Chelsea defender Reece James will begin his first sport because the opening day of the season at house to second-tier Blackburn Rovers in Wednesday’s League Cup fourth-round tie, Mauricio Pochettino mentioned.
Chelsea’s captain suffered a hamstring damage after its sport with Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on August 13 and solely returned to motion in its final two matches off the bench.
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“I can confirm he is going to start,” Pochettino advised reporters on Tuesday. “I want to confirm only one player but it’s good for the team, it’s good for him to start from the beginning of the game.”
With simply three wins in 10 Premier League video games, Chelsea is in eleventh place, 14 factors behind chief Tottenham Hotspur.
It misplaced its final match 2-0 at house to Brentford on Saturday and its season targets might have to vary.
“It’s difficult to say now. The most important is the game, to go step by step,” Pochettino mentioned.
“To go through the competition (League Cup) is important, then go to Tottenham and receive Manchester City to get momentum.”
Pochettino takes Chelsea to face his outdated membership Spurs within the league on Monday however the Argentine received’t let that affect his crew choice for the League Cup sport on Wednesday.
“We are not going to take decisions tomorrow for Monday because I think we have time to recover,” he mentioned.
“We are going to try to take it very seriously like always as I think it is a competition we can go through.”
The five-time League Cup winner beat AFC Wimbledon and Brighton & Hove Albion within the earlier rounds.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com