It was another disappointing outing for Chelsea, as the Blues were beaten 2-1 by Real Madrid in the pre-season tour of US.

It’s been a familiar story in pre-season, as Chelsea have been on a losing spree, and have only won one game – beating Mexican side Club America 3-0.

Chelsea’s defence has been a cause for concern so far, as the Blues have already conceded 12 goals in five pre-season matches, with the high defensive line being a factor for most goals.

Carlo Ancelotti told reporters ahead of their clash with Chelsea, that Chelsea must be ‘patient to grow’, and Enzo Maresca agrees with him.

“No, you cannot think after two weeks, three weeks that it will all work,” Maresca said.

“I appreciate Carlo’s words, I worked under him, his career is something unbelievable.

“It’s not something you make in two days, this is not PlayStation. It was a good moment [coming to the USA] for different reasons, to see the fans from outside the UK. Five games in 17 or 18 days is a lot of games.

“In this moment, the ideal situation would be to prepare for the games but for most of the games we have been without the preparation. We didn’t prepare the game with the training session like we are used to doing during a normal season. Some of the games we just prepared with a video or the tactical board.

“We have one week or 10 days in Cobham when we go back. For me, the real pre-season has been the two weeks at Cobham and the week or 10 days we have at Cobham. Here, it has been a mixed feeling.”

Enzo Maresca must try to get his team ready for the new season, as Chelsea fans may not be too patient with him.