What Enzo Maresca can learn from Jose Mourinho training methods | OneFootball

With Chelsea not in action in the Premier League until tomorrow, it’s a nice moment for a more general feature, and Matt Law at the Daily Telegraph has this week dropped an exclusive interview with a few key figures from perhaps the most gloriously successful time in the club’s history to remind us of where we need to get back to.

His piece for the Daily Telegraph covers Chelsea’s historic 2004-2005 season, 20 years on.

He spoke to John Terry, Frank Lampard and Jose Mourinho to get the inside story on what went down.

It’s interesting to read it in the context of this new Chelsea team. Enzo Maresca is trying to turn them into winners, despite the fact that he has a squad which is generally pretty young and inexperienced, and still has a lot of players new to the league.

How Mourinho turned Chelsea into instant winning machines

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho celebrates after winning the English League Cup Final AFP PHOTO/PAUL ELLIS/FILES (Photo credit should read PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Mourinho never had that problem – despite a swathe of players arriving that summer, he was able to get them all gelled together quickly, and by the time August came around they were already a winning machine. Managers these days always ask for time – but Mourinho is a reminder that it’s not always necessary.

A lot of the success seemed to come from the training schedules he brought into which revolutionised the league:

“I knew that our way of training would make an impact on the team. I knew that was something new for the players. I knew they would be highly motivated. I knew that I was, at that time, I was what I am today. Today many coaches are very tactical, but in that period not many coaches were very tactical,” Mourinho explained.

“Everything for us in that pre-season was a model of play, principles, everything was very clear. The way I tried to build the team was clearly this player for this role, this player for this job.”