“They were were so poor yesterday, I don’t think they fit with my tactics… They’ll be training with youth team from now”: Enzo Maresca has vanished TWO Chelsea player over poor performance against Newcastle United
There was a lot of criticism of Enzo Fernandez’s form tonight – in fact there’s been quite a lot of criticism of his form all season.
Chelsea lost and he was poor, and given he was a first team player a few weeks ago – and is of course the most expensive Premier League signing ever. That’s always going to draw attention.
Speaking in his press conference tonight, Enzo Maresca was given a chance to criticise his midfielder. And he didn’t fully turn it down. He admitted the midfielder hadn’t had his best game, but refused to single him out too much, pointing out that his whole team had had similar issues.
“For ten minute we lost control, probably in that moment we needed more control. But it’s not only from Enzo, it’s general. ”
Fernandez’ role in the team is supposed to be about giving that control. If he doesn’t have that, he’s really struggling, that’s the reality.
You can see the coach speaking in the clip embedded here, with these words coming after 4 minutes:
