Enzo Maresca further explains his furious comments slamming CWC organisers and venues | OneFootball

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has further explained his furious comments slamming the Club World Cup organisers and venues.

Chelsea beat Benfica in the first set of knockout rounds in the Club World Cup last night, but it was far from easy and also, very far from drama!

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Enzo Maresca labelled it a joke that the game got suspended for two hours due to sever weather conditions and slammed the tournament location as a result, and he really does have a point here.

And then came a flurry of late goal with Benfica equalising deep into stoppage time through a penalty to send it into extra time. Chelsea then bagged a bunch of goals to go on and win the game before it got to penalties!

Really is a joke

Being expected to come back out and play after a two hour break is beyond belief really and Maresca is spot on to be calling it a joke.

Why have games in areas where severe and adverse weather is so common? It’s just not smart, but I guess money is now the biggest talker in this sport, and many other sports these days.

Maresca further clarifies his comments

Enzo Maresca post match ES Tunis

Enzo Maresca said after the game:

“Guys, please don’t misunderstand me. I said it’s a fantastic competition. It’s the Club World Cup. It’s top. We are happy to be in the last eight. We are happy to win all these kind of things.

“But we have had six or seven games suspended. It’s not normal to suspend a game. In a World Cup, how many games are suspended? Zero, probably. In Europe, how many games? Zero. We are here two weeks and they already suspended six or seven games.

“There is some problem for me personally. I’m talking as a manager. Because when you are two hours inside and you try to keep players in the game, but for two hours they are speaking with the family outside for safety reasons, they are eating something, they are playing [games] and laughing. How can you keep them two hours inside, focused? It’s a joke. That’s why I said it.”