Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca revealed that he felt that the best position was Reece James in the middle “from day one.”
James has been fighting this season in a few minutes at any position under Maresc. Famous questions about injuries limited involved in the club’s captain, but when he was available, England International most often lined up at one of the positions of Chelsea-Novi Tiptal role for the team.
However, in each of James’s last appearance, Maresca began her creative entrance to the middle of the field. While this positioning switch led to a Defeat against the Aston villa At the end of last month, James returned to the central role for traveling Chelsea in Copenhagen on Thursday night at the Europa Conference League. Blues’s skipper has achieved achievement A moving goal in a 2-1 victory.
“At this point, we use it as a midfielder and he’s going very well,” Maresca fell asleep after their European last 16 ties after the triumphant first foot of their European. “When I signed with Chelsea, probably a day after that, I sent him a video about the video about seeing him as a midfielder.
“When you look at the player, sometimes you need to use your imagination and imagine a player to do something. I always imagined him acting like a midfielder. Chelsea to Wigan [in 2018-19] where as a midfielder he scored a fantastic goal of 25 or 30 meters. “
Maresca was not always so full of praise for her captain. Back in October, Chelsea’s chief publicly demanded “more” from James in terms of his field actions. According to the Italian coach, the warning was carefully. “But at this point the best thing about Reece is to help the team with the guidance and grow a lot since I mentioned that we should and that is important,” Maresca remarked.
James would not attract himself to his new role or caught himself with an encouraging fitness ride – the defender was available for 11 of the last 12 Chelsea matches. “It’s always good to score a goal and help the team and fortunately we got a win,” the 25-year-old said. “We know it’s another huge game [next week]We need to win and want to improve and win in this competition. “
Maresca has not enjoyed the best form of a form at the forefront of Chelsea in recent weeks, monitoring only two victories from its last ten games of the Premier League ia ia Galling fa cup output against Brighton. However, after his first win in the club since mid -December, former Leicester City chief wanted to focus on the positive results of James performance.
“We know how important it is for us,” Mareca concluded. “He is our captain, a fantastic player. We need it, so it’s our duty, our target, because he will surely help us. He can play in many positions because good players can play in many positions.”
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