New function?
Enzo Maresca has revealed that he believes Reece James is a midfielder and never a defender.
James has spent his profession as a right-back, proper wing-back or a centre-back as a part of a three-at-the-back system.
However Maresca has began to play him additional ahead and in a midfield function, and that is the place he performed this night.
The Chelsea captain was alongside Moises Caicedo in entrance of the defence, scoring in a 2-1 win towards Copenhagen.
Talking post-match about James’ new function, the Blues boss stated: “We all know how necessary he’s for us.
“He is our captain, a improbable participant. We want him match, so that’s our responsibility, our goal as a result of for certain he’s going to assist us.
“He can play in lots of positions as a result of the great gamers can play in lots of positions.
“You’ll be able to ask Reece, once I signed for Chelsea, the day after I despatched him a video about seeing him as a midfielder.
“I see Reece as a midfielder. Since day one. I despatched him a clip when he was on vacation about how he generally is a midfielder.
“He has performed in full-back, central defender, so the primary goal for us is to maintain him match.”
Maresca added: “To start with, once you watch a participant you typically want to make use of creativeness and imagining a participant doing one thing.
“I watched a few of his video games when he was on mortgage at Wigan the place he scored a improbable aim from 25 or 30 metres.
“The very best factor about Reece for the time being is he’s serving to the crew with management.”
