(Video): Chelsea player fighting for his first team place shows impressive long ball skill
All the talk around Chelsea and their goalkeeper situation in the last week has been about one man – Mike Maignan.
The Frenchman is pushing for a move to Stamford Bridge, and it seems like it's all about to come down to a final hectic 48 hours before the Club World Cup window closes.
Petrovic signs off season with another great showing
Djordje Petrovic playing for Chelsea. (Photo by)
If we don't sign him, the shirt will be battled for between Robert Sanchez, who had it this season, and Djordje Petrovic, who had it the season before. The Serb has put himself in a strong position to come back to Chelsea and start after a brilliant season on loan at Strasbourg, and he helped his chances further with a great showing in the fiery Albania – Serbia game of Saturday night.
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Petrovic made some great saves, some important high claims under immense pressure from the crowd in Tirana, and then saved a crucial penalty with a superb leap and strong right hand.
You can see his highlights from the game in the clip embedded here:
Petrovic happy to go long when situation calls for it
One thing we note from this compilation is how often Petrovic is going long. Now this is nothing to do with him, of course, this is clearly what he's been told to do by his national team coach.
It's hard enough for a club team manager to teach his team to play out from the back, one can only imagine how tricky it is for an international coach,
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Still, we saw plenty of evidence from Strasbourg that Petrovic has levelled up that part of his game compared to when he was last at Chelsea.
Impressively, he actually completed 11 of the 13 long balls he played in the game.
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