Chelsea ended their US tour on the morning of August 7 with a 1-2 loss to Real Madrid in a preseason friendly. After the match, Blues manager Maresca said that the team’s attack was good, but the defense still needs improvement.
Maresca said: “I think we did well offensively, but defensively there are things to adjust and fix.”
“But I would say that offensively we created 6-7 clear scoring chances today, so we are better in attack, but we have a few more issues defensively, which we need to work on. It’s not just the back line, defense is a team effort. Now we’re done here, we can finally go home, which is important.”
In this match, Real Madrid manager Ancelotti had coached Maresca at Juventus earlier in his career. Regarding their reunion, the latter said: “Yes, we talked for a bit before the game, it was a pleasure. First of all, Carlo is a very, very good man from a personal point of view; and secondly, as a coach, he is also very good.”
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