2024-02-23 22:00:35
It is the awaited meeting. An early final in English football brings together two ancient clubs, going through completely different circumstances this season.
With a few rounds to go until the second leg of the league, Chelsea are still searching for themselves. The London team is in tenth place, and it hopes to occupy an advanced position to participate in one of the European competitions.
Five matches ago, Chelsea played Liverpool as part of the Premier League, where the Reds defeated their guest Blue 4-1. After that match, Chelsea lost another quadruple at home in the league as well, this time against Wolverhampton (4-2).
Two defeats threatened the position of Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino, but the administration preferred to be patient with its new technical director. Indeed, Chelsea woke up after that, and achieved two successive wins away from home (in the FA Cup and the League) before tying at the Etihad Stadium against Manchester City with a similar goal, in a match in which Chelsea was the better side for 70 minutes.
Remarkable results Finally, Chelsea hopes to withdraw to tomorrow’s match, against the leaders of the English Premier League.
Chelsea will strive hard not to repeat the setback for the second leg of the league match against the Reds.
It is the last season for Liverpool coach, Jurgen Klopp. A few days ago, the German stated that he would step down from his position in the summer, after “running out” of energy. A decision that may motivate the Reds players more to give their best, in honor of the coach who brought Liverpool back to the forefront after years of floundering.
However, the task will not be easy. Far from Chelsea finally “awakening”, which will strive hard not to repeat the setback in the second leg of the league match against the Reds, Liverpool enters the match burdened with injuries.
Goalkeeper Alisson Becker, winger Mohamed Salah, Uruguayan striker Darwin Nunez, and Diogo Jota are likely to miss the final, as will Thiago Alcantara, Curtis Jones, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dominik Sobosli, Stevan Pejic, and Joel Matip. It is possible that some will come off the injury list and reach the final, at least from the bench, such as Salah and Nunez, but the majority of the starting lineup will not be available.
Absences that could affect Liverpool’s chances in the final against Chelsea, knowing that the latter’s list of injuries is also still long, as 8 players are likely to be absent. Chelsea went through most of the season without a number of its key players, until the list shrunk somewhat in recent weeks.
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