Arsenal have just had 2 impressive victories against Tottenham (English League) and Bayern Munich (UEFA Champions League), to continue to lead the second group of the tournament. With their current high form and stability since the beginning of the season, Arsenal are confident to visit Chelsea.
Coach Enzo Maresca is fully aware of the opponent's strength, when Arsenal has a very solid defense, very strong in set pieces when they often score important goals after corner kicks or free kicks.
However, the Blues head coach understands his team's ability and achievements, and with Chelsea's comprehensive defeat of Barcelona in midweek in the Champions League, he was confident that the home team would cause Arsenal many difficulties.
Arsenal are defending brilliantly. Any team against them will have a hard time scoring. They also created scoring opportunities. In general, they are a solid defense team and have weapons when attacking. Arsenal have a very effective system and we will do our best to stop them, said Enzo Maresca.
According to Enzo Maresca, every area of the pitch in the Chelsea vs Arsenal match will be very tense, especially in the midfield area, where two of the world's best midfielders, Moises Caicedo and Declan Rice, will face each other.
"The midfield battle will be an important part of the game, but it is only a part. Chelsea vs Arsenal is a 11-11, and other players will come off the bench. So, it is a panoramic picture, but only part of the picture.
I think the Premier League has a lot of good players, very good midfielders. Caicedo and Declan are top players, but there are also Man City Rodri, Elliot Anderson of Nottingham Forest, Bruno Guimaraes of Newcastle United. The tournament has a lot of good midfielders, said Maresca.
Another concern for Chelsea is who will lead the home team. Fortunately, Maresca currently has many options for this position. Pedro Neto has done an excellent job against Barcelona, while Liam Delap, Joao Pedro, Marc Guiu and Tyrique George have also played at Chelsea's No. 9 position this season.
With Cole Palmer recovering from injury and Estevao Willian in good form, balancing the attacking squad is a challenge for Maresca, but in return it also gives him a lot of options.
Enzo Maresca stressed that he was delighted that many players could take on the striker position. He himself has a plan to use it to play Arsenal but will not reveal it, to surprise the opponent.
The Chelsea vs Arsenal match will take place at 11:30 p.m. on November 30.
