Chelsea’s stellar run of kind, which noticed them beat the likes of Benfica, Nottingham Forest and Liverpool, got here to a screeching halt on Saturday afternoon.
Enzo Maresca’s aspect fell wanting one other Premier League win towards newly promoted Sunderland, however managed to lose 2-1 because of a late purpose from Cemceddin Talbi.
However essentially the most irritating factor about this recreation was that though the West Londoners had been removed from their greatest, they nonetheless had an opportunity to win with seven photographs on course to the Black Cats’ 4.
Sadly, they merely didn’t put on capturing boots, however contemplating the scenario of the membership’s strikers, it isn’t shocking.
As such, there may be an argument that Maresca ought to let Marc Giu go and begin a striker similar to the legendary Didier Drogba, one among Cobham’s most fun gamers.
Chelsea vs Sunderland | ||
|---|---|---|
chelsea | statistics | sunderland |
1 | the purpose | 2 |
68% | Possession | 32% |
16 | Complete variety of photographs | 10 |
7 | Variety of photographs on course | 4 |
629 | path | 293 |
10 | shot within the field | 7 |
8 | sort out | 14 |
All stats by Sofascore | ||
Chelsea striker scenario
In the summertime, Chelsea determined to launch Christopher Nkunku to AC Milan and Joao Felix to Al Nasr, whereas additionally loaning David Datro Fofana to Karagümluk and Nicholas Jackson to Bayern Munich.
Now, these weren’t essentially unhealthy strikes for the membership, however they simply signed Joao Pedro and Liam Delap to interchange departed gamers, and when the latter went down with a hamstring damage earlier this season, they had been compelled to recall Marc Giu from his mortgage to Sunderland.
Furthermore, whereas nobody doubts Pedro’s talents, it’s turning into more and more clear that his optimum place is immediately behind the opposite strikers, both within the senior ten or as a typical second striker.
In different phrases, due to their enterprise and the previous Ipswich City star’s damage, Maresca is compelled to both take away Pedro from his greatest place, begin younger Tyrik George up prime when he’s a pure winger, or play Giu as he has not too long ago.
With all due respect to the previous Barcelona treasure, he scored towards Ajax within the Champions League, however did poorly towards the Black Cats on Saturday.
The truth is, the Spaniard was so dominant that Sam Tabto of the Customary solely gave him a match ranking of 4/10, writing, “There was loads of vitality, however not a lot finesse.”
So Chelsea really want another choice up prime this season and, though it is a threat, it appears to be like like Cobham may signal that participant, somebody who can evaluate to Drogba.
Chelsea’s future Drogba
Now, it goes with out saying that evaluating younger gamers to Drogba shouldn’t be executed calmly.
In any case, the Ivorian icon is without doubt one of the greatest strikers to have performed within the Premier League and is undoubtedly an enormous Chelsea legend.
That mentioned, there may be loads of pleasure surrounding 18-year-old Simu Meuka, with one analyst even boldly evaluating him to “the brand new Didier Drogba”.
So what makes him such a unprecedented expertise and deserving of a spot within the first crew?
Effectively, to place it merely, he’s beginning to seem like a real purpose machine and will probably be one among “Cobham’s greatest” prospects, in line with expertise scout Jacek Kulig.
For instance, originally of final season, regardless of being solely 16 years previous, he performed 30 video games for the U18S and U21S, ending the season with 11 targets and three assists.
He additionally had a number of run-outs with the primary crew, enjoying 5 instances within the Convention League and Premier League for a complete of 118 minutes.
This season, he has made additional strides and has already scored 10 targets and supplied two assists in simply 883 minutes for the Below-21s and Youth League groups.
Meaning he is concerned in a median of 1.2 targets each recreation, or one purpose each 73.58 minutes, but when that wasn’t sufficient, he additionally has 10 targets and three assists in 18 appearances for England Below-19s.
In any case, though he’s nonetheless within the early levels of his profession, it’s turning into more and more clear that he’s a deadly goalscorer, and whereas he might not be at Drogba’s stage, he may be capable of make a big effect on the crew this season.
