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The great Spanish left-back, is he a Chelsea scoring weapon?

1:23pm, 18 May 2025【Football】

Before the start of this season, Cucurella's future at Chelsea was not clear: he is a member of the new European Cup champion in Spain, but after all, under Pochettino, he has not been smooth before. Not to mention that he is not adaptable in the Premier League, he has also been trained by Anthony one-on-one...

However, by this season, Cucurella has become an indispensable part of this Chelsea team: the new coach Maresca is a ball-control coach. Under the new system, Cucurella is naturally as if he is in water. As an introductory fullback, he can easily complete the task of connecting and connecting. If the frontcourt players cannot open the situation, he can also use sidelines to enrich the team's tactics and unhook the left-wing players.

Early 25 years, Kukurelia's tactical status has been further improved. Because Chelsea has been playing on the right for a long time, Chelsea has a lot of space on the left, and Sancho is not the type of cutting and scoring without the ball, so Maresca takes a different approach and lets Cucurella take on the task of cutting the weak side.

At this point, the great Spanish left-back finally found another position. He scored two goals and one assist in three games from the end of February to the beginning of March. In the home game of losing to Legia in Warsaw, Espanyol scored another goal. Because the big brothers in the frontcourt are not very good, in 25 years, Cucurella once tied with Maduaike and shared the title of Chelsea's scorer king...

When it comes to the game against Manchester United, the Red Devils were distracted and Tottenham's UEFA Cup final will be reserved in the game, but the Blues defeated Jackson and the threat in the opponent's penalty area was greatly reduced. Although Maguire's score was yelled to be invalid in the 17th minute, it still reminded the Blues that if they wanted to score all three points in this game, the Blues still had to rely on the surprises to win.

At the most stalemate, Kukurelia stood up. In the 71st minute, Neto took the ball from the side and then called back. Right back James faced the half ball, stopped the ball in one step and made a Marseille swing, then opened the angle and sent a curved ball to cross. Kukurelia's ambush at the back point finally showed tactical value. He rushed to the front of the small penalty area and scored. A header shot and lost Onana's win, while also allowing Chelsea to get a crucial three-pointer.

At present, Chelsea has risen to fourth place in the Premier League in the first game. Considering the team has an advantage in winning or losing against Villa, Nottingham Forest faced in the last round is directly competing for five opponents. As long as the team scores all three points in the last game, the Blues can lock in the Champions League qualification at the last moment - there is no doubt that they have already held the initiative in their own hands.

After the game, head coach Maresca also praised his disciples: "Cukurelia is a very outstanding player. He is good at seizing the opportunity and being in the right position at the right time. He is very smart. While seamlessly connecting with the existing system, he can always make wise decisions." As for Chelsea's current offensive system, it is somewhat opportunistic to rely on the move of the fullback to collect points to grab points, but it is somewhat related to the qualification of the Champions League. The Blues cannot bear the price of failure. He pushed Cukurelia to the front, and Chelsea undoubtedly put all the chips on him.