Sarri-ball has to beat clock
to a new system, before fixtures start to pile up.
‘I don’t want to do another Naples,’ said Sarri. ‘I want to do a good Chelsea. I have to adapt myself to the characteristics of this championship and of my players. I am studying them.
‘We are lucky now as for four weeks we have only a match a week. And then it will be difficult, especially with the national teams. So I hope in this month to improve the team.’
Sarri admitted his team struggled against Huddersfield in the first half because they failed to adapt to Town’s back three, a system they hadn’t faced pre-season. ‘We were not ready for this situation and it was a problem,’ he said.
CHELSEA’S new boss Maurizio Sarri says he has a month to whip his players into shape and make them familiar with the high-intensity, passing football nicknamed ‘Sarri-ball’.
With the first international break four weeks away, Sarri says only now can he get to work after World Cup stars such as Eden Hazard, Olivier Giroud and N’Golo Kante returned to training last week.
Sarri says the next month will be crucial in determining the success of his team adapting