Maurizio Sarri is under intense pressure at Chelsea after a dismal start to 2019. Looking set to be in title contention after a brilliant start to the new season under the manager, the Blues are now in danger of missing out on the Champions League altogether after winning two of their six league games since the turn of the year. As bad as the 4-0 defeat at Bournemouth at the end of January was, it was to get even worse for the team as they were humiliated 6-0 at Man City last weekend. Although he is now the favourite to be the next Premier League manager to lose his job, Marco Materazzi, who won the World Cup with Italy back in 2006, believes the club need to stick with the Italian. The former defender has claimed the manager is on the right path in west London and he believes he could be the next Italian manager to win the club some more silverware. "Will his lack of trophies stop Chelsea winning the Europa League? Well, he’s performed and got fantastic results with small teams and with Napoli," the ex-Everton man told Eurosport. "When you face Juventus, it’s difficult for everyone to win. "Napoli is an incredibly solid club at the moment, but it’s not easy to be a coach there, but doing better than Sarri did with the club is incredibly hard. "Sarri has had big teams like Napoli for just three or four years – it’s not like you can take any team and can start winning straight away. "I believe he is on the right path, and when you start winning, you never get tired of it. "Sarri started well at Chelsea, then he had some problems, now he’s on the right path and he’s bought a fantastic striker in that he knows very well in Higuain. "However, he has teams in front of him that are better, or better equipped, to win at the moment. "I believe Manchester City are the best equipped team to win this league at the moment. "Liverpool did great things in the Champions League last season and they have a great coach who has been there for two-and-a-half years and therefore knows English football better than Sarri at the moment. "I hope Sarri’s team can play well as his teams always have done. "I hope his team can reach the top four because that would maybe mean the beginning of constructing something important for him at Chelsea. "Chelsea is probably the most Italian club in England. "Out of all the Italian coaches – Ancelotti, Ranieri, Sarri, Vialli – almost every one of them has won titles and I hope Sarri can win as well. "Ranieri didn’t win a trophy but he was decisive in building a great Chelsea. "He made the semi-finals of the Champions League, for example." Keep up to date with the latest news, features and exclusives from football.london via the free football.london app for iPhone and Android Available to download from the App Store and Google Play
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