This match analysis was first featured on our dedicated Chelsea site, feelchelsea.com. It was just a matter of time before Chelsea F.C. were able to work on and offset its main build-up flaw which is not switching the play to the open flanks and keeping it to the central regions...
This post originally featured on our dedicated Chelsea analysis site, feelchelsea.com As much as Chelsea's current pro-attacking tactical set up is making pundits enjoy the Sarriball in the English football set up, the strategy is also really amplifying some defensive vulnerabilities the Blues squad could face. At least for the...
This analysis of Chelsea's midfield performance against Manchester United was first featured on our network's Chelsea site feelchelsea.com. Another weekend and thus another decent display by Sarri's men at the Bridge. The late equaliser reflects the resilience of the Blues which was missing among them a season before. Thanks to...
This match analysis was first featured on our network's Manchester United site reddevilsreport.com. Manchester United have had a typical season so far; certainly not one that their manager Jose Mourinho is used to. For starters, his side have actually looked better when attacking sides rather than sitting back and waiting...
In the last matchday before the international break, there was a prevailing belief that the Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho was living on borrowed time. Playing at Old Trafford his side had gone behind 2-0 to a struggling Newcastle United side and the discontent around the theatre of dreams was...
This tactical analysis of Southampton vs Chelsea originally featured on our network site feelchelsea.com, a site for all things analysis and Chelsea Chelsea F.C is proudly back on the map, landing the second rank of the league table after winning over Southampton with a clean sheet. There was a great...
This tactical analysis of Chelsea vs Liverpool first featured on another site in our analysis network, feelchelsea.com Sarri's men fairly dealt with a much awaited, yet interesting, tactical battle against Liverpool. A 1-1 draw was not that bad given that both teams were equally competitive working to offset each other's...
Chelsea's budding defender - or midfielder - Ethan Ampadu has already been on people's lips since last year due to his strong potential to play for the club's first team. The young Welshman hasn't appeared for the Blues this season yet, but his recent performance with his national team against the...
Coming in the Premier League with new ideas and tactics is not something easy. Maurizio Sarri and Unai Emery have two similar approaches, a mix of pressing and possession game but implement these schemes in England is not as easy as in Italy or Spain. The last game facing Chelsea...
Chelsea F.C. kicked off the season with a promising 3-0 victory away at Huddersfield. Thanks to Kante who teamed up well with Jorginho and tackled some of the unsettled elements of Chelsea's Sarriball in the Community Shield defeat against Manchester City. The first away performance of the Blues gives hints...
In recent years, Chelsea’s youth teams have become synonymous with success. Those who’ve been involved have mostly had to go on loan elsewhere before getting a chance in the first team, namely Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who has made a real case to fight for a place at Chelsea over the 2018/19 season. Another player...
Maurizio Sarri was confirmed as the new coach of Chelsea last week after months of speculation. Finally the club reached a deal with Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis. The deal brings not only one of Italy's best coaches to England but also possibly the most exciting style of play in...
Despite falling away with a five losses in seven games from the end of January to the start of April, Chelsea have clawed their way back into contention for a Champions League spot just as the top four seemed to be settled. With their run to the final of that...
