Enzo Maresca could see why it happened. It was last Wednesday, most of his Chelsea players were away with their national teams and the manager had only seven or eight to work with in Cobham. There was no club game on the immediate horizon. And so the level of the training was poor.
It was noticeable, for example, when Maresca oversaw a match between his players and those from the academy, even if he had to borrow a few youngsters to make up the numbers on his team, who slumped to defeat.
