{"id":207062,"date":"2024-08-07T15:53:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T15:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/07\/enzo-maresca-reveals-who-is-to-blame-for-chelseas-defensive-struggles\/"},"modified":"2024-08-07T15:53:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T15:53:05","slug":"enzo-maresca-reveals-who-is-to-blame-for-chelseas-defensive-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/07\/enzo-maresca-reveals-who-is-to-blame-for-chelseas-defensive-struggles\/","title":{"rendered":"Enzo Maresca reveals who is to blame for Chelsea\u2019s defensive struggles \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca believes his team\u2019s frailties in pre-season are down to the players learning to move away from a high defensive line which had caused them issues in the past.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Blues conceded 63 goals in 38 Premier League games during the 2023\/24 campaign under Mauricio Pochettino, who is famed for his side\u2019s aggressive pressing style and risky high line.<\/p>\n<p>Maresca has since replaced Pochettino in the Stamford Bridge hot-seat and has so far taken charge of five pre-season matches, shipping 12 goals in that time.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea rounded off their tour of the United States with a\u00a02-1 defeat to Real Madrid\u00a0in Charlotte, with both of Los Blancos\u2019 goals coming with a fair bit of ease due to the lack of intensity in the Blues\u2019 defending.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\">\n<p>\nhttps:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=3SMjQWbTQ70%3Ffeature%3Doembed\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>Watch 90min\u2019s studio team preview Chelsea\u2019s 2024\/25 season on YouTube. If you can\u2019t see the embed, click\u00a0here.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Speaking to the media post-match, Maresca recognised Chelsea\u2019s vulnerability at the back and explained his plan to change their fortunes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of my first meetings with the squad was about the amount of goals we conceded last year with the defensive line very high,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not working on defensive lines so high. It\u2019s a habit from last year, or years ago, I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are trying to drop the defensive line a little bit, usually about four or five metres, just to have some advantage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year, we already conceded many goals with this problem. Hopefully we can solve it very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea\u00a0will fly back to England and play one final pre-season game before the start of their Premier League campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Italian champions Inter head to west London this Sunday, before Manchester City become the first visitors to Stamford Bridge for 2024\/25 seven days later \u2013 the Cityzens beat Chelsea 4-2 in a friendly last week.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-374-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-904806\"  \/><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca believes his team\u2019s frailties in pre-season are down to the players learning to move away from a high defensive line which had caused them issues in the past. 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