Football
Champions League: 22-man Chelsea squad arrive in France, as 5 senior stars miss the trip
Chelsea football club has this evening(Tuesday) landed in France ahead of their Champions League round of 16 second leg game against Lille.
The Champions League reigning champions are the favorite side to progress to the next round having beaten the French reigning champions 2-0 in the first leg at Stamford Bridge. And ahead of the game on Wednesday night, a 22-man Blues squad has landed in France with 5 senior stars missing out on the traveling squad for the game.
Azpilicueta returned to training this afternoon.
Below is the full 22-man traveling squad for tomorrow’s Champions League clash.
Edouard Mendy
Kepa Arrizabalaga
Antonio Rudiger
Marco’s Alonso
Andreas Christensen
Jorginho
Thiago Silva
N’Golo Kante
Mateo Kovacic
Romelu Lukaku
Christian Pulisic
Timo Werner
Trevoh Chalobah
Mason Mount
Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Marcus Bettinelli
Hakim Ziyech
Kenedy
Cesar Azpilicueta
Kai Havertz
Malang Sarr
Harvey Vale
Marcus Alonso and Azpilicueta joined the squad after returning to training this afternoon. But the likes of Saul, Barkley, Reece James, Ben Chilwell, and Hudson-Odoi did not make the squad.
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