The manager of Chelsea, Enzo Maresca, has suggested that the United States of America does not seem to be the right country to host the ongoing Club World Cup due to the bad weather conditions in the country.
On Saturday night, June 28, Enzo Maresca led Chelsea to the round of 16 game against Benfica. In the 85th minute of the Club World Cup game, the match was suspended indefinitely due to seasonal summer thunderstorms.
This makes it the 6th time a Club World Cup game has been suspended since the competition started in the United States earlier this month.
Before the unexpected break which lasted for almost three hours, Chelsea had taken a slim lead thanks to Reece James’ 64th-minute goal.
When the game resumed, Angel di Maria scored the equaliser for Benfica from the penalty spot in the 95th minute after a VAR check.
In extra time, Chelsea bounced back with a goal each from Christopher Nkunku, Pedro Neto and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall to seal an emphatic win.
After the 4-1 victory which gave Chelsea a spot in the Club World Cup quarter-finals, Coach Enzo Maresca described the initial suspension of the match as “a joke”.
“I think it’s a joke, to be honest,” the Italian tactician said.
“It’s not football. It’s completely something new; I struggle to understand.
“I can understand if it’s security reasons, but if you suspend seven or eight games, then it’s probably not the right place to do the competition.
“It’s not normal to suspend the game. In the World Cup, how many games are suspended? Zero probably. In Europe how many games get suspended? Zero.
“We’ve been here two weeks and they’ve already suspended six or seven games. There are some problems for me personally.”
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