Another surrender substitution! Between standing and lying alive, the Chelsea coach chose to die of cowardice

In the early morning of September 28, a focus battle was staged in the 6th round of the 2025/26 Premier League. The Blues, with 10 players fighting, Chelsea was brutally reversed by Brighton, a 1-3-year-old at home. In this game, one player in the Blues was sent off with a red card, and coach Maresca also staged a surrender substitution again. He has been slandered by this Premier League giant.

In the last round of the Premier League, Chelsea challenged Manchester United when they were visiting Old Trafford. With goalkeeper Robert Sanchez being sent off in the 4th minute of the game, Maresca replaced the three major attackers in the frontcourt in 15 minutes and put on a defensive posture. In the end, the Blues, who shrunk and defended, lost 1-2 away. After the game, Maresca's platoon was met with overwhelming doubts.

The match was against Brighton, the Seagulls' Legion at home. Chelsea headed the ball and scored the first record in 24 minutes of the game, and led 1-0 in the first half. However, in the 54th minute of the second half, Andre Santos made a mistake in the pass, and Charoba defeated Diego Gomez in defense. Since he was the last defensive player and his opponent had the opportunity to face the goal, the referee finally showed a red card after watching the VAR video replay, and the Blues played one less player in two consecutive games.

In this case, Maresca made another surrender substitution, and attackers such as Andre Santos, Estewan and Pedroneto came off the court one after another, while defenders Achangpon, Gusto, Badiacile and defensive midfielder Ravia were all put on the court. However, even though the Blues were on the verge of being strictly guarded, they failed to maintain their lead.

In the 77th minute, Minter assisted Weirbeck with a header to tie the score. In the third minute of injury time, Dirk Yper's header scored and overtook the score 2-1. 7 minutes later, Gruda assisted, Wilbeck scored in the near corner, and Brighton completely secured the victory 3-1. Chelsea suffered a two-game losing streak in the Premier League. After the game, Blues coach Maresca said when talking about the red card that his team played well in the first half, but the red card changed the game. "We had a pretty good defense before they scored. Of course, we could have defended better after that." In fact, there was no problem making some lineup adjustments with one less player and leading the score. But it seems rare to replace a fast winger like Maresca. As the most iron-blooded team in the Premier League, Chelsea has created many classic examples of winning with less and turning around. The most recent time was the 31st round of the Premier League in the 2023/24 season. Chelsea still lagged behind 2-3 in the 9th minute of injury time, and successfully left the Red Devils and Manchester United.

However, under the coaching of Maresca, although Chelsea won the European League and Club World Cup championships, their iron temperament is melting away bit by bit. It can also be seen from these two games that it is not that the players don’t want to fight, but that Maresca’s surrender substitution makes them unable to make it come true. To be honest, between standing and lying and living, the Italians chose to die cowardly. If he doesn't let him roll the bed and leave quickly, should he keep it to celebrate China's National Day?