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Enzo Maresca helped Leicester back to Premier League, winning the Championship last season. He then jumped ship and joined Chelsea. He signed Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, took him on. Leicester never managed to live with those changes. This made them a much weaker outfit in their return to the top flight. It all ended in relegation.
Enzo Maresca has done fantastic at Chelsea. He lifted the Europa Conference League trophy yesterday. He also took The Blues to the Champions League next season, ending 4th in Premier League.
We did see some great games of fantastic football from Leicester last season. Two that comes to mind are those away and home to Southampton. A total 9-1 over two games against a team that eventually also got promoted. Russell Martin tried to play his game vs. Leicester, but was punished hard with a plan that worked wonders with this Enzoball approach.
In other games Leicester struggled, often at times without their most important players. Jamie Vardy, Riccardo Pereira and Wilfred Ndidi were all out in periods and then this affected the result.
This season Enzoball at Chelsea are showing itself from a very different angle. The terms and patterns are much the same, but with other more talented players, such as Enzo Fernandez, Marc Cuccurella and Moises Caicedo to call on, being able to bring on Jadon Sancho and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall as subs, you have a much stronger project running to be able to get your game in the correct setting.
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— Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (@KDH__8) May 28, 2025
The players are everything. A system like the one Russell Martin, Enzo Maresca, or Pep Guardiola are trying to play is beneficial. A talented football player seldom gets hurt by it. It will not make him a worse player than he is in this type of football. The opposite approach involves trying to play a different game to a certain extent. This is done in the hope of survival without a proper plan and a long-term vision. Sometimes, talents are overlooked in favor of more hard-working, less talented footballers.
Sending a message to Enzo Maresca. Congratulating him and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall for their strong achievements this season. They lifted another trophy, just as they did together a year ago. They have taken their next steps in the game, the total opposite of what they left behind.
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