Enzo Maresca has definitely made his mark at Chelsea by bringing in a moderately distinctive coaching software – an enormous TV display screen on the coaching floor.
The Blues forked out £10million in compensation to prise Maresca from Leicester Metropolis in the summertime after the Italian guided the Foxes to the Championship title final season.
It was considerably of a shock appointment given Maresca had one different managerial gig beneath his belt, a 14-game stint with Parma from Might to November in 2021.
Nevertheless, Maresca’s doubters have gone quiet, no less than for now, as Chelsea sit third within the Premier League with 19 factors.
Essential to the Blues’ surge within the opening months of the season is the type of star ahead Cole Palmer, who has seven targets and 5 assists within the league this time period.
Palmer’s brilliance apart, Chelsea’s improved kind may very well be right down to an attention-grabbing software used throughout coaching periods at Cobham.
With the November worldwide break coming to an in depth, the membership shared beforehand unseen photos from their coaching base.
The snaps ranged from Moises Caicedo tossing a pink frisbee to Malo Gusto trying an athletic bicycle kick and Palmer using round on a medical cart.
Even former captain Thiago Silva was papped as he made a midweek go to to the place he referred to as residence for 4 years.
However one picture stood out and it provides an perception into how Maresca conducts his evaluation.
The image reveals two Chelsea stars staring up at an enormous TV display screen which had been mounted on a four-wheel trailer.
On the display screen is a nonetheless picture from Chelsea’s pre-season fixture towards Mexican aspect Membership America in August, which the Blues received 3-0.
The angle used for the evaluation additionally seems to be a better view than what followers would sometimes see when watching on TV.
With the display screen straightforward for all of the gamers to see, it means Maresca can instantly level out and shortly analyse the place his stars ought to have been positioned or the choices they might have used.
Gamers would then be capable to immediately appropriate their error on the sector.
Granted, different golf equipment could use the same piece of expertise at their respective coaching grounds.
However given Chelsea’s kind throughout the board this season, it is laborious to argue it hasn’t proved useful.
Together with their spectacular begin to the Premier League marketing campaign, the Blues are expectedly blitzing the Europa Convention League.
Maresca’s aspect have received all three of their fixtures and have scored a exceptional 16 targets in that point, which averages to a whopping 5.3 targets per recreation.
Nevertheless, the Blues have been dumped out of the Carabao Cup by Newcastle United within the final 16.
Chelsea return to motion after the November worldwide break with an away journey to the King Energy Stadium on Saturday in what marks Maresca’s first journey to Leicester Metropolis since his summer season exit.