CHELSEA LUIZ EXPERIMENTAL DISASTER
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CONTE: DAVID LUIZ MIDFIELD EXPERIMENT FAILED
Stephen Creek
The Chelsea boss has acknowledged that moving the Brazilian into midfield did not work against Roma
Chelsea were "improvising" tactically in the second half of their 3-3 draw with Roma according to head coach Antonio Conte, who acknowledged that playing David Luiz in midfield did not work.
After goals from David Luiz, Eden Hazard and Roma's Aleksandar Kolarov had made it 2-1 to Chelsea at half-time in Wednesday's Champions League clash, Edin Dzeko's superb brace put the visitors 3-2 up with 20 minutes left to play while Conte switched from a 3-5-2 formation to a 4-3-2-1.
The change seemed to work as Hazard headed the equaliser before Chelsea held out the for the final 15 minutes, although Dzeko went close to completing his hat-trick when he headed narrowly wide in the dying minutes.
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"The effort the players put in was the maximum and I thank them," Conte told Mediaset Premium afterwards. "We suffered in the first half and the decision to change system didn't pay off, as it took away all our guarantees.
"We were basically improvising and it showed, as we suffered under Roma's pressing.
"We scored two goals, but the sensation was always that we didn't feel in control of the match. I have to take responsibility, as it was my decision to change the system to make up for the lack of options. I changed the David Luiz position to strengthen the midfield and I don't think it worked, to be honest."
CONTE: DAVID LUIZ MIDFIELD EXPERIMENT FAILED
Stephen Creek
The Chelsea boss has acknowledged that moving the Brazilian into midfield did not work against Roma
Chelsea were "improvising" tactically in the second half of their 3-3 draw with Roma according to head coach Antonio Conte, who acknowledged that playing David Luiz in midfield did not work.
After goals from David Luiz, Eden Hazard and Roma's Aleksandar Kolarov had made it 2-1 to Chelsea at half-time in Wednesday's Champions League clash, Edin Dzeko's superb brace put the visitors 3-2 up with 20 minutes left to play while Conte switched from a 3-5-2 formation to a 4-3-2-1.
The change seemed to work as Hazard headed the equaliser before Chelsea held out the for the final 15 minutes, although Dzeko went close to completing his hat-trick when he headed narrowly wide in the dying minutes.
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"The effort the players put in was the maximum and I thank them," Conte told Mediaset Premium afterwards. "We suffered in the first half and the decision to change system didn't pay off, as it took away all our guarantees.
"We were basically improvising and it showed, as we suffered under Roma's pressing.
"We scored two goals, but the sensation was always that we didn't feel in control of the match. I have to take responsibility, as it was my decision to change the system to make up for the lack of options. I changed the David Luiz position to strengthen the midfield and I don't think it worked, to be honest."
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