Enzo Maresca reveals new role for Chelsea star after impressive Conference League display

Enzo Maresca revealed helium is impressed with Cesare Casadei’s improvement successful a new, holding midfield relation aft Chelsea’s 4-2 Conference League triumph against Gent.

Despite 11 changes from their play fixture, Chelsea continued their awesome tally of signifier nether Maresca to marque it 5 wins connected the bounce successful each competitions.

Renato Veiga and Keirnan Dewsbury-Hall notched up their maiden goals for the club, with Pedro Neto and Christopher Nkunku besides getting successful connected the enactment astatine Stamford Bridge.

It was besides a European debut for Chelsea youngster Casadei, who played arsenic an attacking midfielder nether Maresca connected indebtedness astatine Leicester City past twelvemonth but is present exploring a caller relation successful the Italian’s midfield.

‘Cesare played precise bully against Barrow and played adjacent amended tonight. I’m precise blessed with the mode helium is playing,’ Maresca said successful his post-match property conference.

‘I had Caseare past twelvemonth and helium was playing a small spot successful a antithetic presumption but his twelvemonth we are utilizing him similar a holding midfielder.

‘The crushed is due to the fact that I deliberation shot is going successful a absorption wherever successful the mediate you request carnal players and Casere disconnected the shot is precise large and physically beardown and helium tin assistance america erstwhile we privation to press.

‘On the ball, helium is improving a lot. Tonight, astir of the clip was one-touch passes truthful we are precise blessed but for him, it’s precisely the aforesaid arsenic the remainder – galore things helium tin bash amended but the bully happening is that helium is going successful the close direction.’

And portion Maresca was keen to instrumentality the positives from an opening 3 points successful Europe, helium insisted his broadside inactive request to make a ruthless borderline to termination disconnected games earlier.

‘We are performing not lone successful onslaught but defensively precise well. We are happy,’ helium said. ‘I request to repetition ever the same: For sure, we tin bash many, galore things amended – we tin onslaught amended and support better.

‘Tonight astir apt the astir important happening we tin larn is adjacent if we are 4-1 [up], adjacent to the last whistle you person to power on, you cannot power off.

‘I deliberation we conceded the 2nd extremity conscionable due to the fact that we saw the crippled was already finished. I deliberation if we privation to beryllium 1 measurement forward, adjacent erstwhile you are 4-1 and the crippled is astir finished, you request to proceed and not concede different goal.’

Chelsea are backmost successful enactment connected Sunday arsenic they look to support their five-match winning tally astatine location against Nottingham Forest.

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