{"id":2195,"date":"2026-04-29T10:19:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2195"},"modified":"2026-04-29T10:19:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:19:05","slug":"ugly-truth-about-enzo-is-not-healthy-for-chelsea-says-ex-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2195","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Ugly&#8221; truth about Enzo is &#8220;not healthy&#8221; for Chelsea says ex-player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Rob Green spoke on BBC 5 Live this week where he pointed out the ugly truth of the modern game and the players who run it.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Calum McFarlane praised midfielder Enzo Fernandez after a match winning performance on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The interim coach said his midfielder always performed when the pressure was on. That\u2019s not quite true \u2013 Fernandez performs when he feels like it, and when he\u2019s not trying to get his coach fired.<\/p>\n<p>The way he gave up on Liam Rosenior was very clear both in his stats and in the eye test. Against Brighton, in Rosenior\u2019s final game, he was invisible in attack and defence. The comparison to the game at Wembley was start.<\/p>\n<h2>Green on \u201cugly\u201d truth of modern day football<\/h2>\n<p>Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, former Chelsea player Rob Green said he\u2019d seen it all before:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cChelsea are a product of the system they are in and modern-day football,\u201d said Green on BBC Radio 5 Live.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cIt\u2019s ugly but they have all the power and it was epitomised by (Enzo) Fernandez as he ran the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cIt was down to him how they played. That is not healthy for a football club but, for Chelsea, it gets them to finals. Give a player an inch, they take a mile.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>There\u2019s great news for Chelsea fans on Estevao, whose hamstring issue might not be as severe as initially feared.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Austin joked that Chelsea might not actually want a new manager, and he\u2019s not a million miles away.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPTC Podcast: Leeds fan Jack Durkin joins Jai Mcintosh to preview the FA Cup Semi Final!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/td3C9ns6uiU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories about <span class=\"topic\">Enzo Fernandez<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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