Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino said he was not worried about the criticism that the players were young.

 

Chelsea won 3-1 against Aston Villa in the round of 32 at the FA Cup in England during the 2023-24 season at Villa Park in Birmingham, England on the 8th. After making it to the next round, Chelsea face Leeds United.

 

Chelsea's starting lineup against Aston Villa was too young. According to the Evening Standard in the U.K., the average age of Chelsea's starting lineup was 22.8 years. The oldest player was Ben Chilwell, born in 1996. The rest were mostly players born in the early 2000s, including Cole Palmer born 2002 and Enzo Fernandez born 2001.

 

Some say that Chelsea's players are young and inexperienced this season due to its lack of performance. Chelsea ranks 11th in the Premier League this season due to poor scoring and unstable defense. Although the team advanced to the final of the Football League Cup, the team's performance in the league was disastrous.

 

The defense is serious. Chelsea has dedicated 39 goals this season in the league. It has the most goals lost among the big six teams, and is the same as Brentford who is ranked 15th in the bottom.

 

The absence of veteran players is cited as the main reason. The only experienced player is Thiago Silva. Most of the other players were born in the late 1990s and early 2000s and are very young. The defense team consisting of young players often looked chaotic at the end of a game, and lost a lot of points due to their lack of concentration and focus. At the last match against the Wolverhampton Wanderers, he shook hands as soon as he gave up the equalizer, allowing four goals in a row.

 

Still, Pochettino didn't care about this. The Evening Standard reported on Sunday that Pochettino admitted that Chelsea's problem was that he recruited too many young players.

 

Pochettino said Chelsea is obviously a young team, but they have good balance. Thiago Silva born in 1984, Raheem Sterling born in 1994 and Christopher Nkunku born in 1997 are among the players. They are a young team, but they have plenty of veterans.

 

Rather, he attributed the team's youth to the team's poor performance. "The problem is not that the players are young. The team is young. There are 16 to 17 new players from the beginning of the season," he said.

 

In fact, Chelsea has been aggressively recruiting for the past two years. Many new players have joined. Ahead of this season, Palmer, Axel Disassie, Nkunku and Nicola Jackson, who are playing as main players, have nestled. It takes time to fully blend into the team and show tactical colors.  토토사이트

 

Chelsea is aiming to make up for its poor performance in the league through a cup competition. It advanced to the round of 16 at the FA Cup after beating Aston Villa, and looks even higher. In the EFL Cup, the team pledges to bring back the trophy after defeating Liverpool in the final.