‘ NOT CORRECT to talk about Napoli or Atletico Madrid players!’ Enzo Maresca before Chelsea v Man City
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(00:05) Sorry we start in the bad way late sorry Tom said me 2:00 and I said no we go one my fault my fault my fault afternoon everybody uh we’ll do uh three sections today a broadcast section A daili and A short Sundays at the end Paul do you want to get sway hiel Ando ahead of your first premier league game in charge here is the team where you wanted to be and what would success look like for Chelsea this season yeah for sure we are we are doing well since day one uh we are improving things ER now for sure it’s just you
(00:58) know we started just one month ago go so it’s too early to see the team in the way I would like to see but in the same moment I’m quite happy because in terms of process I think the team is ahead where I expected my expectation so that’s is important but uh yeah for me the Good Feeling is that game after game and day after day I can see that uh the team is improving and In This Moment is the most important thing and the success part what would be a good season uh for me a good season means that I can see
(01:33) game after game month after month team that is improving and for sure with timing we are going to to close a little bit the gap between us and the the teams that they are ahead of us in this moment what players are you missing for the game on Sunday in terms of injury or in terms of uh no no we have just one injury that is R gyms the rest they are all fit and they’re going to be all of them available will Connor gallager be involved no Connor is back he is training in this moment a little bit apart he’s doing some medical uh test
(02:11) and some uh training and he won’t be involved for for this game also because you know better than me is in this moment is trying to find a solution with Club so we see what’s happen what happens next with him and and how difficult a situation is that to have a player so close to listen I said already many times since we start unfortunately these kind of things happen every summer sometimes at Chelsea sometimes at Liverpool City Arsenal bourou newcast all the clubs during the summer they have some problems unfortunately because uh
(02:49) players that they want to leave clubs that they want player to leave so it’s always can happen that you have some kind of problems but at the end every time finish with all of them happy so hopefully for Connor and in this moment that uh that his situation is going to finish where the player the club the manager all all the people involved they’re going to be happy a lot of talk at the moment VI Ross and J as well in terms of that kind of forward player are you do you still feel like you need that forward player and do you feel like
(03:21) you’re close to bringing in a forward player no the the only thing I can say is that uh I have to say always the same I know that uh but uh they are not our players so it’s not correct I think to talk about the Napoli player or about who is the other one Atletico Madrid player in this moment the club knows exactly what I think in terms of what we need in case we need to do something and hopefully before we finish the window transfer we can we can we can we can bring some some player just a final for
(03:54) me on on Manchester City coming to Sanford Bridge what what a first game that is does it give you any sort of Advantage knowing pep cordola and his methods no absolutely because I said many times after eight nine years together you can do so many different things so pep is not a manager that is always doing the same he’s always changing and with us will be exactly the same so will be will be tough game but as you said exciting start the premier start against the champion and we see Alex hi just on that on that City
(04:29) game on Sunday how big an opportunity is it for your Chelsea side to make a statement to start of the season it’s always uh it’s always a good moment it’s always a opportunity to show ourself for sure against the champion uh that more than against the champion is more it’s against the club that they are working with the same manager in the last8 nine years and this is a huge Advantage the same thing happen with the some different club for instance like Arsenal but uh we’re going to try to use all our
(05:01) game to be to try to win games and to make us happy and also the fans the last five Chelsea managers haven’t won the opening game so a chance for you to change so in the worst scenario will be six no no no yeah no no no we going to we’re going to try to to do our best to win games I said already since we start many times for me this is my personal opinion the big difference in this moment between us and other team that in this moment they are dominating English football it’s just a matter of time in
(05:38) terms of uh there are clubs that they work with the same manager 5 years 9 years 8 years and there we work with the same manager one month so the huge difference is only about that for me for sure with timing we’re going to close the gap uh and hopefully can happen very soon you just mentioned time Pep Guardiola was speaking this morning he said if they give you time this is going to work is that what you’re asking for from this club uh yes sometimes sounds like excuse because every manager is talking about timing I know that timing
(06:11) in football it’s it’s it’s difficult but at the end I think uh in our case because of the process because of the idea I’m 100% sure that this team is getting better game after game and with timing we’re going to close the cup with uh In This Moment City Arsenal these kind of clubs that they are dominating in English football John hi John fromc how you talk about time and you talk about your team improving as they go along so do you think you’re going have to ask the fans to be you know
(06:41) maybe a little bit patient as to start with yeah for sure we need their support in any case because uh when you are inside the pitch and you can hear your fans that they are behind the team it’s always a big support it’s like uh we said many times it’s like 12 players you know so for sure if they support us and they be patient we’re going to pay back I think you say we’re going to pay back with the performance and with the results I suppose in football especially here you don’t always get the time that
(07:13) ideally you would like so is how important is it to get off to a you know a really good start here good start is always important for us as a Chelsea or for a different Club so we are looking for a good start for sure 100% but uh I’m I’m I’m quite confident and relax in terms of uh I don’t know if in terms of time because I can see that the team is improving and this the only thing that I can control I can control just the team I cannot control what the people or uh people around the club they think I can
(07:50) just control my team my players improve them improve the the team and this is for me the main the main target how have you found it since you’ve got here you talk about the team and your players I me all know you’ve got a very big Squad of players here how difficult is it to manage that uh we have been 20 days I think almost in America with uh 28 29 players so has been quite uh good in terms of manage the squad now we are the guys that they are not involved in our Squad they are training apart so it’s quite uh
