New era, new hopes. So as they say after the departure of Antonio Conte and the much awaited yet surprising appointment of Maurizio Sarri, a manager who excels in possession football and distributing deep-lying roles among the players. This was justified as a reflection of the 3 – 0 victory over Huddersfield, as well as Arsenal and now Newcastle.
However, managerial talks apart, there is always that one key to the nonparallel locks of the defenses provided by the opposition. A holding midfielder, who not only makes the job of the attackers easier but builds the game in terms of passing and possession. Sarri’s first signing? Well, we all saw that coming! Jorginho has it all, be it a midfielder who could stand alone and disrupt waves of attacks imposed by the opposition, or situate himself as a box to box midfielder for the team itself.
Ever since the arrival of the Italian International, Ngolo Kante, a fellow midfielder at Chelsea is allowed to play a more aggressive role upfront, as he was not allowed to before Jorginho arrived, making Chelsea’s attack even more competent and enabling width to be a part of the game. Jorginho is often compared to the likes of Luka Modric and Xavi Hernandez, who play/played in the same deep-lying role.
Currently holding the record for the most number of passes this season, He is the engine that drives the current unbeaten run of Chelsea FC, and is a good news for all the supporters.
Meanwhile, no introduction needed for the ‘magician’ as we head into the 2018/19 season with an Eden Hazard who isn’t what he was. This Eden Hazard is focused, he is in his penultimate form, creating tonnes of problems for the oppositions, as we saw against both Arsenal as well as Newcastle.
Under the realm of Maurizio Sarri, Eden Hazard is given more of a playmaking role either as a number 10 or sometimes as a deep-lying attacking midfielder, making Morata, Pedro, and Willian the target men. With Ngolo Kante and Jorginho supporting him from the box, and Marcos Alonso providing the deadly runs from the left flank, Hazard now lies in the center of all the action that goes on in the Chelsea Machinery.
After securing the 3rd place in the world cup, delivering one of the most outstanding performances ever devised, he now looks forward to a resurrected Chelsea side, a side which was never experienced by anyone. It is too early to say, maybe way too early, but we all know what the current Real Madrid target is truly capable of.
