Chelsea took an enormous step in the direction of their season targets on Sunday once they beat Liverpool at residence.
There’s nonetheless three huge video games to play, together with two in opposition to our direct rivals for a high 5 place, Nottingham Forest and Newcastle.
However earlier than we begin occupied with the journey to St James’ Park developing this weekend, we’ve obtained to complete the job in opposition to Djurgarden within the Convention League.
A cushty 4-1 first leg win has us in a commanding place, and plenty of Chelsea followers will already be occupied with shopping for their Convention League Last Tickets, however we noticed within the final spherical the place we misplaced at residence to Legia Warsaw that issues don’t at all times go to plan.
Enzo Maresca will likely be eager to select probably the most rotated staff he can get away with, given the magnitude of the sport on Sunday, and will probably be fascinating to see if he retains up his philosophy from the primary leg.
In that recreation we noticed Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo play 45 minutes every. Neither appeared affected by that in opposition to Liverpool, so it appears a secure guess we’ll see the same setup.
Romeo Lavia gained’t be risked, doubtless not whilst a sub, he’s nonetheless solely match for one recreation every week, and gained’t see extra motion that that for the remainder of the season, we’d suspect.
Reece James will return to play in midfield as he did within the first leg, and we can even doubtless see a return for Kiernan Dewsbury-Corridor, who has made this competitors his personal over the course of the season.
Followers at Stamford Bridge will likely be most excited to see Tyrique George, who was unfortunate to solely get a quick cameo in opposition to the Reds on the weekend. Towards a Djurgarden staff who actually didn’t persuade defensively within the first leg, the tough winger might actually feast.
Get by this second leg and we will likely be occupied with the ultimate – and that’s the place Maresca’s job actually will get tough. We’ll face far stronger opposition than we’ve got on this competitors thus far, whether or not it’s Actual Betis or Fiorentina who undergo. Does the the Italian coach persist with the gamers like KDH and George who have gotten him this far, or play his strongest staff to safe the trophy in Wroclaw?
He gained’t be worrying about it simply but, nevertheless it’s very a lot a query mark that’s on the horizon for him.
