closed Chelsea 3-0 Crystal Palace

[iceboy 992]

Mount and Werner start according to BeIN Sports.

[Strike 6,961]

Twitter buzz that Chalobah starts

[Valdo 583]

Finally it's back to business. 🥳

[iceboy 992]

 

#Chelsea XI to face Crystal Palace: Mendy; Chalobah, Christensen, Rudiger; Azpilicueta (c), Jorginho, Kovacic, Alonso; Pulisic, Werner, Mount

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[Valdo 583]

 

[Pizy 17,860]

Not gonna lie, it’s super anticlimactic seeing us line up with such an undercooked XI on day 1 of a new season. So many of our best players not starting and zero new faces to freshen things up.

Think this could be a tedious one with this lineup.

[MoroccanBlue 5,197]

Smart.
 

Palace during preseason hadn’t dealt with pressure at all, and their fans were worried about their back line coping against our attacking press. Just hope they have their shooting boots. 

[Azul 1,615]

Too defensive. We're playing against Palace not Man City.

[iceboy 992]

Ruben Loftus-Cheek tested positive for Covid

[Pizy 17,860]

So I guess Koundé is off the table and we’re going with Chalobah instead?

[whats happening 1,440]

whats happening with chilwell, why is he not playing instead of alonso

[MoroccanBlue 5,197]

2 minutes ago, Azul said:

Too defensive. We're playing against Palace not Man City.

To balance our attacking press I’d imagine. 

[LAM09 6,547]

Surprised to see Havertz on the bench and Mount start. On another note, pleased to see Chalobah retains his place.

Edited August 14, 2021 by LAM09

[Toli 977]

Anybody got a good stream? thx in advance boys

[MoroccanBlue 5,197]

2 minutes ago, Pizy said:

So I guess Koundé is off the table and we’re going with Chalobah instead?

All depends on what happens with Zouma maybe. 

[Azul 1,615]

2 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

To balance our attacking press I’d imagine. 

Azpi offers nothing in attack though. If Palace decide to park the bus then we'll look clueless in my opinion.

Alonso is finished as a Chelsea player and I have no idea why he keeps starting as well. I'd easily pick Emerson or Chilwell over him.

Edited August 14, 2021 by Azul

[MoroccanBlue 5,197]

1 minute ago, Azul said:

Azpi offers nothing in attack though. If Palace decide to park the bus then we'll look clueless in my opinion.

Alonso is finished as a Chelsea player and I have no idea why he keeps starting as well. I'd easily pick Emerson or Chilwell over him.

I think our front three and midfield will press hard. Dave to provide defensive balance. 
 

My take.