Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior has been chatting with the media earlier than Tuesday’s Champions League last-16 second leg towards Paris St-Germain at Stamford Bridge (kick-off 20:00 GMT).
Listed here are the important thing traces from his information convention:
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The Chelsea boss confirmed captain Reece James will miss the sport with a hamstring damage. Rosenior stated: “With Reece, he felt one thing towards . He’s out for tomorrow’s sport. With a hamstring damage, it’s by no means nice. Hopefully, we will get him scanned and discover out the complete extent.”
Nevertheless, Brazilian ahead Willian Estevao “is again in coaching” and “might be a part of the group” to face Luis Enrique’s facet. Defender Malo Gusto is a doubt due to sickness and Filip Jorgensen may have a scan because the goalkeeper “felt one thing in his groin”.
Rosenior stated Chelsea’s pre-match huddle towards has been “blown out of proportion” and that it has been a “distraction for the media”.
“It’s a small factor amongst many critical issues we have to tackle. We at all times wish to present unity and togetherness. We do not wish to antagonise anybody, so we’ll determine the place we do this on the pitch tomorrow,” added Rosenior.
Rosenior has a scheduled assembly with the refereeing physique PGMOL “on sure choices” made within the and careworn his points with the officiating “wasn’t in regards to the huddle”.
On Pedro Neto avoiding suspension for pushing over a ball boy within the first leg: “He is a implausible participant, he has apologised for the incident and I feel Uefa have made the suitable resolution.”
On and suspended switch ban over secret funds: “It isn’t a unfavorable distraction. It is a line drawn by means of that situation. [Now] we will plan to make this membership as robust as potential.”
On overturning the tie: “We won’t make errors tomorrow. We now have to recollect PSG are European champions for a cause, however we all know we will compete.”
Rosenior stated “I have never even thought of” final week’s group information leak, however is “positive it will not occur once more”.