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Expected Chelsea Lineup Against West Ham, Mateo Kovacic Miss Out Of Madrid UCL Clash

24/04/2021 Tunde

Chelsea will take on West Ham today in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge, as we look at how Thomas Tuchel will Lineup his side against West Ham United today. Blues manager Tuchel has reveal that Corotian midfielder Mateo Kovacic will miss the Champions League semi-final first leg against Real Madrid and hopefully will be back in time for the return leg. Kovacic has been impressive and outstanding as he suffered hamstring injury in training ahead of Champions League quarter-final return leg against FC Porto. The Chelsea manager said: “Me…

Thomas Tuchel reveals what Pep Guardiola told him while in Germany

19/04/2021 Tunde

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel back to a meal he had with Man City coach Pep Guardiola back when they were both managing in Germany. ‘It was one of the first times when we met in person,’ he recalls, ‘and then after that we had one more dinner in Munich, and if you go out with Pep, why not talk about football? ‘For me he was a huge influence so we started to talk about tactics and about positions on the field and what he did with Barcelona. He explained it…

Thomas Tuchel Releases Chelsea 23-man to face Porto

13/04/2021 Tunde

Chelsea vs Porto Team News: Kepa, Kante, Ziyech, Havertz top Thomas Tuchel's starting XI lineup

Thomas Tuchel has released Chelsea’s 23-man squad to face FC Porto at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday night in the Champions League quarter-final second leg after a 2-0 victory in the first leg. Chelsea have confirmed the 23-man squad that has travelled to Seville for tomorrow night’s Champions League quarter-final second leg against Porto. The Blues go into the game in a strong position having clinched a 2-0 victory in the away leg of the tie – which was also played at Sevilla’ Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium – last weekend. Full Chelsea squad…

Edouard Mendy breaks another record as Chelsea beat Porto 2-0

08/04/2021 Tunde

Chelsea announces signing of Edouard Mendy on a 5-year contract deal

Edouard Mendy become one of the greatest goalkeepers in the Champions League this season. The Senegalese have an outstanding record in the Champions League this season as he break two records in the competition. The Chelsea goalkeeper is now one of the most highly-rated goalkeepers in the Premier League this season because he is contesting for the golden glove award after recording many clean sheets this season. The Senegalese have the highest number of clean sheets in the Champions League since Thomas Tuchel has been appointed as the Chelsea Manager.…

Reactions as Kepa said Chelsea will play Real Madrid in UCL semi-final

07/04/2021 Tunde

Spanish and Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga confident of Champions League quarter-final victory over Portuguese club side FC Porto as he said that “Chelsea will play Real Madrid in the Champions League Semi-final.” The 26-year-old Spanish international Kepa taken to his official twitter page to post about the Champions League quarter-final clash with FC Porto that the Thomas Tuchel’s men will over come the Portuguese side and will go all the way to the semi-final of UCL 2020/21 season. “Chelsea will play Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final.” Reactions @champion_min…

Chelsea interested in signing Juve midfielder Adrien Rabiot

05/04/2021 Tunde

Chelsea are reportedly interested in signing Adrien Rabiot from Juventus to strengthen the midfield option after their humiliating 5-2 defeat by West Brom on Saturday. In his column for TuttoMercatoWeb, journalist Niccolo Ceccarini claimed that Chelsea are keeping an eye on the 26-year-old midfielder. Ceccarini stated that Juventus need to carry out ‘some important sales’ of their players to raise funds to strengthen their team in the summer. The Frenchman has appeared 36 times in all competitions for the Italian giants this season and has scored three goals and picked up…

Thomas Tuchel urges Chelsea players to keep focus on Champions League clash against FC Porto

05/04/2021 Tunde

Thomas Tuchel set to announce as Chelsea new coach to replace Frank Lampard

Chelsea face Portuguese side FC Porto on Wednesday in the Champions League quarter-final first leg in Seville. Chelsea was humiliated on Saturday after lost 2-5 to West Brom at Stamford Bridge, the blues manager spotted that his side were not sharp enough in the box. “We were not sharp enough and we didn’t catch the momentum to be sharper, to be closer and to be more aggressive,’ explained our head coach. “We didn’t get tight enough to play as a block and make it harder to break through us. We…

Chelsea 2-5 West Brom: Thomas Tuchel taste Premier League humiliating defeat

03/04/2021 Tunde

Chelsea get a shocking and humiliating defeat against West Bromwich at Stamford Bridge today after the international break, Chelsea suffered 2-5 defeat to West Brom at home as Thomas Tuchel taste first premier league defeat. Pulisic who opened scoring for the blues in 27 minutes before Thiago Silva was sent off in two minutes later. Pereira scored brace before the half time to put the away side in a lead, West Brom dominate the second half of the game as they scored another 3 goals to secure a 5-2 win…

Expected Chelsea lineup against West Brom at Stamford Bridge

03/04/2021 Tunde

Chelsea take on West Brom at Stamford Bridge by 12:30pm today after the international break as we look at how Thomas Tuchel will lineup Chelsea against West Brom. Hudson-Odoi and Kante are unavailable in Chelsea’s clash against West Brom Expected Chelsea lineup: Mendy, Rudiger, Silva, Azpilicueta; Alonzo, Kovacic, Jorginho, Ziyech; Havertz, Werner, Giroud Chelsea vs West Brom premier league fixture live stream will be available on Twitter and BT Sport.

Chelsea vs West Brom Match Preview, Kick Off Time, TV Channel

02/04/2021 Tunde

Chelsea welcome West Brom to Stamford Bridge after the international break on Saturday, April 3rd by 12:30pm. Thomas Tuchel yet to release his full squad to face West Brom on Saturday afternoon. The rest of April brings six further matches, one of them at the Bridge, three elsewhere in the capital, including Man City in the FA Cup, but starting with a quarter-final rendezvous against Porto on Wednesday. Chelsea have now reached the last four of one or more competitions in 25 of the last 31 seasons, and know what…