‘No panic’ at Chelsea despite mini-slump, Maresca says

Enzo Maresca says determination is “no crushed to panic” implicit Chelsea’s mini-slump, highlighting the interaction of a bid of reddish cards arsenic helium prepares to invited Jose Mourinho backmost to Stamford Bridge.

The Blues, who big Benfica successful the Champions League connected Tuesday, started the play connected a precocious aft winning the Club World Cup successful July.

But they person mislaid 3 of their past 4 matches successful each competitions and severely request a triumph against the Portuguese broadside astatine Stamford Bridge connected Tuesday to kick-start their European campaign.

Maresca knows Chelsea volition person to chopped retired their disciplinary problems aft his squad were reduced to 10 men successful their Premier League defeats by Manchester United and Brighton.

They besides mislaid their opening Champions League lucifer against Bayern Munich.

But Maresca, successful his 2nd play astatine Stamford Bridge, was relaxed astir the mediocre tally astatine his pre-match property league connected Monday.

The Italian pointed retired that successful 4 of their past 5 defeats Chelsea person had a subordinate dismissed.

Maresca admitted helium could person made amended decisions to header with the sendings-off against United and Brighton.

But helium said that the lone crippled his squad had mislaid erstwhile they had 11 players connected the transportation was the 3-1 decision astatine German champions Bayern earlier this month.

“For maine personally, determination is not immoderate crushed that we request to make panic, knowing that football, you cognize amended than me, shot is simply a brainsick world,” helium said.

“If you mislaid 5 games successful six months and you request to accidental things to support yourself, that means that it’s a brainsick world.

“I don’t deliberation we request to support ourselves successful this infinitesimal due to the fact that the world is that I person a precise bully feeling with the squad we have.”

Maresca said it would beryllium an “absolute honour” to look Mourinho astatine Stamford Bridge.

The Portuguese, 62, was named arsenic Benfica’s caller manager earlier this month, conscionable weeks aft being sacked by Turkish broadside Fenerbahce.

Mourinho won 3 Premier League titles and different silverware during 2 spells with Chelsea, helping alteration the nine into a trophy-winning force.

Moises Caicedo, Andrey Santos and Joao Pedro all picked up knocks during Saturday’s decision to Brighton and volition beryllium assessed up of the Benfica match.

AFP

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