Chelsea: Many workers, few artists

(Baonghean.vn) - Coach Conte is building his team into a powerful machine based on players whose playing style is more muscular than creative.

Looking at Chelsea's current squad, everyone can see that the pragmatism of the Stamford Bridge team is much better than what Juventus had in the 2011-2014 period under coach Conte. It is not surprising because the strategist born in 1969 comes from Italy, a country that always worships a pragmatic style of play.

Up to this point, Coach Conte has brought in 4 contracts (goalkeeper Caballero, center back Rudiger, midfielder Bakayoko and striker Morata), none of whom have an artistic playing style. Thus, with the frame from last season and the new players who have just joined Stamford Bridge, the creative burden will fall on the shoulders of Hazard and Fabregas.

Rookie Bakayoko is a muscular midfielder. Photo: Internet

At first glance, the number of two people taking on the creative role for a team is not small. However, apart from midfielder Hazard, who is favored by coach Conte, Fabregas only plays a reserve role. Rarely do these two appear on the field together, except when Chelsea is in a deadlock, forcing Conte to take a risky gamble. Therefore, the Italian strategist's favorite lineup for the new season is still 1 artist (Hazard) and the remaining 10 workers.

This is quite dangerous. With just one explosive player on the field like Hazard, Chelsea is easily predictable by opponents. If they focus on "killing" the 26-year-old midfielder, The Blue's attack will fall into a deadlock. At that time, the ball supply for the strikers playing above will be blocked and become harmless because of hunger for the ball. Many times last season, the army led by Conte fell into that situation. Luckily, Chelsea also has assassin Costa, who has the ability to sweep and operate independently very well and has shone many times to save the day.

Now that Costa is not in Conte's plans, who will take on that heavy task? Batshuayi is a reserve player, not much can be expected from the Belgian striker. Morata is indeed classy, ​​but having just arrived in the Premier League, it is difficult to immediately integrate into the most fiercely competitive tournament in Europe. What Batshuayi - Morata have shown in recent friendly matches, it is hard to expect.

Chelsea's creativity is all on the shoulders of midfielder Hazard. Photo: Internet

Chelsea's convincing 0-2 defeat to MU at Old Trafford in the second leg of the 2016/2017 Premier League, many people still cannot forget. Coach Mourinho instructed Herrera to "kill" Hazard, the "red devils" had no difficulty defeating Chelsea who were on the way to the finish line. The "special one's" tactics will be thoroughly applied by the remaining coaches in England and Europe in the upcoming confrontations with Chelsea.

In life in general, and in football in particular, there is no absolute advantage. The invincible Achilles has a fatal weakness in his heel, so why would Chelsea not have a fatal weakness? Too many workers in the squad will make Chelsea stronger in the competition, more solid in defense, but at the same time it will reduce the ability to make breakthroughs on the offensive front.

Is Coach Conte playing with knives by underestimating the artists on the pitch? Bookmaker Ladbrokes has given odds of 8/1 for Conte to be the first coach to be fired (ranked 4th), which is not without basis./.

Thanh Hung