Chelsea drew 0-0 with Fulham.
Enzo Fernández (right) made his Premier League debut. PDO
Chelsea manager Graham Potter had made a hard decision.
He had to decide which three would be named to the Champions League strength from no less than seven oak acquisitions.
Potter’s selection focused on the three most famous (and two most expensive) players: to Enzo Fernández, Myh’ailo to Mudryk and to João Félix.
Among them, Atlético’s loan star Félix was suspended for Friday’s league match against neighbors Fulham. Instead, Fernández got his debut at Stamford Bridge and Mudryk also got to cool off on the sidelines.
However, the Ukrainian’s performance was disappointing, and he was substituted right after the opening period. He was replaced on the field by the 33 million euro purchase of PSV Noni Madueke.
Potter had decided to throw the one who arrived in January into the opening as well Benoît Badiashilenand frustrated with his PSG move Hakim Ziyech’s. The Moroccan was only one of three players over the age of 24 in the ranks of the home team (Kepa and Thiago Silva were the other two).
It is difficult to say how much the Chelsea manager gets to plan player acquisitions himself. It is absolutely clear that he must feel some pressure to play the confirmations that arrived with a huge amount.
Fernández can be reasonably pleased with his performance. He came close to scoring the game-winning goal in the 72nd minute, but the Argentinian’s shot went a little to the wrong side of the back post.
Even closer to the perfect match was what was acquired from Molde a couple of weeks ago David Datro as Fofa, who was able to score in an almost empty net. Fulham’s yankee topper Tim Ream however, slid in front of the ball, saving Mökkiläise from away defeat.
The most satisfied with the speech of the evening may be Badiashile, who can rightly feel disappointed that he did not fit into the Potter Champions League group.
The match ended in a goalless draw, which is also a development for Chelsea. The Blues visited Craven Cottage just a couple of weeks ago, losing the away match 1-2.
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Mason Mount thanked the supporters after the final whistle. PDO
The draw keeps Fulham, who have defended excellently, still above Chelsea in the league table.
The Finnish struggle was seen in the Bundesliga, when by Fredrik Jensen Augsburg covered Lukas Hradecky Bayer Leverkusen 1–0. Both Huuhkajat players were in their teams’ opener, but Jensen came to the bench a quarter of an hour before the end.
Mergim Berisha headed the only goal of the match from a corner after ten minutes had been played in the second period.
Fredrik Jensen (left) fought for the ball with Leverkusen’s Exequiel Palacios. PDO