Mateo Kovacic was the subject of criticism from Chelsea fans after the Croatian midfielder attempted a ‘rabona’ cross while his side were 2-0 down against Tottenham.
Kovacic’s audacious ‘rabona’ attempt was easily picked off by the Tottenham defence and Kovacic’s poor decision making led to Tottenham launching a counter-attack, luckily for Chelsea and Kovacic the attack came to nothing.
Chelsea’s midfield have been run rampant by Tottenham and the Blues midfield watched on only 15 minutes earlier as Harry Kane drove forward from midfield and doubled Tottenham’s lead with a strike from 30 yards out. Check out the goal here.
Check out a photo of Kovacic attempting the cross below:
#TOTCHE
Oh Kovacic, what are you doing? pic.twitter.com/CFI0EVC723— Steve Long (@stevelong193) November 24, 2018
This certainly wasn’t the right decision for Kovacic to make. With Chelsea 2-0 down the smart thing would have been to retain possession of the ball at all costs but by attempting something like a ‘rabona’ just didn’t do anything to show that Kovacic was trying to get a grip back on the game from midfield.
Check out some reaction to Kovacic’s audacious attempt:
Not saying that Chelsea have had their Christmas party this afternoon, but given what's already happened in this game, Mateo Kova?i? has just tried a Rabona for absolutely no reason at all.
— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) November 24, 2018
Kovacic is a nothing player.
— SecretFootballer (@AnonFootballer1) November 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/StuLoversidge/status/1066394734925623297
https://twitter.com/ComerfordAshley/status/1066396724758020099
Btw that Kovacic rabona was disgusting. 2-0 down aswell. Almost unforgivable
— Matt Langley (@_mattlangley) November 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/cheekyasloftus/status/1066392054379499521
Kovacic doing a rabona at 2-0 down is enough to send him back to Madrid
— Rory Carroll (@RoryCarroll94) November 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/Vixhuncho/status/1066396802805420032
Midfield overrun. Kovacic attempting fucking rabonas. Any danger of us getting our act together in this half. Spurs have been best in every department. #CFC
— Danny Perring (@DannyPerring) November 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/EnEngin14/status/1066390728744546304
https://twitter.com/CFCPys/status/1066391376630288384
2-0 down & Kovacic without a goal or assist all season attempting a robona cross straight to a Tottenham player… just don’t get how important this game is, use your fucking left foot & find a Chelsea player ffs
— MadMontana (@MadMontana) November 24, 2018
What exactly does kovacic offer? Honestly
— ?? (@wiIlcfc) November 24, 2018
