The Chelsea and Mauricio Pochettino games at Stamford Bridge are crucial. Chelsea plays Tottenham. After stints at Southampton and Tottenham, this will be Pochettino’s 400th English football match. Chelsea needs to win in order to advance to the European football league.
They are only five points out of seventh place and six points out of sixth with one game remaining. Throughout the season, Pochettino has been working on his “project” at Stamford Bridge to establish stability at Chelsea, although he has been hindered by injuries. Fourteen first-team players are now listed as out injured for the game; Romeo Lavia and Christopher Nkunku, two high-profile summer additions, have hardly played for the Blues this season.
Given that Pochettino has stated that defenders Thiago Silva and Axel Disasi are the most recent players to sustain injuries, it is likely that the roster will include more young players tonight evening. Because of his connections to Tottenham, Pochettino’s comments about not being able to “hide his emotions” against his previous team will not have gone down well with some Chelsea fans, who have taken some time to warm up to him. He said that relationships take time to develop and that people who see him out for a stroll with his dog express their gratitude to him.
But Pochettino is aware that winning games is the only way to maintain a completely satisfied fan base. He’ll be hoping that begins with the Spurs game win.
