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title: "Cesc Fabregas Press Conference [video]"
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author: "Escapini"
section: "Chelsea Football Club"
published: "2012-04-18T12:19:30Z"
modified: "2012-04-18T12:19:30Z"
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# Cesc Fabregas Press Conference \[video\]

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**The midfielder believes Di Matteo has gone back to basics with the Londoners, playing the high-tempo, long-ball game which made them so successful over the past decade.**

And he insists Chelsea are a far more dangerous outfit playing that way, rather than the continental approach ex-manager Andre Villas-Boas tried to introduce.

**Fabregas**

***‘With Villas-Boas, they tried to control the ball, they wanted to take the initiative,***‘ said Fabregas, ahead of the Champions League semi-final, first leg.\
***‘Now they are back to a style which made them great, which made them win the Premier League.***

***‘They play long balls now, everyone in the area, everyone going forward when they have the ball. With players like Didier Drogba, they are a very dangerous side.***‘

The former Arsenal man also aimed a thinly veiled barb at old boss Arsene Wenger, insisting he is a far better player now he has left.

***‘I have learned so much, especially at a tactical level,’*** he said. \
***‘I position myself much better on the pitch. I was not very good tactically, I simply played wherever I wanted.’***

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