Maresca: Chelsea don t plan to throw the ball with strong hands, if they do, they will ask Delap s father

Hupu reported on October 25 that Chelsea head coach Maresca attended the pre-match press conference against Sunderland. The following is the non-live broadcast part.

This season, the strong hand-throwing tactic is on the rise again in the Premier League. In September, Brentford won a point from Chelsea in stoppage time with a strong long pass from Kevin Schad, and the Blues themselves became the target of exploitation.

Premier League defenders have always been confused about how to effectively deal with the chaos caused by the ball being thrown outside the penalty area - just like Delap Sr. tortured opponents with his huge touch when he played for Stoke City from 2008 to 2013.

Maresca said he's not ready to work with coaches trying to climb the table, but if things change, he knows who to turn to.

"We will work hard (to prepare for long balls). I know that most teams in the Premier League at the moment, as well as teams in other leagues, are using long balls,"

He revealed that he had shown the players a clip of the ball conceded against Brentford.

"We're trying to find solutions. But it's difficult because throw-ins are thrown into the box. Most of them are inside the six-yard box, so it's very complicated.

Almost every team is doing it now, so we need to learn how to deal with it. If we don't do it, it's probably because I don't like it, but football needs to keep improving. We're not going to take long throw-ins at the moment , but maybe one day we will start playing.

Ten years ago, Liam's dad was the king of long throw-ins. If we decided to play long throw-ins, we might take dad and son out and let his dad come on."

Chelsea's disciplinary issues finally seemed to have eased, with Chelsea beating Ajax 5-1 with 11 men on the pitch.

It was the first time in five games that no player or manager had been shown a red card after Maresca insisted he would not rule Stamford Bridge with an iron fist.

This relaxed attitude also extends to the canteen at the club's Cobham training ground, where the Italian does not emulate compatriot Fabio Capello, who banned ketchup while in charge of England.

"We check the players' weight every day, and then we have two or three nutritionists. We try to take care of the players off the court.

We have breakfast together, we have lunch together, and they can take dinner home if they want. We try to pack all the meals for the players. I'm not banning anyone. Whatever, nutritionists take care of that. For us Italians, tomato sauce is not very healthy, but you also have to adapt to the country you are in.

If you want to work in Italy, you will probably eat more tomato sauce than in Italy."