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Enzo Maresca Prematch UCL Interview

On Qarabag:

- "Absolutely, they are a good team. They beat Benfica, Copenhagen, were winning against Bilbao. For sure is going to be a tough game for different reasons."
- "As a team, they are a very good team. Very intense. You can see it's many years they work with the same manager. At home, they are more intense."

On Cole Palmer:

- "We hope so [Cole Palmer will be back for Barcelona match]. We try to schedule at the beginning [of his injury], we need to review that. He's still not taking sessions with the team."
- "I would like to have Cole tomorrow! We want him back very soon. I have said we are a better team with Cole."

On Injuries:

- "Dario Essugo is out for a while. We have to wait maybe until the New Year. December, maybe January."
- "Benoit Badiashile can be available after the international break, that's huge news for us."

On the Squad:

- "No [we won't leave anyone at home]. Just Pedro Neto [is out for tomorrow]."
- "Liam [Delap] is back, an important player for us, an option for tomorrow."

On Goalkeepers:

- "Could be an option [to start Filip Jorgensen]. We need both keepers ready. 100% [trust in Filip Jorgensen]."
- "It's very difficult for a goalkeeper if you are not playing every game."

On Reece James:

- "Reece [James] is good, doing well, fit 100%. The way he behaves every game is top, even when he is not playing. Now I think he is ready to play three games in a week."

On Romeo Lavia:

- "The target is to keep him fit. Don't get any injuries. For me in this moment Romeo is where Reece was more or less one year ago."
- "I would like to have Romeo [Lavia] on the pitch always but it's my duty to protect him."

Nusken and Hamano

Chelsea 4-0 Southampton

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Chelsea 3-0 Southampton
Nkunku
Neto
Colwill

Chelsea 2-0 Southampton, Pedro Neto on the 37th minute.

Chelsea 1-0 Southampton. Nkunku with a close range header

Come on you guys. We can turn this table around. Losing to Southampton should make really stupid.

Two sides are on show tonight. Brighton know what they are doing while Chelsea, 🤷🤷🤷

Nico Jackson is the newest Chelsea Football Club signing now. He has signed an eight year long contract worth €37m deal. This guy is a perfect replacement for Kai Havertz. With him and Christopher Nkunku Chelsea proven goalscorers. Now the midfield needs one or two additions to make it stronger. As the goalkeepers' department, Kepa Arrizabalaga can't be the number one. Chelsea must rescind the decision to make him their number one goalkeeper. Kalidou Koulibaly needs to be replaced as well. Wesley Fofana can't be trusted. Benoit Badiashille can. Reece James is Injury prone. Malo Gusto will fill the gap. Thanks Cesar Aziplicueta for the good service. Benjamin Chilwell and Levi Colwill make me comfortable. Marc Cucurella can leave. Lastly, even 50 cent will be enough for Romelu Lukaku to leave permanently. I don't want to see his gallons and gallons of sweat again.

That being said, there was and will always be one N'golo Kante. He saved Chelsea Football Club with everything that he had.

Only three players are remaining from that 2021 Uefa Champions League winning side. It's a transformational transfer window for Chelsea Football Club where the players can decide their manager's fate. These guys were very poor especially after winning the Club World Cup. But, we can't gather and start celebrating now until that Belgian explorer is shown the exit door as well. Keeping Kepa Arrizabalaga is also discomfortingly wrong. We can't use him as our number 1 goalkeeper.