🗣️ Liam Rosenior ahead of @Paris_Saint_Geermain [H] in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 second-leg [5-2 on aggregate to PSG]:
🏥 On team news:
“Reece [James] felt something in his hamstring at the end of the game against Newcastle United. It’s really frustrating and disappointing for us. We don’t know the full extent of that just yet but it rules him out for tomorrow’s game.
“Malo [Gusto] is ill today. We’ll have a look at him for tomorrow and make a call on him.
“Estevao is back in training. He’ll be a part of the group and we’ll assess whether he can take part in the game at some point tomorrow.
“Filip [Jorgensen], he felt something in his groin after the PSG game. And again, we’ll get him scanned to find out the full extent of that injury.”
🤔 On whether PSG have an advantage after having the weekend off:
“Obviously, they have more rest. That’s natural. That’s normal. I can’t speak about other league schedules or what they do. What I can do is try and make sure that my team and our team are ready to give absolutely everything into this game in terms of the intensity, in terms of the quality that we need.
“Hopefully, we can turn around a difficult scoreline, but not an impossible one.”
💪 On what his side need to do differently this time to overcome the deficit:
“I think we performed consistently very well, but we’ve been undone in games by moments of focus or concentration.
“For us to go through tomorrow, we need to be perfect in terms of not making mistakes, in terms of our performance in possession.
“We have to remember that PSG are the European champions for a reason, but we’ve also shown in times that we can definitely compete and beat them in isolated games.
👀 On whether Rosenior is implementing his pressing style too quickly for the players:
“No, I think if you look at the game against PSG, the goals had nothing to do with our press.
“I think the press that we had against PSG and in other games has given us the platform of our performances. The longer you get to work at it, the better you’ll be.“
(Via bobbyvincent - Football London)
#CFC #ChelseaFC
🏥 On team news:
“Reece [James] felt something in his hamstring at the end of the game against Newcastle United. It’s really frustrating and disappointing for us. We don’t know the full extent of that just yet but it rules him out for tomorrow’s game.
“Malo [Gusto] is ill today. We’ll have a look at him for tomorrow and make a call on him.
“Estevao is back in training. He’ll be a part of the group and we’ll assess whether he can take part in the game at some point tomorrow.
“Filip [Jorgensen], he felt something in his groin after the PSG game. And again, we’ll get him scanned to find out the full extent of that injury.”
🤔 On whether PSG have an advantage after having the weekend off:
“Obviously, they have more rest. That’s natural. That’s normal. I can’t speak about other league schedules or what they do. What I can do is try and make sure that my team and our team are ready to give absolutely everything into this game in terms of the intensity, in terms of the quality that we need.
“Hopefully, we can turn around a difficult scoreline, but not an impossible one.”
💪 On what his side need to do differently this time to overcome the deficit:
“I think we performed consistently very well, but we’ve been undone in games by moments of focus or concentration.
“For us to go through tomorrow, we need to be perfect in terms of not making mistakes, in terms of our performance in possession.
“We have to remember that PSG are the European champions for a reason, but we’ve also shown in times that we can definitely compete and beat them in isolated games.
👀 On whether Rosenior is implementing his pressing style too quickly for the players:
“No, I think if you look at the game against PSG, the goals had nothing to do with our press.
“I think the press that we had against PSG and in other games has given us the platform of our performances. The longer you get to work at it, the better you’ll be.“
(Via bobbyvincent - Football London)
#CFC #ChelseaFC
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Chelsea supporters protesting against the club’s owners have claimed they were told “it’s f—— obvious we’re building one of the best teams in the world” by director Danny Finkelstein.
Lord Finkelstein, a lifelong Chelsea supporter, was appointed as a director by the Clearlake Capital-Todd Boehly ownership with a view to engaging with fans and listening to their opinions, which he is said to have done regularly.
A summary of the meeting between Lord Finkelstein and Chelsea fans, which took place at the start of February, was posted online by the ‘notaprojectcfc’ protest group following the club’s 5-2 Champions League last-16 first-leg defeat to @Paris_Saint_Geermain. He believed the meeting was private and would not be made public.
