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Chelsea’s Maresca Praises Christopher Nkunku And Demands More Wins
Chelsea Manager, Enzo Maresca shares that the team expects more from player, Christopher Nkunku.
Maresca also shares that he was pleased with the performance of the player during the match against Southampton. The game ended with a win for Chelsea 4-0 against Southampton.
The team were able to secure a win thanks to the goals from Nkunku, Pedro Neto, Levi Colwill and Marc Cucurella.
Speaking on the game and Nkunku, Enzo Maresca shared that he is happy with his player. “I’m happy with him, I know that he can give more. We expect more from him.”
“At the same time we try to understand him in terms of he is not a nine. Many games he plays as a nine. He is not a winger and tonight he played as a winger.”
Super Eagles defender Calvin Bassey has opened up about a difficult period in his career, revealing that he almost stepped away from football.
Speaking during a recent interview, Bassey shared that he once made a personal promise to himself to quit pursuing football professionally if he failed to secure a spot at a professional club.
“I remember being 15 and going into my final year, and I told myself that if I didn’t get into a professional club, I would quit football. It was that simple,” he said.
“I would just stop pursuing it seriously and only play for fun. Thank God I eventually got a club, because I honestly don’t know where I would be otherwise.”
It has been reported that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) fined Egypt $5,000 following their clash with Zimbabwe for failing to manage post-match media obligations.
It was noted that after the match, the Egyptian players ignored the media. This action was said to be a violation of CAF’s media regulations, which led to the fine being imposed.
Head of the Super Eagles, Eric Chelle, shared that the big-name players on the team are not happy about being benched.
He recalled when he took out Samuel Chukwueze during the match against Tanzania.
“Yes, of course, we’ve in this team a lot of big names. They are competitors; they aren’t happy when they go to the bench,” Chelle said at his post-match interview.”
“My job is to make choices, and we’re playing a 4-4-2 diamond, and at this moment I feel we have to protect the wing.”
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