by Chelsea trainer Enzo Maresca insisted that the owners of the club do not put him additional pressure on him to win the World Cup at the new FIFA tournament due to the enormous financial incentives.
The World Football management committee has dangled the carrots of a total of 1 billion US dollar prize money to the 32 competing teams in the USA.
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When Chelsea, as one of the 12 European representatives, wins the trophy on July 13, you can take home around 125 million US dollars (92.4 million GBP) as a cash reward.
This could give the Stamford Bridge page a significant advantage over many of its English and European competitors next season.
However, Maresca claims that money has not occurred in discussions with the hierarchy of the club for ongoing competition.
“The owners only want the best for us and for the player game for games and they don’t talk about the last prize or the last reward in terms of money,” the Italian told reporters in Philadelphia before the game on Tuesday against Esperance of Tunis.
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“You never put pressure on me or the players if we have to win this tournament because of the money.”
Chelsea has to avoid a defeat against the four -time African champion of Tunisia to qualify for the last 16 of Group D.
After being beaten 3-1 in their last game by Brazilian Giant Flameng, when Maresca seemed to prioritize tactical experiments from the need for the results.
Playing Cole Palmer on the right side of a front three was not a success because the English international had difficulty having a big impact on the game.
“From the ball, Cole defended a little wider, but the position on the ball was exactly the same position as during the season,” said Maresca.
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“If it is a good moment or not to try new things, I don’t know. But we are also here to think about the future and try out different systems.
“Last year we played three or four different systems during the season. The idea is to develop and improve further and try out different things.”
– heat factor –
Philadelphia is currently sweating under a violent Heatwave, and during the start of the local time from 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday that this is not a big factor for the game itself, it made preparations difficult.
“It is almost impossible to train because of the weather. Now we are only trying to save energy for the game,” said Maresca, who is probably turning his squad and making numerous changes to the starting line -up.
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Striker Nicolas Jackson is suspended after he was sent against Flamengo after he was only replaced a few minutes earlier.
Chelsea won his opening game at the tournament and defeated Los Angeles FC 2-0 in Atlanta before Flamengo was the other way around.
Esperance recovered from a defeat against the Brazilians when she defeated 1-0 in Nashville on her last excursion LAFC is the only win in six games at this club World Cup for a North African team.
When Chelsea go through, you will drive against the winners of Group C to Charlotte on Saturday that Bayern Munich could be.
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“When we go through, we can talk about Bavaria,” said Maresca. “At that moment it has to be about tomorrow. Football is full of surprises.”
Maher Kanzari, the coach of the Tunisian master, said his team was ready for a “historical” fight against the blues.
“We are prepared and have to meet the expectations of our technical team, our fans, the Tunisian public. It will be a historical game,” he said.
“We will be particularly mentally well prepared. Everyone is waiting for this game and we are really proud of what we have achieved so far.
“Hopefully we will do what it needs.”
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