Enzo Fernandez on Chelsea as title contenders: “Of course we are [title contenders]. This season, there are many contenders: Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United. All the teams are battling towards the top. There are some very strong Premier League sides. Arsenal have also been doing really well for many years. And Liverpool are a great side. I’m not going to choose one because they’re all good.

And we know the Champions League is very tough. We’ll try to reach the final, which is what we deserve as a club. We’ve been doing well, so we’re capable of being right up there.”

(via JacobsBen / GiveMeSport)

😂 Enzo Fernandez on U.S. President Donald Trump handing the Club World Cup: “We didn’t know he’d be there to give us our trophy. I hadn’t seen him, so it was a surprise that he handed out our medals. It was such a funny moment.” (via JacobsBen / GiveMeSport)

🇦🇷 Chelsea’s Enzo Fernandez on captaining Argentina: “On a personal level, I dream of captaining Argentina. But that decision doesn’t come down to me. It’s up to the coaching staff. Of course, I dream of being the Argentina captain.

My thoughts are on the present, though. Winning the World Cup is in the past and we are focused on what lies ahead. We know it could be Messi’s last World Cup, so we’ll aim to defend our title from Qatar as a team. Let’s hope for a kind draw.”

(via JacobsBen / GiveMeSport)

 

🗣️ Enzo Maresca ahead of Leeds United [A] in the Premier League:

🏥 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬:

“He [Cole Palmer] is available.

“In the last game, Cole was on the bench but with ten players, it was more complicated for Cole [to return] as he needs to come back to a [full] fitness condition.

“He is available and can start the game. The idea with him is to start giving him minutes until he is ready to play 90 minutes.

“Romeo [Lavia] is still trying to recover.

“Dario [Essugo], he was okay and started some sessions with us. Now he needs to slow down a little bit so he will be out again, hopefully nothing important. The rest are all fine.”

🤔 𝐎𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭:

“I would like to start him, but we need to do the right thing.”

🧐 𝐎𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰:

“This is a good question. I don’t know.

“[Daniel] Farke played more than 200 games with Norwich and he played just 16 or 17 games with a back five and he played always back four.

“With Leeds, he played all games with a back four and then second half against Man City, back five. They were 2-0 down, 2-2. So now, what do you think? They play so well in 3-5-2. That’s why. So we try to prepare for both and then when we see the line-up, we can organise. But it’s the main doubt for me in this moment, if they’re going to play one way or the other way. I don’t know.”

💪 𝐎𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥:

“We need to be ready, we need to try to win both if we can, thinking that we always go game by game, so the first one is tomorrow, and then we start to focus on the next one.”

(Via ChelseaFC & BobbyVincent - Football London)

𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃:

🗣️ Maresca on Dario Essugo’s injury setback:

“I don’t think it’s a serious setback.

“We need to check him because it just happened yesterday [Monday], unfortunately. For sure he’s not available for the next three [Premier League] games.”

(Via ChelseaFC)

IT’S MATCHDAY! 🔵

🆚 Leeds
🏆 Premier League
🕐 20:15 KO
🏟️ Elland Road

Leave your score predictions in the comments!👇

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Our 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 lineup for tonight’s match against Leeds United [A] in the Premier League.

✍️ by elliots_media

𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬:

— Moises Caicedo serves his first game of his three-match suspension.

— Romeo Lavia is expected to be out for at least a month due to a quad injury.

— Levi Colwill is out with a long-term injury.

— Dario Essugo has had an injury setback in training and is currently being assessed.

Feel free to leave your thoughts. 🔵⬇️

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Top midfielder, great person - have a wonderful birthday, Michael. 🎉🇬🇭

Happy birthday, Frank Sinclair! 😁

🚨 Cole Palmer has been nominated for the BEST MEN’S PLAYER at the 2025 GLOBE SOCCER AWARDS.

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Tonight's line-up to face Leeds. 📋

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Kickoff!

⚪️ 0-0 ⚫️ [1] #CFC | #LEECHE

Jaka Bijol scores.

⚪️ 1-0 ⚫️ [5] #CFC | #LEECHE

Tanaka makes it two.

⚪️ 2-0 ⚫️ [42] #CFC | #LEECHE

Work to do.

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FT: Leeds United 3-1 Chelsea

Chelsea XI: Sanchez; Chalobah, Tosin, Badiashile (Gusto 45’), Cucurella; A.Santos (Guiu 77’), Fernandez (C); Estevao (Neto 45’), J.Pedro, Gittens (Garnacho 61’) ; Delap (Palmer 61’)

Bench: Jorgensen, Acheampong, Gusto, James, Hato, Neto, Garnacho, Palmer, Guiu

Unused substitutes: Jorgensen, Acheampong, James, Hato

🟨 Yellow card: Estêvão (39’)

Leeds XI: Perri; Bogle, Gudmundsson, Rodon, Bijol, Struijk, Ampadu, Tanaka, Stach, Nmecha, Calvert-Lewin

Bench: Darlow, Justin, Bornauw, Gruev, Harrison, Aaronson, Gnonto, Okafor, Piroe

🔵 Goal for Chelsea from:

Pedro Neto ⚽️ [50’]
Jamie Gittens 🅰️

⚪️ Goals for Leeds from:

Jaka Bijol ⚽️ [6’]
Ao Tanaka ⚽️ [43’]
Dominic Calvert-Lewin ⚽️ [72’]

Thoughts on the game? ⬇️

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