Mauricio Pochettino admitted he empathised with Thiago Silva’s frustration after the defender appeared to lose his mood with Chelsea teammates throughout their goalless draw at Bournemouth on Sunday.
At one stage, while in possession of the ball in the course of the first half on the Vitality Stadium, the defender was visibly angered by the crew’s set-up, with little motion in entrance of him and big gaps between ahead gamers and the defence.
Silva, who turns 39 on Friday, is likely one of the membership’s most skilled and profitable gamers having gained seven Ligue 1 titles with Paris St Germain, the Serie A title with AC Milan and the Champions League with Chelsea in 2021.
He has additionally collected 113 caps for Brazil throughout a 15-year worldwide profession.
By distinction three of his teammates who began the draw with Bournemouth – Lesley Ugochukwu, Levi Colwill and Malo Gusto – weren’t born when Silva made his skilled debut for Brazilian third-tier facet RS Futebol in 2002.
With a mean age of simply over 23 Chelsea have the youngest squad on this season’s Premier League, and an harm disaster that has left Pochettino with out 12 first-team gamers has elevated his dependency on youth.
“We need to be more relaxed,” stated Blues boss Pochettino. “Sometimes the defensive players want to help the team to score because the feeling is that we are creating chances but can’t score.
“Then we need to be clever. Thiago has experience, but too many players (in the team) are still learning about the game. That is the construction and the building of a new team. There are many rules in football that you can’t write.
“In these type of games when you are pushing, pushing, trying to score and if you don’t score, it’s normal (to be frustrated), you know.”
Pochettino additionally clarified the absences of Marc Cucurella, Noni Madueke and Moises Caicedo, none of whom have been in Sunday’s squad.
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Instead the supervisor was compelled to call three gamers who have been 19 and below with no first-team expertise on the bench, in addition to two goalkeepers.
“Cucurella had a fever (on Saturday) and was at home and didn’t train,” stated Pochettino. “Noni came from the national team with a muscle problem. Caicedo came with a knock in his knee.
“We need to assess (on Monday). That’s why they weren’t available, plus another 10 or 11 players.”
