The winner of Chelsea Premier League Glen Johnson on the club World Cup, Reece James and how Terry and Desailly kept him calm
Glen Johnson thinks that the young Chelsea team can imitate his first league victory with the Blues next season – but the former defender of England knows that their club world club campaign could wreak havoc on the players of Enzo Maresca.
The six champions have not set out a credible title offer since their last triumph in 2016/17, Maresca also faced with the challenge of having a little more than a month between the end of the competition in the United States and the visit to Crystal Palace to launch their high-flying schedule.
“It is a good concept, from the point of view of fans, when you have the best world teams while playing and you do not normally see that,” says Johnson about the Extended Club World Cup of FIFA.
“As a player, you look forward to summer because you need a rest to be able to cope with the demanding season to come, so to go and have many other competitive games when you could rest don’t suit you.
“The matches are so demanding and they are already playing so many football matches.
Chelsea can challenge for the Premier League – Johnson
Chelsea finished fourth in the first season of Maresca in charge, with a sequence of two victories in 10 championship matches between December and February by transforming their strong departure into a battle to qualify for the Champions League despite heavy investments.
“The most important thing that dropped them last year was consistency,” said Johnson, speaking via 888sport.
“They put on performances where you thought” bloody hell – they will be difficult to beat “, but then they would go and lose an idiotic game, which you cannot do if you are going for the title.
“There were matches that I watched on the deck where I thought they were the best I had seen in years, but then they would leave for gas for the next game.”
John Terry: Chelsea’s legend “has removed the pressure”
MARESCA had a busy summer again, including the signatures of the striker Joao Pedro de Brighton & Hove Albion for 60 million pounds Sterling and the winger Jamie Gittens of Borussia Dortmund for a maximum of 52 million pounds sterling.
Stronger Liam Delap arrived from the city of Ipswich for 30 million pounds sterling, while the Estevao winger is about to finish a move of 52 million pounds Sterling from Palmeiras and the Dario Essuego midfielder cost 18.5 million pounds Sterling by Sporting, among a set of signatures with a notable age profile.
“I like the fact that they are happy to spend money for young people, for the future,” said Johnson, who signed at the age of 18 in 2003 and won the 2004/05 Premier League and the EFL Cup for four years as part of a team featuring the legendary captain John Terry.
“At the same time, you must have a balance with current players who can make you compete almost immediately. We had many more established players – most guys were already international.
“We were more biased for the big players, where you know what you get. You would be 18 years old and the others being about 25 years old.
“You are not so frightened to make a mistake because you have Marcel Desailly next to you or JT [Terry] Or someone like that.
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“It’s not that you make mistakes that change the situation, but it makes you a little pressure.
“They believed in you because they knew what you could do by dragging you together. You didn’t play if they didn’t want to or need you.
“They were just able to keep you calm and prevent you from getting too much. They would prevent you from exciting and getting too involved in attacks when we win 1-0 or things like that, just learning the game while you play.”
Reece James: “soul destructive” injuries
One of Johnson’s successors at the rear right for the club and the country, Reece James, is a high -risk player of calendar requests following a series of injuries that limited the availability of 25 years.
“He normally plays a few games, then his body drops him,” observes Johnson, who understands James’ difficult situation. “He just needs to try to manage his body and have a little luck.
“When you get out of the treatment room, it is first difficult to get fitness match. Then there is momentum. We all hate to be in the treatment room, so you are buzzing when you get out of it.
“To be back there, two or three games later, it’s just destructive of souls. I did it several times-every time they have told me” it will be eight weeks “, I would try to transform it into four or five, because you do not want to be in there.
“You feel good, but when you do the detoxification treatment, you don’t push yourself as much as you do it a match day – you can do it with the handbrake, so to speak and take your time.
“But then you have to do what you need to do, and that’s when you can start to undergo recurring injury. It’s because the guys want to be back playing.”
Club World Cup: Chelsea vs Fluminense
Chelsea will face the Brazilian side Fluminense in New Jersey in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup on Tuesday (8:00 p.m. BST), when a victory would send them to a final in the same setting against Paris Saint-Germain or Real Madrid on Sunday (8:00 p.m.).
Although the finals are extremely lucrative for the club, there has been a lot of debate on the question of whether the players are fully motivated to risk injuries at the end of a nine -month season in what has often been burning heat.
“You don’t want [get injured] And be absent for 10 weeks, “said Johnson, whose actors during his exceptional 16 -year -old career, included a victory in FA Cup with Portsmouth in 2008, raising the EFL Cup with Liverpool in 2012 and going to two editions of the World Cup and Euro 2012 on the way to win 54 capitalizations.
“They will not need pre-season because they will not have long enough to get in shape. It’s the same with friendly matches – you are not going 100% because you have them for a reason.
“To get in shape, you push yourself at the right time. But at the same time, you think that” it is not as important as the first match of the Premier League season “, and you have to be enough for that.”
Chelsea to The Club World Cup: live stream, television channel in the United Kingdom
The live cover of the Chelsea semi-final is on Dazn, with their potential final on the platform and chain 5.
DAZN subscribers or freemium member can connect in their existing membership, while uninvited people can register for a free account to start watching.
Fans can look around via Dazn and Channel 5 applications on smart televisions, phones, tablets, game consoles and streaming aircraft.
Squad of the Chelsea Club World Cup
Goalkeepers: Filip Jorgensen, Mike Penders, Robert Sanchez, Gaga Slonina
Defenders: Josh Renta, Tosin Adarabioyo, Aaron Anseelmino, Benoit Badiashiles, Trevoh Chalobah, Levi Colwill, Marc Cucurella, Malo Gusto, Reece James, Mamadou Sarr
Milieuseurs de terrain: Moises Caicedo, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Dario Essugo, Enzo Fernandez, Romeo Lavia, Andrey Santos
Advances: Liam Delap, Tyrique George, Marc Guiu, Nicolas Jackson, Noni Madueke, Pedro Neto, Christopher Nkunku, Cole Palmer
When do the early 2025/26 end of Chelsea of the Premier League begin?
Having qualified for the Champions League on the last day in 2024/25, Chelsea will face the winners of the FA Cup Palace during the opening match of the 2025/26 season.
The match at Stamford Bridge is at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 17 and is live on Sky Sports Main Event, Premier League and Ultra in the United Kingdom.
The last cycle of matches will all start at the same time on May 24, 2026. No round will take place within 60 hours of each other and there will be no match on December 24.
