Maresca clarifies demand for Chelsea outcasts to attend matches

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Numerous experienced players were spotted supporting their team from behind the dugout during their victorious Carabao Cup match against Barrow earlier in the week.

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca is demanding his outcasts attend games and show support for their teammates.AdvertisementAdvertisement

"I said that I want all of them there," Maresca said on Friday. "The ones in the squad have to be there and the ones not in the squad have to be there too.

"You have to behave like a team and if there is a game, they have to be there. 

"If there is a problem and some of them cannot come, then that is not a problem. I don’t know whether we say it is a rule but when there is a game, the players have to there.

"In terms of culture, I think it is quite normal that if my team-mate is playing a game, I am there before the game to support him and I am there after the game to support him in case he wins, loses, does well or does badly. 

"It is normal for them to be there, whether it is the Premier League or Carabao Cup. If we want to create something then these small things are very important."