Are Chelsea Premier League title contenders? Enzo Maresca’s side thriving after Club World Cup success | Football News
Chelsea qualified for the Champions League, won the conference League and became the club World Cup champion in the first season of Enzo Maresca in charge.
Can they now launch a first league title challenge?
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Chelsea fans turned against Maresca at halftime in their match in Fulham in April.
After winning only once in their previous four games, their hopes of the Champions League are struck until Tyrique George and Pedro Neto produce a late dramatic turnaround. It turned out to be the turn of their season.
Chelsea has won 13 of her last 15 games with Maresca refining her system and also experimenting with the club’s World Cup using each outdoor player.
Reece James played alongside Caicedo Moise in the midfield, allowing Enzo Fernandez to prosper further.
The Marc Cucurella and Malo Gusto files remained largely at the club World Cup rather than coming to the middle and Cole Palmer shone playing on the right wing rather than behind the attacker.
It was also noticeable to see how Chelsea played longer against PSG, bypassing their brand press and using their rhythm and their power to mount the ground.
Maresca’s style of possession has become exciting.
Pedro, Delap, Jackson guarantee objectives but also a headache
Joao Pedro scored twice during his first departure for Chelsea
Chelsea came off when Nicolas Jackson injured his hamstrings halfway last season. Christopher Nkunku could not fill the void and winger Pedro Neto had to play as an attacker. Palmer’s drastic drop drop also coincided with their sticky race.
They will not have the same problems before next season. The additions of Joao Pedro and Liam Delap have shown a declaration of intention that the club wishes to compete on all fronts. They can also call on young Marc Guiu and George.
The trio scored 32 goals in the Premier League last season. The biggest problem will be to keep them all satisfied with the regular playing time. The rumors of exit for Jackson have already started.
Can Sanchez continue its CWC form?
Robert Sanchez was mocked by Chelsea fans sometimes last season when he had the ball at his feet. His five errors leading to goals, the largest in the Premier League, did not cost Chelsea a place in the Champions League, but left the most thought that he had to be replaced.
“I cannot see someone winning the Premier League with this goalkeeper and without central defender,” said Jamie Carragher in December. He followed a month later saying that Sanchez is a goalkeeper for a “half-time” club.
Chelsea Robert Sanchez’s goalkeeper with the World Cup Golden Glove Award club
Chelsea moved away from the signing of AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan, before the club World Cup, which seemed to raise Sanchez before the tournament.
The 27-year-old kept four clean sheets, brilliant in the final with six stops to win the Golden Glove and his PSG in difficulty for a long time on the counterattack. This could be a turning point in his career in Chelsea – it must be if they want to challenge for the title.
“ Bottle work of billions of pounds ” showing the resolution
Todd Boehly now has something to show for his spending of 1.5 billion pounds sterling in Chelsea.
A place in the Champions League, a conference league trophy and a triumph of the Club World Cup have threw the emblematic rest of Gary Neville.
Chelsea is looking for the real business with a young team who quickly inherited the winning mentality of the club trophy.
The estimated price of 111 million pounds in silver in the Club World Cup will also help balance books.
Quick start possible but CWC Hangover?
The Lighting computer gave Chelsea a favorable start to the season, from Crystal Palace on August 17, live Sky Sports.
West Ham, Fulham and Brentford follow before leaving London for the first time when they visit Manchester United.
Chelsea also has the second best set of matches after European games in the middle of the week of the nine premier teams involved.
They will play far from them twice, against Manchester United and Crystal Palace, traveling only 341 miles after playing in the Champions League.
But how are they going to recover from a season of 64 games that finally ended in July? There are only 25 days between the Club World Cup final and their first pre-season match against Bayer Leverkusen on August 8, followed by AC Milan two days later.
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