Marc Guiu, a forward for Chelsea, may have had the season’s worst missed opportunity in their Europa Conference League match against Servette.
When Chelsea faced Servette in the first leg of their play-off match, Enzo Maresca started nine different players. Servette is currently in fifth place in the Swiss Pro League.
While Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Pedro Neto, Renato Veiga, and Marc Guiu made their full debuts, Filip Jorgensen and Tosin Adarabioyo played their first games for the club.
The Blues’ Premier League opening was against Manchester City, and Guiu made his debut for the club as a second-half substitute after joining from Barcelona this summer.
Despite his disappointing performance at Stamford Bridge—an open-goal miss—Maresca chose to give him extra minutes on Thursday night.After Guiu missed the target in the 51st minute, fans took to social media to express their reactions.
“Marc Guiu with the worst miss I’ve ever seen,” one person wrote, while another offered the following comment: “Marc Guiu may have just missed the easiest chance in football history.”
Although everyone is pointing fingers at Marc Guiu for passing up this opportunity, the Servette goalkeeper deserves praise for keeping his composure, according to a third commenter. Pay close attention.
“That miss is inexcusable,” remarked a fourth, while a fifth acknowledged that everyone has bad days, but praised Marc Guiu’s commitment and effort. In the end, he’ll be stronger.Recent comments by Guiu, who expressed his “dream” of playing in the Premier League following Chelsea’s activation of a £5 million release clause in his contract, follow his one goal during the club’s pre-season tour of the United States this summer.
“I had to go for it because it was an amazing opportunity, but it was a tough decision,” he said.
“[Enzo] Maresca told me there was an amazing sporting project full of young talent, that he wanted me to be a part of it and that he had a lot of faith in me and my skills and capabilities.”
In his own words, he was prepared. Every day, we put quite a lot of effort into our physical and practical training, both on and off the field. In light of this, I feel prepared to step onto the field and contribute to the squad as required.