{"id":1103058,"date":"2019-08-24T10:28:52","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T09:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1103058"},"modified":"2019-08-24T10:29:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-24T09:29:34","slug":"jorginho-chelsea-midfielder-dream-five-a-side-team","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/jorginho-chelsea-midfielder-dream-five-a-side-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea midfielder Jorginho picks an unconventional dream five-a-side team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chelsea midfielder Jorginho has revealed his dream five-a-side team.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old is presently enjoying a second campaign at Stamford Bridge having followed former Napoli boss Maurizio Sarri to the capital last summer.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7343141-chelsea-can-get-excited-about-n-golo-kante-s-messi-impression<\/p>\n<p>He would subsequently endure a mixed debut season; although the Italian international was praised for his metronomic capabilities on the ball, he was oft-criticised for not being decisive in the final third and has so far failed to record a single Premier League assist.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, incoming Blues manager\u00a0 and club legend Frank Lampard is a fan and to date started him in their opening Premier League games against Manchester United and Leicester City.<\/p>\n<p>Lampard isn&#8217;t the only manager in England&#8217;s top-division that appreciates Jorginho, with Man City boss Pep Guardiola having tried to sign him ahead of Chelsea in the summer of 2018. Like the Spaniard, the Brazilian-born Italian footballer treats football like an art, which goes some way to explain his curious picks when asked to name his five-a-side team.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u2018Fabinho on Ceballos?\u2019 Liverpool vs Arsenal Premier League Preview w\/The Redmen TV\u2019s Paul Machin\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UF9KUXUJb0c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka&#8217;s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Okay, so my team would be as follows,&#8221; he said during an Instagram Q&amp;A for Chelsea&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/news\/2019\/08\/22\/jorginho-names-his-five-a-side-team-and-includes-a-surprise-twis?cardIndex=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">club website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;d have no goalkeeper, because we just want to enjoy football so we will all play outfield!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then I would include myself, because it\u2019s my team, and I&#8217;ll have Emerson and Willian in there, too, my teammates.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would also pick Radamel Falcao and Robinho to finish the side. Not bad, hey!&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Five things to know about\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Jorginho&#8217;s fantasy five-a-side team\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Emerson:<\/strong> has become Chelsea&#8217;s first choice left-back this season at Marcos Alonso&#8217;s expense.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Willian:<\/strong>\u00a0has 52 goals and 52 assists in 293 matches for the Blues.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jorginho:<\/strong> holds the record for most attempted passes in a single Premier League game (180 v West Ham in September 2018).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Robinho:<\/strong> has won league titles in four different countries (Brazil, Spain, Italy and China).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Radamel Falcao:<\/strong> only Henrik Larsson (31) has scored more Uefa Cup\/Europa League proper goals than him (30).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https:\/\/embed.playbuzz.com\/sdk.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','playbuzz-sdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"playbuzz\" data-id=\"13336866-d44f-442f-b2a2-b4b9099ac602\" data-show-info=\"false\" data-show-share=\"false\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea midfielder Jorginho has revealed his dream five-a-side team. 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