Chelsea was more stable under him: Cucurella compares Maresca to Rosenior

Chelsea left-back Marc Cucurella has confessed that the Blues were more stable under former manager Enzo Maresca.

Cucurella made his bold stance known while speaking with The Athletic while on international duty with Spain.

Recall that Maresca led the Blues to a victory at the Club World Cup final victory in July before he was sacked within six months.

He was later replaced by Liam Rosenior’s in January. So far the Blues have won only four of their past 12 games, while losing six times.

The Blues have been beaten in each of their past four, including by a three-goal margin in both legs of their Champions League round of 16 tie against Paris Saint-Germain.

“With Enzo Maresca in charge, we were more stable, because we worked together for 18 months. If you look at our first pre-season with him (Chelsea won only once in six warm-up friendlies, losing three), there were doubts. You need a process for every player to understand what we need to do. In our last months with Maresca, we played almost by heart. If we changed the system, we knew what we had to do. You need that time,” he said.

Cucurella revealed that Maresca’s exit had a big impact on the players.