What Mauricio Pochettino told Angelo Gabriel in drinks break of Chelsea vs Wrexham
For Chelsea supporters, it was great to finally see Mauricio Pochettino in the dugout as the club's new head coach.
After months of waiting, Thursday morning – when Chelsea beat Wrexham 5-0 in North Carolina – was the first opportunity to see the Argentine work his magic with his new squad. Albeit, against a Wrexham side who recently got promoted to the Football League once again. But either way, there were many positive signs.
One of them was Angelo Gabriel, who recently signed for Chelsea from Brazilian club Santos. The Blues used 20 different players in Chapel Hill against the Welsh side, with Gabriel being one of them after being introduced from the bench for the second-half.
It didn't take long for the Brazilian teenager to strut his stuff and immediately we saw indications of the talent he had in his feet. Playing on the right-hand side, Gabriel would often cut inside on his left foot and look to get involved in the play as much as possible but this was not something that pleased Pochettino.
In fact, when the two teams went to the sideline for their drinks break in the second-half, due to the soaring temperatures in the United States, Pochettino felt obliged to tell Gabriel exactly what he needs to do to play even better. He said: «Angelo, you need to keep on the right. Because if you cut inside, it's so difficult. You have no space to play. Okay?»
Ironically, though, Gabriel's best moment of the match came when he did exactly the opposite of that. In the final moments of the game, Gabriel cut inside from the right-hand side and linked up with his Chelsea teammates before releasing Ben Chilwell with a fine through ball and the Blues defender then finished off the scoring with a delightful finish in the final minute of
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