Maresca on criticism of his rotation policy

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca on criticism of his rotation policy as they prepare to face Bournemouth Cobham, London, UK

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00:00I know you've talked a lot about rotation and I know you are protecting certain players

00:04in certain minutes and you've had a very long season and you hope to have a very long season

00:07but when you make five changes in the positions that you did

00:12how much is that, there's almost like in the back of your mind a sense of inevitability

00:19when you spoke afterwards and said when I don't play the police change and I don't play the fire

00:23I kind of have to expect a drop off in performance

00:26but how much is that rotation costing you and making as many changes as you did on Wednesday?

00:33Most of the rotation we do is because the other one they cannot play

00:39so we have players that they are in this moment not able to play every three days

00:46and the reason why most of the rotation we have done in the past is for the reason why

00:54but had it been another team maybe in Leeds away might that team look different is what I'm saying to you?

01:00No, it's just, again, it's always the same thing you know when you pick 11 players and you win

01:10everything is fine when you pick 11 players you don't win there is always the reason why

01:15for sure, again, I think we playing with 10 players for one hour and then after three days

01:22go to Leeds is not the best situation for us

01:26but in the future in case happen we need to be better, we need to do many things better