left again – Cucurella. He’s taking over nearly proper sided attacking midfield positions. And also you’ve received Enzo Fernandez, who spent loads of time within the recreation on this position, at occasions pulling vast, but additionally at occasions he was pulling vast, however he was additionally pulling Palhinha onto the final line.”
“Now what occurs: the ball is available in to Joao Pedro, and what you’ve received now’s, that’s your centre ahead, and your proper again is your highest participant on the attacking line.
“So while you discuss rotations, that is what the managers on the actually high degree can do. Pep Guardiola, Arne Slot, Mikel Arteta, Enzo Maresca. They will coach the rotations and the actions.”
There was actually so much to reward Maresca for on this victory. However one factor that additionally stood out was how significantly better they defended set-pieces and throw-ins, one thing they’ve struggled with currently.
It’s been mentioned that they skilled all week engaged on this, permitting methods for Robert Sanchez to have the ability to come and declare issues extra comfortably. It actually labored nicely on this recreation.
These are the little issues that may genuinely make a distinction in video games, and that is some respectable evaluation from Carragher.
