Facing Chelsea's challenge, Iraola: We have to adjust our tactics in real time during the game

The "Cherries" Bournemouth will go to Stamford Bridge to face the "Blue Lions" Chelsea in the new round of the Premier League, and Andoni Iraola said that in order to cope with Chelsea's tactical structure, his team must adjust tactics at all times during the game.

With David Brooks' goal, Bournemouth beat Everton 1-0 at home in the last round of the league. After 2 wins and 3 draws in the last 5 rounds, Bournemouth is currently ranked 7th in the standings with 33 points, only 3 points behind Chelsea in 4th place. Therefore, if Andoni Iraola's team continues to maintain its excellent performance, it will have a greater chance of obtaining a European qualification in the fierce competition.

In addition, Chelsea could only draw 1-1 with Crystal Palace in the last round, and have only achieved 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses in the past 5 rounds, so Maresca's team will definitely strive to get 3 points to restore confidence.

In terms of the record, Bournemouth has only achieved 1 draw and 4 losses in the last 5 matches against Chelsea, including a 0-1 defeat to Chelsea at home in the first round of this season. Bournemouth coach Andoni Iraola said, "I think the team played very well in that game and we should have gotten more. But this game will be more difficult, because even if we played well last time and did a lot of things right, we still didn't get any points, so we have to perform better this time."

“We are going to play away from home against a very strong team. From any perspective, no matter what data you look at, they are performing very well. So we need to have an extremely good performance and improve our finishing ability compared to the last game.”

Speaking of Chelsea coach Maresca's tactics, Andoni Iraola said, "They have many players who can play different roles, and Maresca will take advantage of this and adjust the roles of these players at any time during the game. Facing different tactical structures, I hope we are ready for it."

"It's not hard to understand how they play, it's hard to stop them because they're going to take advantage of anything you give them. If you suppress them one way, they're going to take advantage of the gaps. If you do it another way, they're going to take advantage of your gaps because they're a very good team."

Andoni Iraola also stressed, "We need to adjust our tactics in real time during the game, and I think this is a challenge for us, but I hope it will be equally challenging for them. We also have our own threats, and I hope we can deal with this game in a similar way to the first leg."