Chelsea play soccer once more this week, and even with every part that has gone on on the membership not too long ago and previously few years, I can not assist however be very excited to see the lads again in motion.
Chelsea now have 5 pre-season friendlies scheduled in with an opportunity for one more potential in-house match as effectively.
Enzo Maresca and his staff head off to America at present for a pre-season tour, and the onerous work actually begins now.
The Blues face Wrexham at 3.30am UK time on Thursday morning this week as the primary recreation of the brand new marketing campaign.
Then on Saturday twenty seventh July, Chelsea play Celtic at 9pm.
Thursday the first August at 12.30am we face Membership America.
Saturday the third of August we play Manchester Metropolis at 10.30pm.
Wednesday the seventh August we play Actual Madrid at midnight.
Then lastly on Sunday August the eleventh at 3pm, it will likely be Maresca’s first recreation at Stamford Bridge which is able to hopefully have a way of pleasure and anticipation about it.
We’ve some very powerful video games on this pre-season schedule, so it’s going to be a tough begin. Then our first recreation of the Premier League season comes on August the 18th in opposition to Manchester Metropolis once more!
I by no means prefer to get too excited or upset about pre-season video games and outcomes. It doesn’t typically imply a lot. Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea regarded superb in pre-season a 12 months in the past however when it got here all the way down to enterprise they regarded fully totally different. It may well additionally go the opposite manner. So I preserve my expectations low regardless.
Additionally enjoying in opposition to high sides like Actual Madrid and Metropolis we are able to by no means count on an excessive amount of, particularly when now we have one other new supervisor but once more and extra new gamers to combine, with a brand new model of play to be taught. We’ll genuinely need to have a little bit of endurance this season earlier than we are able to actually see the place we’re at.
I’m not assured for the season forward but, I must see what switch enterprise we do earlier than the window is over earlier than I could make any judgements. However I’m cautiously optimistic about Maresca and what he’s attempting to do with the way in which he desires to play, and I’ve heard some good issues from sources near the gamers already. I do must see all of it performed in and out full stream but although to actually decide.
Clearly I’m very involved concerning the who Enzo Fernandez incident and what impact that finally ends up having, and as I mentioned, the remaining switch enterprise we do. I genuinely consider the remaining enterprise might make or break our season, that’s how necessary it’s.
We’re getting there, however we definitely aren’t there but for my part.
The pre-season video games are sporadic and at random occasions on account of totally different time zones in America after all. It makes it actually annoying to try to watch and canopy video games for us followers within the UK, however then I can’t complain as a result of that is simply the norm for a lot of of you abroad followers who’ve to do that each week! So huge respect for that!
I do consider we’ll see indicators of Maresca’s soccer fairly early doorways, even from the primary recreation later this week. I feel we’ll begin to see some variations.
I’m buzzing for the sport and to see how he units his staff up, as a result of I additionally really feel that though the personnel will change, the primary formation and setup he makes use of later this week would be the one he goes into the season with.
Though it’s not the be all and finish all by way of outcomes, I do hope to see some encouraging performances in these video games individually and as a staff. It might actually assist arrange the remainder of the season for us.
However in the end there may be by no means any must panic or get too excited throughout pre-season, particularly below the circumstances of one other new supervisor.
Both manner, convey on Ryan Reynolds this Thursday! Let’s go!!
