Chelsea won’t start. The London team that opened the winter season with an investment of approximately 330 million euros. signatures Enzo Fernandez (121), Modric (70), Badiachel (38), Madueki (35), Malu Gusto (30, but he will arrive next summer), Andre Santos. (12.5, but he is on loan to Vasco da Gama), Datro Fofana (12 f Joao Felix (Eleven kilograms For the loan) team in the winter spent more than 600 million between the two markets in 2022-23, a record for spending.
The problem is that, to date, this investment in new football players has not been justified by sporting results. Three of those who made the biggest noise in their first matches with Bluesas they are Joao Felix, Enzo Fernandez and Modric They end up melting along with the seemingly soulless rest of the team.
Modric during the match against DortmundEFE
Moreover, the Portuguese’s case is curious: he has not yet won with Chelsea. In the only game of 2023 he’s in Potter, in front of Crystal PalaceThe Portuguese was penalized for the red card he saw against Fulham, which caused him to miss the next three matches for the team. blue.
Nosy: the Chelsea didn’t lose any of those three matches without Joao Felix Moreover, he achieved his only victory in his last 11 matches against Palace in the first match without the former Atletico Madrid player.
Joao Felix during a match with ChelseaEFE
In addition, Joao Felix, in the four matches he played in the league, only in the last match, was defeated by Tottenham (2-0), He was among the five Chelsea players who have distributed the most assists, so his adaptation to the team was slower than it seemed at first. Others, such as Enzo Fernandez, led the team blue in this regard on several occasions.
The red card he saw against Fulham kept him out of league action for three weeks. This slowdown in his progress may continue to affect him. In any case, The Joao Flix character is just another one in the ecosystem of a team that’s still not working.
Potter’s character, according to reports from England, He is not in danger even if he loses next weekend and is excluded from the Champions League in the round of 16 against Dortmund.. Of course, the Pottery Project needs a better Joao Felix to move forward. At the moment, neither one nor the other find their best form.
Joao Felix plays against TottenhamEFE
Joao Felix numbers so far at Chelsea
The Portuguese was one of the most exciting arrivals at Stamford Bridge but has so far been unable to shine for Graham Potter’s men. He barely added one goal (in a 1–1 draw against West Ham) and a red card on his debut saw him miss three league matches.
His contribution to the four league matches he played in was somewhat confidential. Dropped on the left wing, Joao Felix seems to have disappeared without incident in the midfielder’s area, where the Portuguese must do the most damage.
Events by Joao Felix district in the premier
As can be seen from the chart, the Portuguese had not yet taken any action on the edge of the area, the danger zone and the place where the attack usually took place. In fact, the largest number of actions is concentrated in the left zone and not even in the last stretch, but in the center of the field and even more defensive (16 actions) than attacking (10).
Joao Felix heat map
This means that its effect on the game blue It is mitigated when we get into offensive zones. In fact, Joao Felix has not been among the top 10 Chelsea players with the most assists in the 4 Premier League matches he has played so far.
Permits have been received
Chelsea needs Joao Felix More consistent and he gets more into the game to get back to his best level. Actually, this is him vanishement from the game blue That, in his four Premier League matches, he has added fewer passes that end in shots (“key” passes) than, say, Koulibaly or Azpilicueta.
Key passes attempted by Chelsea
Joao Felix He must rediscover his best form and be the protagonist of the Chelsea game.
