07/11/2025
🗣Enzo Maresca on Romeo Lavia injury latest:
"We don't have an update at the moment. We need to wait some hours for all of the checks he needs. At the moment, he is injured. He is in pain - we need to do all the checks."
🗣Enzo Maresca on Pedro Neto
"He had a session with the physio yesterday on the pitch, it was good. Today he will train with us and we will make the final decision."
🗣Enzo Maresca on the long journey back:
"We are okay. The players rested yesterday and we have a session this afternoon."
🗣Enzo Maresca on whether he liked rotation as a player:
"I loved rotation as a player."
🗣Enzo Maresca speaks more on rotation:
"I think in this moment, football is a bit different compared to years ago because of physicality and intensity. 65-70 games a season, Champions League, Premier League; it was different years ago. You need to rotate. This is my personal view."
🗣Enzo Maresca on whether rotating defenders causes inconsitstency:
"I think first of all, with the Levi injury, we lost our best defender in terms of build up. From there, we try to solve problems and adjust things. We try to find solutions, different solutions. Last game, we kept a clean sheet with Trev and Wes. They told me this morning that last year after 11 league games, we had two clean sheets and this year after 11 games, we have four clean sheets. So, I don't know."
🗣Enzo Maresca is asked, are you where you want to be this season?
"We try to win all the games. This season, the expectation has raised around the team. The big difference from this season and last season is the expectation around the team. The numbers are there and we probably can be better last season. I said many times: I don't like to think where we can be in April, May, June; I like to think if we can win tomorrow. Then we have the international break, and then we will go again."
🗣Enzo Maresca on Romeo Lavia injury concern:
"It's a shame. It's a shame in this moment because we were trying to minimise minutes for him but even with that, he's injured again. We need to insist until we find the right solution."
🗣Enzo Maresca on Wolves test:
"They changed the manager, so for sure, some similarities, but these are the games we need to win because when you do the right things against Liverpool and Tottenham, you need to continue to do that."
🗣Enzo Maresca on whether Estevao ready to start back-to-back games:
"He's ready to start. For sure, he's ready to start. But if he starts, another one is on the bench and the other one wants to start. He is trying to adapt to England. He was complaining about it being cold last week and it was October. Wait until December and January! I say 'it's still hot'."
🗣Enzo Maresca on being nominated for another award:
"It's a nice moment but it's because of the players. In the end, they play the game. A month ago, it was another nomination for the Ballon d'Or. It's fantastic - it's nice for the group to be there."
🗣Enzo Maresca on Lavia and Essugo injuries hurting Caicedo rest chances:
"Absolutely, yes. We have Caicedo, Fernandez, Neto, Joao Pedro; they are all players not training every day because of issues. Moi was on the pitch inside five minutes the other day. We have used Andrey Santos as a No.6, Reece can play as a No.6 and Josh as a No.6 too."
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