Wayne Rooney, 208 goals in 491 Premier League games. Harry Kane, 213 goals in 320 Premier League games. Two of the best strikers England have ever produced. For the Italian Enzo Maresca, it is a more anonymous striker who towers over Rooney and Kane.
Enzo Maresca led the club back to the Premier League in his one season as Leicester coach. This weekend, Maresca will lead Chelsea against Leicester. If there’s one thing the Chelsea manager won’t do, it’s to underestimate a 37-year-old.
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-Vardy is fantastic, and people don’t realize how good he is… He can do a lot of things like run deep and finish, but in my eyes, his open mind is the best. Last year, he changed his style of play by dropping down and hitting the game, and he will continue to learn. But of course, he still has the one thing that is the hardest to find, which is to score goals. He can be out for a week and not train at all, and then when he plays on Saturday or Sunday, he’s the one who scores,” Maresca begins, according to the BBC
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Then it comes.
“I know England have been lucky with strikers like Kane, Rooney and many others, but if you ask me, Vardy has been the best,” the Chelsea coach boasts.
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