Former Chelsea player gives clue about his team’s tactics ahead of Club World Cup clash | OneFootball

Filipe Luis only had one season at Chelsea but it was a memorable one – the Blues won the title with Jose Mourinho back in charge, and added a Carabao Cup to that.

He’s now a manager, doing great work at Flamengo in his native Brazil, and will take on his old team tonight in the Club World Cup.

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Former Chelsea defender Filipe Luis on tactics for tonight

He’s just taken his press conference ahead of the game where he spoke a little about what to expect from the game. Chelsea have struggled at times under Enzo Maresca when they’ve come up against deep lying defences in a “low block” and the Flamengo coach was asked for his thoughts on that, and whether that would affect the way he set up his team tonight:

“I would say that it’s not only Chelsea, but all teams suffer from high individual pressure and also struggle to break into low block defences.

“So we are going to play the game against a club from the absolute elite of world football, which is a privilege for us to be able to participate in this type of encounter.”

So he’s not exactly denying he could set up defensively and try to stifle us as others have successfully

Filipe Luis on year at Chelsea

The former left back also spoke fondly of his 12 months in London with the Blues:

“I have incredible memories of Chelsea, of my time in London, that I spent at that incredible club. I had the opportunity to win the Premier League with the whole squad and with Mourinho, as well as the League Cup, so two titles in one season, and I was very happy there. I didn’t play enough, I don’t think I played as much as I wanted, especially because Azpilicueta was amazing that season and didn’t let me play. So it was an amazing experience to play in the Premier League, to play for Chelsea and to make a lot of friends there.”