“The ball was not moving quick enough!” – Joe Cole reacts to terrible Chelsea performance | OneFootball

Former Chelsea winger Joe Cole has reacted to another terrible Chelsea performance under head coach Enzo Maresca this season.

The Blues managed to get through to the semi finals of the Conference League last night by beating Legia Warsaw 4-2 on aggregate but on the night in the second leg, they lost 2-1 against the Polish minnows at Stamford Bridge in what was a shameful and embarrassing performance and result.

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Chelsea captain even appears to take a slight dig towards Maresca as he admitted that the team did not prepare right for the game in his post-match comments last night.

It looked bad from the start to be honest when the lineup came out. Ahead of a key game to get Champions League qualification on Sunday, Maresca picked a very strong lineup and started big name players such as Cole Palmer, Reece James, and Marc Cucurella in a game they were already leading 3-0.

Maresca was asked about why he picked this lineup and gave an answer that once again insults fan intelligence.

Cole unhappy with Chelsea performance

Joe Cole speaking on TNT Sport.

Former Blue Joe Cole was on pundit duty last night and he was fuming like all of us fans were too.

Cole told TNT Sports 4 (10:05pm, 17 April): “The standards dropped well below the standards that this group of players have been, particularly in this competition.

“I thought from the start they didn’t look at it. The ball was not moving quick enough. There wasn’t enough energy in the press. They looked like a team just waiting for the game to finish…

“You have to have energy, and there was no energy tonight… That’s as lacklustre a performance as I’ve seen from this group of players.”

I actually even think he was being kind with this review of the game too!

Quotes via The Chelsea Chronicle.