Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca is convinced he still has the full backing from the club’s hierarchy despite their bad form.
Maresca’s side have won just five of their last 16 league games to slip to sixth place in the Premier League and suffered a poor 2-1 defeat to Legia Warsaw at Stamford Bridge on Thursday night.
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The team were booed off despite progressing to the UEFA Conference League semi-finals 4-2 on aggregate as supporters increasingly turn on the Italian.
Maresca signed a five-year contract when he took over last June and there have been no indications so far that the club are doubting whether he is the right man for the job.
When asked by The Athletic if he still feels unwavering support from the owners and co-sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart, he replied: “Yeah, absolutely, yes.
“I tried to explain yesterday (Wednesday) — we cannot change the idea the day after. I said and if I need to, I’ll say it again….in the last two years, Chelsea has been zero times top four, top five. This season we spent all season, almost all season, top four, top five, Champions League spots.
“We are in a semi-final of a European competition. So why now we need to change something? I think I don’t have any doubt about what we are doing, in the way we are doing, and for different reasons.
“We had some bad moments or some setbacks, like tonight (against Legia Warsaw), during the season, for sure. But this, for me, makes us stronger for the future.”
When pressed if he believes that is a view shared by those at the top as well, he added: “Yeah, absolutely, yes, no doubt.”
Chelsea play at Fulham on Sunday with midfielder Romeo Lavia back in the squad. The Belgium international has made just one appearance since suffering a muscular injury on January 14 and not featured after making his comeback as a substitute against Arsenal last month.
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