Enzo Maresca didn’t solely make adjustments to personnel on Saturday to show our fortunes in opposition to Nottingham Forest, he additionally adjusted the setup and the construct up play.
A tactical analyst I fee, Connor Holden, has put out his reactions to the sport and regarded on the construct up and adjustments made by Maresca.
Connor wrote:
‘Chelsea arrange anticipating Forest to be in a 5-4-1 form off the ball, one thing that has stifled us currently in opposition to again 5 sides… this noticed Maresca begin with a 2-2-5-1 form on the ball, trying to begin on the entrance foot
‘Nonetheless the M2M press from Forest, triggered by Chalobah getting the ball in LCB zones forces Chelsea lengthy, shedding their +1 benefit and permitting Forest to regain possession/stifle Chelsea
‘Second half, Cucurella and James had been clearly instructed to have a deeper beginning place in additional of a 2-3 base (or dropping into the primary line to create a +1), trying to improve the distances for the Forest gamers IF they determined to leap man for man ~ thus making it tougher for them to take action successfully.’
You may watch his video discussing Maresca’s techniques in full under…
I feel Maresca has proven his tactical capabilities plenty of occasions now to show video games. He’s additionally proven much more flexibility currently.
Let’s see how the season progresses. There are clearly nonetheless flaws and everyone knows how simply we may have been talking a couple of defeat to Forest on the weekend too. However these adjustments had been essential to Chelsea getting the win.
