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Gary Cahill has revealed nan drill Maurizio Sarri forced his players to do successful training earlier each lucifer astatine Chelsea.
The erstwhile Blues skipper claims Sarri was 'very superstitious' and that his insistence connected practising nan aforesaid regular 'blew his mind'.
Sarri managed Chelsea for nan 2018-19 season, starring them to 3rd successful nan Premier League and lifting nan Europa League pinch a 4-1 triumph complete Arsenal earlier leaving for Juventus.
In his last play pinch nan nine and suffering from persistent injuries, Cahill saw his engagement slashed to 8 games and was alternatively mocking of 'boring' Sarri successful a chat pinch John Obi Mikel's 'One One' podcast.
'It was each conscionable tactical. What is Sarriball? I played it and I still don't cognize what it is mate! But he didn't play maine so...'
Gary Cahill has revealed nan bizarre drill Maurizio Sarri made his Chelsea players do each week
Sarri managed Chelsea successful nan 2019-20 season, finishing 3rd and winning nan Europa League
'It was very guidelines still. He was a very superstitious manager, very different.
'We utilized to do nan centre (kick), group it backmost to 1 of nan centre-backs, put a ft connected it, and you utilized to conscionable smash it diagonally, for illustration nan restart of a game. But you'd activity connected that each Friday pinch afloat world players.
'That only needs 1 session, doesn't it? If it's maine and you, and you've sewage to put your ft connected nan ball, and I've sewage to smash it diagonally, that's each we need, 1 session.
'So that was nan point pinch nan superstition, for illustration each Friday aliases each time earlier a game, he'd practise it.
'It conscionable blew my mind - I was thinking, it's alright nan first fewer weeks erstwhile it's fresh, a fewer months successful it's like, what's happening here? Do we request to do this again?'
Asked if nan drill produced immoderate gains, he replied: 'A fewer throw-ins I deliberation if you overcooked it!'
Despite returning them to nan Champions League and lifting a trophy, Sarri was ne'er hugely celebrated astatine Chelsea.
Coming disconnected nan backmost of a transformative stint astatine Napoli, location was a wide consciousness that he ne'er rather sewage crossed his ideas - arsenic desmonstrated by Cahill claiming he still does not cognize what 'Sarriball' is.
It did not thief that overmuch of his connection came done a translator.
Cahill, who played 8 times successful his past season, said Sarri was 'very superstitious' and that he still does not understand 'Sarriball'
His estimation successful Italy was undimmed and nan Italian elephantine agreed a £7million compensation woody pinch Chelsea to prise him distant 2 years earlier nan extremity of his contract.
However, contempt winning nan Serie A title successful 2019-20, he was sacked by Juventus aft being knocked retired of nan Champions League past 16 by Lyon, a necktie which was vanished successful August owed to Covid-19 delays.
