Mariska: This is the state of the team, and we are exceeding my expectations

Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca appeared in a press conference, to talk about Sunday’s confrontation against Tottenham, in the fifteenth round of the English Premier League.

The coach said: “Reiss James and Wesley Fofana are slowly improving but as we said the other day it is still a matter of weeks away, the only player who is still sick is Modric and the rest are fine.”

He added: “Competition for the title? There is nothing.” I'll add, I said I don't think we're ready to compete with Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City, we have to do a lot of good things, not just score goals and avoid conceding goals."

He continued: “We are performing well defensively but we are only focusing on Sunday’s match and then the next match. We are not thinking about April, May or June. It is too early. Things can change quickly in football. Focus on Sunday, today’s training and training.” Tomorrow.”

And about his criticism of Madueke publicly: “In general, he has been doing well since we started. Sometimes he is not allowed to decline in terms of numbers He is great with goals and assists, off the ball when we ask him to defend and press, he performs very well. The only reason I said this the other day is because I want the best from Noni and to get the best you have to pay. If he relaxes a little, it's a mistake.”

He stressed: “I try not to be a friend, but rather close to the players. Sometimes between friends, when you say something wrong to your friend, he or she is not happy. He should know that what you are saying is because you want to take care of him, the same thing happened with Reece [James] when I talked about leadership, it was because I wanted the best for Reece and for him to improve. “For Noni, this is no different.”

On Enzo Fernandes: “He is improving a lot in terms of understanding the game and the situation. Now he is getting into the penalty area. This is what we need Of the attacking players, he has many things that he can do better, the whole team is doing that. He is on the right path.”

He noted: “Maybe Caicedo was as a full-back Internal in our minds since day one but because of the injury of Romeo [Lafia] We decided to use him as a defensive midfielder. Of course in the future we can use him as a full-back. We will see him again on the ball. We have Caicedo inside next to Romeo and Enzo. Enzo gives us balance, so he is definitely an option

He concluded: “In terms of points and how we want to play on and off the ball, I was convinced that we would reach that moment but not too early. We can do many things better in both cases - attacking and defending. We are We excel “My expectations are that the players are performing well. Maybe it is because we are focusing on day to day and seeing how we can improve the players and nothing more.”