In the summary of the meeting between themselves and Lord Finkelstein, the protest group said:
“We calmly explained that we do not see a direction of travel taking us towards seriously competing in the Premier League and Champions League while the current model is in place, and that the lack of proven experience and leadership in the squad will continue to harm us until this issue is addressed.
“The discussion became heated when the director responded by telling us players will mature as they get older and that, to them, it is ‘f—— obvious we are building one of the best teams in the world’.
“Once again, there was a lack of self-reflection from the director, who even said there is no statistical relationship between managers and results, and that their overall impact is overestimated. We found this very concerning, although the director did at least acknowledge they had hoped to make more progress this season.
“We were also alarmed when the director said the likes of Luis Enrique, who won the Champions League as manager of @Paris_Saint_Geermain last season [and whose team beat us 5-2 the night before this article was published], would not have been the right appointment for us when the manager position came up previously.”
Having published details of their meeting with Finkelstein, the ‘notaprojectcfc’ group have announced plans for a second protest.
[Matt Law - The Telegraph]
#CFC #Chelsea #ChelseaFC
Lord Finkelstein, a lifelong Chelsea supporter, was appointed as a director by the Clearlake Capital-Todd Boehly ownership with a view to engaging with fans and listening to their opinions, which he is said to have done regularly.
A summary of the meeting between Lord Finkelstein and Chelsea fans, which took place at the start of February, was posted online by the ‘notaprojectcfc’ protest group following the club’s 5-2 Champions League last-16 first-leg defeat to @Paris_Saint_Geermain. He believed the meeting was private and would not be made public.
In the summary of the meeting between themselves and Lord Finkelstein, the protest group said:
“We calmly explained that we do not see a direction of travel taking us towards seriously competing in the Premier League and Champions League while the current model is in place, and that the lack of proven experience and leadership in the squad will continue to harm us until this issue is addressed.
“The discussion became heated when the director responded by telling us players will mature as they get older and that, to them, it is ‘f—— obvious we are building one of the best teams in the world’.
“Once again, there was a lack of self-reflection from the director, who even said there is no statistical relationship between managers and results, and that their overall impact is overestimated. We found this very concerning, although the director did at least acknowledge they had hoped to make more progress this season.
“We were also alarmed when the director said the likes of Luis Enrique, who won the Champions League as manager of @Paris_Saint_Geermain last season [and whose team beat us 5-2 the night before this article was published], would not have been the right appointment for us when the manager position came up previously.”
Having published details of their meeting with Finkelstein, the ‘notaprojectcfc’ group have announced plans for a second protest.
[Matt Law - The Telegraph]
#CFC #Chelsea #ChelseaFC
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Chelsea are set to scrap their centre-circle huddle idea after deciding internally that it has grown into too much of a distraction.
That may now end up being the last time this particular pre-match routine is seen. While Chelsea have not been ordered to stop staging their huddle in the middle of the centre circle, club sources say we can expect it will be performed in their own half from now on.
Liam Rosenior said in his pre-Paris Saint-Germain press conference:
“It's been blown out of proportion, to be honest.
“It's a small, small thing amongst many, many serious things that we need to address, such as a massive game against PSG. The lads have always wanted to show unity and togetherness.
“I think they'll continue to do that. What we don't want to do is antagonise or bring the noise on ourselves and we'll make the decision on where we do that on the pitch tomorrow.”
[Kieran Gill - Daily Mail; first reported by Nizaar Kinsella - BBC Sport]
#CFC #Chelsea
That may now end up being the last time this particular pre-match routine is seen. While Chelsea have not been ordered to stop staging their huddle in the middle of the centre circle, club sources say we can expect it will be performed in their own half from now on.
Liam Rosenior said in his pre-Paris Saint-Germain press conference:
“It's been blown out of proportion, to be honest.