(08:24) difficult uh at the moment it’s not uh it’s not difficult uh as I said all Al because if I start to think that I have 43 players probably is not good thing I just think I just finished the session now I’m already thinking about tomorrow session it’s the only thing I can I like to do I like to control because then if you start to think about 43 players uh manager not time this kind I think don’t worth it so do you do you think before the end of the month you’re going to have to get rid of players going to have to leave go
(08:58) loan or whatever a big maybe what 10 players maybe to trim down the Squad ah this question is for the Paul and Lawrence that they are there trying to find solution for these kind of players I’m not uh I’m not uh the guy in charge to find solution for long players otherwise they have to pay me double Allison hi and Allison then nice to meet you and welcome um as a manager you have to get a balance between playing to your players strengths but also implementing your own philosophy how hard has it been to kind of find
(09:35) that balance uh not not hardier because uh one of the reason why I accept Chelsea for sure is because it’s one of the big biggest club in the world but also because for me the squad is very good I had the opportunity to analyze the squad when we Face them in FA Cup and I had the opportunity to analyze deeply the the squad when the when I had the first contact with the club so the squad for me is full of talent it’s very good squad and they are perfect in the way I I like to play so this is also one of the reason why I’m here is because
(10:12) I’m convinced that the players we have they are already good they can be even better improving and I’m quite uh confident on that I know that you’re very open about your tactics and I know you’ve spoken to the press and you’ve done videos about the way you like to play would you say that you’re you’re quite rigid I don’t I don’t mean that in a negative way but are you able to be flexible and adaptable or or do you think you want the players to to play the way that you want them to play side
(10:42) of that you no we are since probably from outside it’s more difficult to recognize but since we start we play on the ball I mean when we have the ball already in two different way for the first time against inter we play completely different way compared to the previous friendly game and off the ball we already press in six friendly game four different way so we try to adapt depends how the the the other team they press us or they attack us we try to adapt and to find the solution but we are not going to play always in one way
(11:15) with the same for instance Malo is playing right back left back inside against C in the friendly was uh Christo was playing as a nine and then pocket and then Winger so we try to we try to put the players in position where they can give their best Raman Raman welcome to Chelsea just a quick one um I think you were a man city when highand came and in highand came how much or did did City’s game have to change and how much does Chelsea’s game have to change if you have maybe Christopher muku playing as a nine or
(11:52) Nicholas Jackson playing as a n or play yeah for sure if you have uh Nicholas playing a n oristo that means that you are looking for something different you cannot ask the same two different completely different players in terms of alland I think uh we try we try they try to adapt when alland arrive a little bit but also alland was completely open mind to adapt himself to the way uh city was playing and then just finally on re James the injury is it the same injury from last season or as a fantastic question I don’t know
(12:31) I I know that he was injury but he had different problems I don’t know now if it’s exactly the same to be honest I don’t know Rob hi um Chelsea had so many issues with injuries last season players missing huge portions of the Season how have we found the kind of physical condition match Readiness at the squad given how many of them have really really broken up season depends a little bit also the injury because sometimes when it’s for instance it’s a kick it’s not uh because the training is not good or is because you
(13:08) are unlucky kick and you got injury so depends a little bit the kind of injury the only thing I can say I don’t know I was last year I was not here so it’s not my my duty or my job to judge the only thing I can say is that in one month 35 days that we start we had just one injury problem that is RIS unfortunately he he got in injury just 2 3 minutes before we change him otherwise we avoid that but uh happened and this is the only thing I can say sometimes depends the the injury can be for different way
(13:41) uh but in this moment we are managed the situation quite good we are trying also to manage players for instance the other day against inter kristo was not playing from the start the reason why is because he played so many minutes already in Precision compared to last year the same was West that he didn’t play the previous game but he play against inter so we are trying to manage also this kind of situation in terms of injury has there been much discussion internally with yourself and and you know the medical staff about why last season was
(14:14) so bad injury wise why so no to be honest I just we had a meeting with the medical I explained them the way I like to work I know I have all the uh complete picture from last year in terms of injury but uh because I was not here I’m not you know sitting and judge why or it’s it’s a new year so we sat together I explained there the way we work and the way we like to manage players and then what’s happened last year I don’t know we got time for two more in broadcast David a and then Bobby I switch to English for the of
(14:53) course um there have been a lot of Italian managers here at Chelsea and for you’re following them their footsteps I’m wondering if you reached out to any of them for advice or yeah I spoke with uh I spoke with claudo Raneri and the reason why was also because I spoke with him before I start the season with the Leicester we won so when I sign to Chelsea I call him immediately just to see if he’s the same one and then I spoke with the carelot when we play against Madrid for a while uh yeah with the with with both of them
(15:30) both they were talking about the club fantastic about their experience here uh fantastic so yeah what has it been for you to have the chance to be Chelsea manager to start your pem league career as a manager no it’s yeah it’s it’s it’s it’s a good opportunity I feel completely relaxed uh when I met the club I was as I said completely sure especially because of the the squad I was not uh I was an anxious and ious because it’s a huge Club but in the same time I was relaxed because I was
(16:06) uh I was just uh meeting with them everything was fine and then we met I met them three four times before we took the final decision and uh meeting after meeting was always better feeling po um how is Pedro is he ready to start yeah Pedro yeah uh physicality physical condition is good the only problem that we are with the Pedro is that he’s here in last two days 3 days so he needs a little bit to understand the way we want to play but for sure it’s fit for sure will be with us we see if from the start
(16:43) on the bench we see that but it’s completely fit camera’s off please for