Maresca: Chelsea will miss Colville very much, let s see what happens

Hupu, August 9th, Chelsea coach Maresca was interviewed by BBCSport after defeating Leverkusen 2-0.

won 2-0 in the first preseason match. It feels like you were lifting the Club World Cup a few days ago. Now you have another trophy. Are you satisfied with your performance tonight?

I am very satisfied with the team's performance, especially after we trained together for three or four days. Well, it's great to start the season again, because you probably know we have one more game on Sunday and then we're about to start the official game.

Before the game, you said you should enjoy Estewan.

Chelsea fans will definitely like Estewan tonight. Too exciting. He is such a genius. But he is only 18 years old.

He has never played here. How did you do it?

Yes. No, but he is very young. Very, very young. So, he needs to cheer up. He needs to play. Of course, as I said yesterday, he would help because

he is a great player.

First of all, congratulations to you for ending the season with such a great performance and winning the Club World Cup for the club. Your performance is absolutely outstanding.

Thank you.

You know, the time is too short. There are only three weeks of preseason, how many adjustments do you need to make?

Yes.

Because this is the first time this happens, how many adjustments do you need to make?

So we have no answer. You know, it's complicated. Uh, we got here, three days ago, four days ago, we had already started, like we could never finish it.

It's like a normal week, you can't do preseason, you don't have time, we still have a game now, Sunday, and then we start the official game, but it's very complicated, sports scientists, doctors, we don't know, we don't have the answer. Because uh, this is the first time we don't know.

There are outstanding players in four offensive positions. So, how can you make a choice for the players now? Because they all look good?

No. Yes of course. No. No. None of them will always be happy because if they don't play, they won't be happy.

is right. But they have to understand that they are all good players, we have 22-24 such players and they have to understand that we have a lot of rotations.

Enzo, the news about Colville is obviously frustrating. Is your first priority now to strengthen your defense? Or are you satisfied with your performance tonight?

For me, yes, this is the top priority because he is a great player. We also attributed what we achieved last season to him, and he went through all the games with me. I love him, I will miss him. We'll miss him because Colville is really great and the teammates know it well, and they recognize it. But we are also working on finding other solutions.

Are there any plans to introduce another central defender before the transfer window is closed?

Let's see what happens.

wish you another wish. It's normal for everyone to talk about Estewan, Palmer, Kesedo. But I saw a player today, please tell me which one is…uh, Essugo? My pronunciation is wrong, he is in midfield. You've played midfield before, you know. Please tell me something, because I really like what I see.

Jimmy, they run a lot more than me.

Yes, but you will score.

Yes. No. Uh, Dario is another, he is 20 and 19. Very young. We brought him here, uh, to give Moy and Romeo some rest time.

Yes.

He did a good job. But he needs, to learn more, especially the way we want to possess the ball. Running well without the ball. He has to know something about possession.

Yes. Enzo, thank you very much for taking the time.