“It's a small, small thing amongst many, many serious things that we need to address, such as a massive game against PSG. The lads have always wanted to show unity and togetherness.
“I think they'll continue to do that. What we don't want to do is antagonise or bring the noise on ourselves and we'll make the decision on where we do that on the pitch tomorrow.”
[Kieran Gill - Daily Mail; first reported by Nizaar Kinsella - BBC Sport]
#CFC #Chelsea
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Our 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 lineup for tonight’s match against @Paris_Saint_Geermain [H] in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 second-leg [5-2 on aggregate to PSG]
✍️ by vigannpireva
𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬:
— Filip Jorgensen has a groin issue.
— Reece James is unavailable due to a hamstring injury suffered against Newcastle.
— Malo Gusto will undergo a late fitness test after missing training on Monday through illness.
— Estêvão will undergo a fitness test to understand whether he can be in the squad following a hamstring injury.
— Jamie Gittens is unavailable due to a hamstring injury following a setback in training.
— Levi Colwill is understood to be making good progress as he recovers from a long-term injury.
Feel free to leave your thoughts. 🔵⬇️
#CFC #ChelseaFC #CHEPSG #ParisSaintGermain
✍️ by vigannpireva
𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬:
— Filip Jorgensen has a groin issue.
— Reece James is unavailable due to a hamstring injury suffered against Newcastle.
— Malo Gusto will undergo a late fitness test after missing training on Monday through illness.
— Estêvão will undergo a fitness test to understand whether he can be in the squad following a hamstring injury.
— Jamie Gittens is unavailable due to a hamstring injury following a setback in training.
— Levi Colwill is understood to be making good progress as he recovers from a long-term injury.
Feel free to leave your thoughts. 🔵⬇️
#CFC #ChelseaFC #CHEPSG #ParisSaintGermain
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🚨🚑 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Reece James' new hamstring injury is his 21th injury at Chelsea since making his debut, being out for a total of 753 days due to injury, missing over 136 games.
• 19/20: Ankle injury, 113 days out.
• 19/20: Ankle injury, 8 days out.
• 19/20: Bruise, 15 days out.
• 19/20: Knock, 8 days out.
• 20/21: Ankle injury, 15 days.
• 20/21: Hamstring strain, 26 days.
• 21/22: Hamstring injury, 50 days.
• 21/22: Muscle injury, 19 days.
• 21/22: Hamstring injury, 8 days.
• 22/23: Knee injury, 61 days.
• 22/23: Knee injury, 36 days.
• 22/23: Hamstring injury, 5 days.
• 22/23: Thigh injury, 6 days.
• 22/23: Hamstring injury, 37 days.
• 22/23: Hamstring injury, 55 days.
• 23/24: Muscle injury, 152 days.
• 24/25: Hamstring injury, 67 days.
• 24/25: Hamstring injury, 39 days.
• 25/26 Hip injury, 8 days.
• 25/26: Knock, 11 days.
• 25/26: Hamstring injury, 14+ days.
• 19/20: Ankle injury, 113 days out.
• 19/20: Ankle injury, 8 days out.
• 19/20: Bruise, 15 days out.
• 19/20: Knock, 8 days out.
• 20/21: Ankle injury, 15 days.
• 20/21: Hamstring strain, 26 days.
• 21/22: Hamstring injury, 50 days.
• 21/22: Muscle injury, 19 days.
• 21/22: Hamstring injury, 8 days.
• 22/23: Knee injury, 61 days.
• 22/23: Knee injury, 36 days.
• 22/23: Hamstring injury, 5 days.
• 22/23: Thigh injury, 6 days.
• 22/23: Hamstring injury, 37 days.
• 22/23: Hamstring injury, 55 days.
• 23/24: Muscle injury, 152 days.
• 24/25: Hamstring injury, 67 days.
• 24/25: Hamstring injury, 39 days.
• 25/26 Hip injury, 8 days.
• 25/26: Knock, 11 days.
• 25/26: Hamstring injury, 14+ days.
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