PSG / Chelsea – Liam Rosenior takes stock of the injured

Earlier than his Premier League match in opposition to Aston Villa, Chelsea coach Liam Rosenior took inventory of his infirmary, every week earlier than the Champions League spherical of 16 first leg in opposition to PSG.

The Champions League spherical of 16 is quick approaching. Against Chelsea, PSG must increase their stage of play to hope to defend their title. For this, Luis Enrique hopes for the returns of Ousmane Dembélé and Fabian Ruiz, absent for a number of matches. On the Blues aspect, Liam Rosenior additionally has to take care of some absences.

Marc Cucurella near a comeback

The day after the defeat in opposition to Arsenal within the Premier League (2-1), the Blues coach was current at a press convention this Monday, earlier than going through Aston Villa this Wednesday within the league (8:30 p.m.). And the previous Strasbourg coach was questioned concerning the state of type of his group earlier than this Premier League shock, in feedback reported by the official Chelsea web site. And he may notably rely on the returns of Marc Cucurella, absent within the final three matches attributable to a hamstring harm, and Cole Palmer, injured in opposition to the Gunners.

“Cole took successful [contre
Arsenal]however he’s doing very nicely. He seems in nice form, and I feel you possibly can see how we have dealt with him the previous couple of weeks. He performed 83 minutes [dimanche] and it was a tactical choice to interchange him and Enzo
[Fernandez]as a result of that they had obtained a yellow card and I wished to convey a little bit freshness with Garna
[Garnacho] and Liam [Delap]. So sure, Cole is absolutely prepared to start out the sport on Wednesday and Reece [James] can be in fine condition (…) Cucu (Marc Cucurella) appears in excellent form, and I hope we are able to get him again, if not Wednesday, then Saturday [contre Wrexham en
FA Cup]. This is good news for us, given the schedule forward of us. Estevao is again on the sphere, which is nice, and he is doing rather well. Jamie Gittens can be progressing nicely in his rehabilitation. It was nice to see Romeo [Lavia] enjoying his first minutes in a very long time [dimanche]. I discovered it very strong [contre
Arsenal]. I feel he is able to return to the beginning XI. We dealt with his rehab otherwise, and I hope now that he is again match, he stays match. » Chelsea will nonetheless have two matches to play (Aston Villa and Wrexham) earlier than going through PSG within the spherical of 16 first leg of the Champions League (March 11).