Chelsea defender David Luiz says he ‘loves’ Maurizio Sarri’s ‘amazing’ approach to football.
Sarri’s take on high pressing and possession play, nicknamed ‘Sarriball’, has experienced mixed results in its debut season at Chelsea, but David Luiz urged the club to stick with the former Napoli boss.
“It’s his philosophy to have a lot of possession and create a lot of opportunities and he is trying to do that,” he told Sky Sports.
Chelsea defender David Luiz says he ‘loves’ Maurizio Sarri’s ‘amazing’ approach to football.
Sarri’s take on high pressing and possession play, nicknamed ‘Sarriball’, has experienced mixed results in its debut season at Chelsea, but David Luiz urged the club to stick with the former Napoli boss.
“It’s his philosophy to have a lot of possession and create a lot of opportunities and he is trying to do that,” he told Sky Sports.
“I think he already did amazing because in the past everybody was saying ‘ah Chelsea don’t control the game, Chelsea don’t play with a lot of the ball, Chelsea just play counter-attacks’ and everybody was critical of Chelsea.
“Now we control the games and sometimes they criticise us because we are not winning the game with a lot of possession.
“I think his philosophy is amazing, he’s trying to play football, it needs time and we are trying to improve as soon as possible.
“I love it, it’s the way I think football is, the way I love football, the way I enjoy football, not just playing but watching, and I think I love his philosophy.”