Fulham manager Marco Silva has explained his choice to bench Calvin Bassey and Alex Iwobi against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
On Tuesday night, Fulham narrowly defeated Wolves 2-1 in the Premier League at the Molineux Stadium.
Iwobi and Bassey have been important for Fulham this season, having started most of their games in the EPL.
However, they did not make the starting 11 and had to watch their team fight to claim a win from the bench.
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Silva disclosed that Iwobi and Bassey were left on the bench because he wanted to control their fatigue.
Fulham Head Coach Marco Silva || Imago
Speaking to Fulham’s official website after the match, he explained, “We knew that we were going to need some fresh legs inside.
“The last game for us on Saturday was a difficult one, performance-wise was not the best, and I knew that coming here the game was going to demand from us some fresh legs inside.
“Some players that we decided wouldn’t start the game, like Alex Iwobi, Robinson, Calvin, for example, they are the players with more minutes in our team.
Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey celebrate at the Craven Cottage.
“It’s not easy when you change five players, when you are playing at the level we are playing in the Premier League.
“Not starting with Alex, Willian is not ready to start a game yet from a physical point of view, and we don’t have other wingers, that is the reality, we don’t have solutions. And that was the first reason we changed the formation.”
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