BBC journalist on “genuine pressure” Maresca and Chelsea face – and why fans have no patience | OneFootball

Enzo Maresca is about to take his press conference ahead of Chelsea’s game against Everton this weekend, and it will be very interesting to see how he handles it.

He’s been pretty blasé after a run of games without a win, shrugging off Tuesday’s defeat to Atalanta in the Champions League as it piled up the pressure. Clearly he’s decided his attitude will be to stay relaxed about the results and let things turn back in his favour.

Maresca’s team will face “genuine pressure” even after short bad run

Enzo Maresca on the touchline. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)

It’s good to not aggravate the situation, but there’s a risk that he comes off looking like he’s not bothered that the season is once again hanging in the balance, just after it had started to take a really positive direction. Nizaar Kinsella’s piece for the BBC speaks about “negative momentum” building after four games without a win.

“There will be genuine pressure on the team from a demanding fan base that has, at times, been unconvinced by Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca, and only shown reluctant backing for the ownership depending on results,” the journalist writes, and he’s bang on.

Even when Maresca has been doing well, it’s always felt that the support of the fans has been contingent on that success. They’ve not warmed to his personality or his philosophy. That’s a tricky situation for a manager to be in at the very top, as there will always be period like this where things go wrong for a while.

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