๐ฃ๏ธ๐ฎ๐ฉ Xabi Alonso on Chelseaโs 3-0 win over AC @Milan in the Indonesia Super Cup ๐:
๐ค โWe want to be versatile in our approach and system.
โI think we have the players to adapt to different ones because they understand how to support each other.
โThe principles are the same but the movements can change; we need to be unpredictable, we want to be flexible, and we want to have a threat. The system is just a picture; you need to move, rotate and create dynamics [in the team] and that is when the picture becomes a movie.
โWe are not just sticking to one idea and the more options that we have, the better team we will be.
โIn pre-season, we have a few games already and for sure, the more players we have available, the more options we have.
โI think that we will get better and by the start of the Premier League season we will be ready. But even that will be another starting point in the evolution of the team. So it will be a process that takes months and in every game.โ
(Via Chelsea FC)
#CFC #ChelseaFC #XabiAlonso #IndonesiaSuperCup
๐ค โWe want to be versatile in our approach and system.
โI think we have the players to adapt to different ones because they understand how to support each other.
โThe principles are the same but the movements can change; we need to be unpredictable, we want to be flexible, and we want to have a threat. The system is just a picture; you need to move, rotate and create dynamics [in the team] and that is when the picture becomes a movie.
โWe are not just sticking to one idea and the more options that we have, the better team we will be.
โIn pre-season, we have a few games already and for sure, the more players we have available, the more options we have.
โI think that we will get better and by the start of the Premier League season we will be ready. But even that will be another starting point in the evolution of the team. So it will be a process that takes months and in every game.โ
(Via Chelsea FC)
#CFC #ChelseaFC #XabiAlonso #IndonesiaSuperCup
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Chelsea
Your Chelsea side today! ๐ต
โฝ Goal alert: Liam Delay
61โ: Chelsea (2-1) Johor Darul Taโzim
61โ: Chelsea (2-1) Johor Darul Taโzim
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๐๐๐๐๐: Trevoh Chalobah has left Chelsea and joined Como on a permanent deal. ๐ค
Chalobah has signed a contract until June 2031 with the Italian side. โ๏ธ
Chalobah arrived at Chelsea as an Under-9, following in the footsteps of his elder brother Nathaniel. He progressed through the Academy and was an integral part of the side that won the UEFA Youth League in 2016. Chalobah also lifted consecutive FA Youth Cups, scoring semi-final and final goals in 2017.
A series of successful loans in the senior game โ at Ipswich Town, Huddersfield Town and Lorient โ followed, before Chalobah stepped up to become a permanent member of the Chelsea squad shortly after his 22nd birthday.
He announced his arrival in style. First, on his Blues debut, Chalobah starred as the Blues won the Super Cup in Belfast with a penalty shoot-out success against Villarreal. A few days later, he marked his first Premier League appearance by firing in a thunderous long-range strike as Crystal Palace were beaten 3-0.
The next two seasons yielded 50 appearances across all competitions. Chalobah finished that campaign strongly, with his return to the side contributing to us winning the final five league games โ including against Tottenham when he scored โ and securing European qualification in the process.
Chalobah spent the first half of 2024/25 on loan at Crystal Palace before coming back to the Bridge and helping us win two more pieces of silverware. First up, he played the full 90 minutes in Wroclaw as Chelsea beat Real Betis 4-1 in the Conference League final.
A few weeks later, Chalobah made his senior England debut and then, at the expanded Club World Cup in the USA, featured five times as Chelsea lifted the new trophy. He started the quarter-final, semi-final and final, and only in the first of those games did the Blues concede.
Last season Chalobah played 47 games, the most of any of the central defenders, and scored three goals. He was a late call-up to Englandโs World Cup squad, playing once as the Three Lions finished third.
All the best, Chalobah! ๐ช
[chelseafc & comofootball]
#CFC #ChelseaFC #Como
Chalobah has signed a contract until June 2031 with the Italian side. โ๏ธ
Chalobah arrived at Chelsea as an Under-9, following in the footsteps of his elder brother Nathaniel. He progressed through the Academy and was an integral part of the side that won the UEFA Youth League in 2016. Chalobah also lifted consecutive FA Youth Cups, scoring semi-final and final goals in 2017.
A series of successful loans in the senior game โ at Ipswich Town, Huddersfield Town and Lorient โ followed, before Chalobah stepped up to become a permanent member of the Chelsea squad shortly after his 22nd birthday.
He announced his arrival in style. First, on his Blues debut, Chalobah starred as the Blues won the Super Cup in Belfast with a penalty shoot-out success against Villarreal. A few days later, he marked his first Premier League appearance by firing in a thunderous long-range strike as Crystal Palace were beaten 3-0.
The next two seasons yielded 50 appearances across all competitions. Chalobah finished that campaign strongly, with his return to the side contributing to us winning the final five league games โ including against Tottenham when he scored โ and securing European qualification in the process.
Chalobah spent the first half of 2024/25 on loan at Crystal Palace before coming back to the Bridge and helping us win two more pieces of silverware. First up, he played the full 90 minutes in Wroclaw as Chelsea beat Real Betis 4-1 in the Conference League final.
A few weeks later, Chalobah made his senior England debut and then, at the expanded Club World Cup in the USA, featured five times as Chelsea lifted the new trophy. He started the quarter-final, semi-final and final, and only in the first of those games did the Blues concede.
Last season Chalobah played 47 games, the most of any of the central defenders, and scored three goals. He was a late call-up to Englandโs World Cup squad, playing once as the Three Lions finished third.
All the best, Chalobah! ๐ช
[chelseafc & comofootball]
#CFC #ChelseaFC #Como
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๐จโ ๏ธ Not everyone was happy with how things were going for them on the tour. More than one source connected to individuals in the travelling party said it was felt by some of them that Xabi Alonso had an A and a B team.
This led them to feel they would not be figuring in his plans, because they would regularly be training and playing with what seemed to be a second string of academy youngsters and fringe players linked with moves away. Chelsea do not agree a two-tier system was in place and say Alonso gave everyone, including U-21s players, a chance to impress.
(TheAthleticFC) #CFC
This led them to feel they would not be figuring in his plans, because they would regularly be training and playing with what seemed to be a second string of academy youngsters and fringe players linked with moves away. Chelsea do not agree a two-tier system was in place and say Alonso gave everyone, including U-21s players, a chance to impress.
(TheAthleticFC) #CFC
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๐จ ๐ก๐๐ช: Chelsea set-piece coach Austin MacPhee was involved in a heated confrontation during the clubโs 3-3 draw with Johor Darul Taโzim.
ยท MacPhee reacted angrily after Liam Delap was caught by a dangerous challenge from Johor defender Antonio Glauder.
ยท A member of the Malaysian sideโs coaching staff confronted MacPhee, forcing Xabi Alonso to step in and separate the two.
ยท MacPhee reacted angrily after Liam Delap was caught by a dangerous challenge from Johor defender Antonio Glauder.
ยท A member of the Malaysian sideโs coaching staff confronted MacPhee, forcing Xabi Alonso to step in and separate the two.
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