UEFA Conference League favourites Chelsea will get to face Danish giants FC Copenhagen in the round of 16 following the conclusion of Friday’s draw, Afrosport reports. The Blues finished top of the league phase with a 100% record while Copenhagen had to go through the playoffs and defeated Heidenheim 4-3 on aggregate. Meanwhile, two-time runners-up Fiorentina will have to navigate past Greek heavyweights Panathinaikos to get...
Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca has called the 3-0 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion on Friday night as the "worst performance" since he arrived at the club, Afrosport reports. A clinical strike by Kaoru Mitoma and a brace from Gambia winger Yankuba Minteh condemned the Blues to back-to-back defeats by the Seagulls after the 2-1 defeat in the fourth round of the FA Cup last...
Yankuba Minteh is dreaming of European football with Brighton & Hove Albion after scoring a brace in their 3-0 Premier League win over Chelsea at the Amex Stadium on Friday night, Afrosport reports. Japan winger Kaoru Mitoma put the Seagulls ahead in the 27th minute with a clinical finish after he was assisted by goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen. Minteh then scored his brace the 38th and 63rd...
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has chosen Filip Jorgensen as the club’s first-choice goalkeeper ahead of Spaniard Robert Sanchez, Afrosport reports. Maresca on Thursday said Jorgensen, who joined the Blues from Villarreal in July 2024, is the club’s No. 1 “at the moment.” The 22-year-old goalkeeper started Chelsea’s last Premier League game against West Ham, with Sanchez settling for a place on the bench following numerous errors...
Tosin Adarabioyo has called on Chelsea to bounce back from Saturday's FA Cup fourth round defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion at the Amex Stadium, Afrosport reports. The Blues went ahead through a Bart Verbruggen own goal in the fifth minute before the Seagulls found their way back through Georgino Rutter and Kaoru Mitoma. The defeat was Chelsea's earliest FA Cup exit after their 4-0 loss...
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