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#2 Maurizio Sarri's will to lift a trophy as a coach

Sarri will fancy his chances of winning the first trophy of his career

The Italian had spells with Empoli and Napoli in the Serie A before joining Chelsea in the 2018/19 season. Sarri has not won any major honours for any club he has coached. The closest he came was being runners-up in Serie B with Empoli which eventually earned them promotion to the Serie A in the 2013/14 season. He was also a beaten finalist in the EFL cup this season against Manchester City.

No doubt, he needs to make that first leap of having won a title as a coach and the Europa League is a perfect one for him to do so. There is also dissatisfaction among the fans of the club over his tactics and playing style at times during the season especially in games they lost scandalously.

In some matches this season, his substitution of Ross Barkley with Kovacic was greeted with ironic laughter and chants of "you don't know what you're doing" from Chelsea fans during the FA Cup fifth-round loss to Manchester United at Stamford Bridge.

Then there were humiliating defeats at Bournemouth and Manchester City respectively, not to forget goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga's open challenge to Sarri's authority when he refused to be substituted in the Carabao Cup final. All these incidents over the course of the season have raised serious doubts about his managerial competence and his ability to take the club forward in the long-term.