The Chelsea boss made headlines after Saturday’s win over Everton<\/a> saying that the 48 hours leading up to that game had been his worst at Stamford Bridge<\/a>.<\/p>\n Maresca shut down multiple questions at his prematch news conference Monday about whom he was targeting<\/a>, and said after Chelsea’s 3-1 win over Cardiff that he had not spoken to the club’s hierarchy following his weekend comments.<\/p>\n Editor’s Picks<\/p>\n 2 Related<\/p>\n “I’m just happy, we’re going to play another semifinal and I think it’s what the fans deserve,” Maresca said after celebrating with Chelsea fans at the final whistle and having his name sung by them.<\/p>\n “It was a great moment, I appreciate, always thankful. In some moments when you don’t win games, they have been not happy, but it’s normal. But overall, the fans have always been there.<\/p>\n “These are the kind of games that I fall in love even more with the players because you cannot imagine how easy it is to slip, to slide, because they are tricky games.<\/p>\n “Every season there are teams that they lost against, you know, League Two or League One. You need to pay attention, you need to do the right things.”<\/p>\n Alejandro Garnacho<\/a> struck twice and fellow substitute Pedro Neto<\/a> was also on target as Chelsea’s substitutes proved the difference in the second half.<\/p>\n Asked if he had spoken to his bosses since the weekend, Maresca said: “No, as I said yesterday [Monday], the day after Everton, I started to prepare Cardiff. Focus on Cardiff.<\/p>\n “Now I just said on the bus I will watch [Saturday’s opponents] Newcastle and I didn’t speak with anyone. I didn’t speak, no it’s OK.<\/p>\n “I always said that I’ve been happy since day one. So it’s not that tonight I’m not happy. I’m happy.<\/p>\n “Now we have three hours to arrive to Cobham [Chelsea’s training ground] and I will watch two Newcastle games.<\/p>\n “There is no time. Time is for the players. For us as a staff, we’re going to be focused on the next one, that is Newcastle, so we’re going to prepare.”<\/p>\n Maresca added Brazil<\/a> winger Est\u00eav\u00e3o<\/a> will sit out the Newcastle game with a “small muscle problem” that forced him to miss the Cardiff tie.<\/p>\nChelsea coach Enzo Maresca applauds the travelling fans after a win against Cardiff in the Carabao Cup.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n