The visitors re-take the lead.

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[4-2 agg]

Madueke and Gusto replace Palmer and Cucurella.

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Madonna is at Stamford Bridge.🎤

SUB: Pedro Neto replaces Jadon Sancho

// (4-2 agg)

Defeat in the second leg, but we progress to the semi-finals of the UEFA Conference League.

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Enzo Maresca on Chelsea’s 2-1 defeat to Legia Warsaw [H] in the Conference League quarter-final second leg [4-2 aggregate]:

😕 “We are for sure not happy with the defeat.

“Probably, after [what happened in] the first leg we tried to manage a little bit the result, rotate players, try to avoid injury, because we have an important game on Sunday.

“For sure, we’re not happy with the result. We’re in the semi-finals and we were trying to manage after the first leg result there. Overall, the good thing is we could rotate players and we don’t have injuries, which was the main target because during the season we had many injuries in important moments. It’s an important moment now and the good news is we don’t have injuries.”

🤔 𝐎𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞:

“For Nico, he has been out for more than two months, so the idea to play with him was to build his physical condition a little idea. The plan was 45 minutes.

“For Cole, he had a small problem before the international break, so the plan for him was to use him for 45 minutes or one hour. The idea was to improve their tempo, and be better for Sunday’s game.

“The main target for them was to help build their physical condition. If they were able to score, it could be a good boost for them. Hopefully, very soon, Nico and Cole will start to score goals because they are very important for us. At this moment, the one scoring is [Marc] Cucu and this is a good thing, as he is the one who doesn’t need to score goals.”

(Via ChelseaFC)

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Reece James reacts to Chelsea’s 2-1 defeat to Legia Warsaw [H] to tntsportsfootball in the Conference League quarter-final second leg:

💯 “That was for sure not progress; if anything, it was a step back. Maybe we disrespected the competition tonight [Thursday], but this is football; if you don’t prepare right, you will pay.

“I understand the frustration [from the fans] to be honest. I understand fans come to games to see excitement, to see goals. We were frustrating to watch. We remain focused and we still stick together and look forward to achieving what we want together.”

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Enzo Maresca ahead of Fulham [A] in the Premier League:

📈 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬:

“Romeo [Lavia] is back. He is training with us and can be available for Sunday’s game. With him, we are going to try the same thing we are trying with Reece [James].

“I would like to play Reece every three days, but we are trying to manage him to help him. We will try to do exactly the same thing with Romeo because, for us, he is an important player.

“We rest Enzo [Fernandez], Moi [Caicedo], Levi [Colwill], Noni [Madueke], Pedro [Neto], we rest many players.

“We are, for sure, not happy about the Conference League result, but at the same time, we try to manage a little bit and rotate players.”

👀 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠:

“No.

“But I am confident [they will] because they have scored goals. It’s just a moment that they need to turn a little bit that moment. But I said before, Cole scored 14 goals in 20 Premier League games. So he scored goals. Nico was the same before the injury. Now, unfortunately, Nico was out for two months, so probably physicality needs a little bit more. And this is the same for Cole.”

🤝 𝐎𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 & 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬:

“Yeah, absolutely, yes.

“I tried to explain yesterday. We cannot change the idea the day after. I said yesterday, and if I need I’ll say it again. In the last two years, Chelsea has been zero times top four, top five. This season we spent all season, almost all season, top four, top five, Champions League spots.

“We are in a semi-final of a European competition. So why now we need to change something? I think I don’t have any doubt about what we are doing, in the way we are doing, and for different reasons. We had some bad moments or some setbacks during the season, for sure. But this, for me, makes us stronger for the future.”

(Via ChelseaFC & Vincent - Football London)