Chelsea return to Premier League obligation lower than three days after their gruelling Champions League outing in Azerbaijan, the place they have been held to a 2-2 draw by Qarabag.
to keep up their latest momentum.
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Chelsea will now shift their focus to home issues as they welcomes relegation-battling Wolverhampton Wanderers to Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
The short turnaround leaves Chelsea supervisor Maresca with a number of choice dilemmas, particularly across the health of winger Pedro Neto.
The Portuguese winger has been a key participant for Chelsea this season, bagging two targets and two assists in 10 Premier League video games.
He missed the midweek Champions League conflict attributable to what Maresca described as a ‘small challenge’.
Talking forward of the sport, the Italian tactician confirmed that Neto’s involvement is touch-and-go.
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“Pedro [Neto] had a session yesterday with the physio exterior on the pitch, it was good,” Maresca mentioned throughout his .
“At this time he’ll attempt with us after which we are going to take the ultimate choice [as to whether he can face Wolves].”
Whereas there’s cautious optimism round Neto, the identical can’t be mentioned for midfielder Romeo Lavia.
The Belgium worldwide solely lasted eight minutes in opposition to Qarabag earlier than he was compelled off with a quad damage and has been dominated out for this weekend’s fixture.
Maresca has tried to handle Lavia’s minutes and nurse him again to full health the identical approach he did with Chelsea skipper Reece James, whose damage days appear to be behind him.
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Nonetheless, the identical method hasn’t labored for Lavia, whose newest setback has left Maresca annoyed.
“We don’t have an replace in the intervening time,” Maresca added. “We have to wait nonetheless some hours to do all of the checks he wants. For certain, he has an damage.
“It’s a disgrace as a result of we try to minimise minutes for him, even with that, he’s injured once more. However we have to persist till we discover the best resolution for him.”
