Enzo Maresca believes the distinction within the bodily conditioning of the groups was the most important consider Chelsea’s heavy defeat to Celtic on Saturday.
The Blues would have been hoping for an improved efficiency from the draw in opposition to Wrexham on Wednesday, however regardless of a shiny begin Celtic have been a category above and ran out 4-1 winners in Indiana.
There’s little question a few of Chelsea’s defending would have given Maresca trigger for concern given how simple it was for Celtic to get in behind, and the scoreline may have been heavier had it not been for Robert Sanchez making a number of good saves.
Maresca on largest distinction between Chelsea and Celtic
The Italian made simply two modifications to the staff that began in opposition to Wrexham with Mykhailo Mudryk and Wesley Fofana each coming in.
The Blues had early alternatives to take the lead via Carney Chukwuemeka and Christopher Nkunku, while Raheem Sterling hit the put up within the second half.
Nkunku would rating a late comfort from the spot, however the defeat leaves Chelsea with lots to enhance on earlier than their subsequent recreation in opposition to Membership America.
In fact with a brand new supervisor and new method of taking part in it’s going to take time to get used to totally different tactical concepts, and though Chelsea considerably improved within the second half there’s clearly nonetheless loads of work to do.
After the sport Maresca stated he felt the most important distinction between the edges was within the bodily conditioning.
“For me, it is very important realise the distinction between us and them within the bodily conditioning,” he advised Chelsea’s web site.
“You possibly can see that they had already performed 4 video games in pre-season and they’re beginning their official season very quickly, whereas for us, we struggled slightly bit bodily.
“The largest distinction with us and them was the bodily situation.
“It is rather clear they’re prepared to start out [their league season] and we now have simply had our second [pre-season] recreation and a few of our gamers have solely performed 45 minutes so the distinction was large.”
