Chelsea put in a great performance to secure a 1-0 victory against Atletico Madrid yesterday evening but one player that did struggle was Jorginho.
The Italian misplaced ten passes on the night and picked up a booking which meant he will miss the second leg. Some supporters on Twitter were not happy with his display:
Shocking man. I’m so done with him.
— TheScore (@TheScore01) February 23, 2021
He needs to go
— Ram?ey♠️ (@Notcrazyatalll) February 23, 2021
And we have seen alot of them bt this is peak
— Shreyas Bhalekar (@shreyasBhalek10) February 23, 2021
Always fractionally behind the man. How he's international class I have no idea.
— The Swedish Chef (@TheSwedishChef4) February 23, 2021
He has been like this since napoli when it comes to playing passes in the air its not a new thing.
— Jack Jones (@JackInTheBox05) February 23, 2021
You must be joking he’s never been a good passer.
— $ (@damicfc_) February 23, 2021
He's pretty awful, all the time tbh
— Rezu (@RezuYaowa) February 23, 2021
Billy needs a chance
— ????? ???? ♠️ (@TysonCreme) February 23, 2021
His passing is the same week in week out
— harry (@HarryGoddard99) February 23, 2021
It is slightly harsh to single out Jorginho for his passing as he still had 90% accuracy on the night, but he did make some uncharacteristic mistakes when in possession.
Combined with the fact that he doesn’t generally offer much in terms of goals or assists and it doesn’t take much for some fans to turn against him, especially when there is a young talent like Billy Gilmour waiting in the wings to take his place.
It’s likely that N’Golo Kante will come in for the return leg next month. The Frenchman was left out of the starting eleven last night and he would have felt hard done by after performing well against Southampton at the weekend.