Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has insisted that Cole Palmer’s half-time substitution against Legia Warsaw was a pre-planned decision and not due to injury. Palmer
was replaced at half-time by Noni Madueke. Before the England international scored twice in the second half to help his team win 3-0 in the first leg of their Europa Conference League quarter-final in Poland.
Speaking to the media after the game, Maresca confirmed that the substitutions of Palmer and Tosin Adarabioyo. At half-time were planned and not due to injury.
A struggling Palmer going off at half-time led many Chelsea fans to fear that he had picked up another knock after suffering a hamstring issue last month that ruled him out of England duty. But Maresca has now confirmed that the decision to withdraw both his star man. And Tosin was planned ahead of schedule.
Asked if Palmer’s half-time hook was pre-planned or as the result of an injury. The Italian เล่นเกมคาสิโน UFABET ทันสมัย ฝากถอนง่าย told reporters in his post-match press conference. At the Marshall Jozef Pilsudski Stadium. “No, no, no, we planned for him and for Tosin 45 minutes. So everything was planned.”
“We planned to have him and Tosin come off in the 45th minute, everything was fine,” Maresca explained.
Regarding the victory, Maresca said: “We planned the game to give our main players a chance to play and give other players a chance to recover. Overall, it was a professional performance and a good result. “
We were better in the second half than in the first. For many reasons, we had to learn to play in different ways.”