Chelsea’s squad has been rearranged away at Newcastle United ahead of this week’s clash.
Frank Lampard’s much-anticipated first-team squad has been on international duty for the past two weeks and the Blues head coach will be hopeful that a pause in the season will not stop his side pace.
After a slow start to the Premier League season, including Liverpool’s home defeat as well as a 3–3 draw against West Brom and Southampton, Chelsea seem to have turned an angle.
The win against Sheffield United before the international break was the fourth in a row in all competitions.
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Those six Premier League games are also unbeaten and could move to the top of the Blues table, however, with a victory in Saturday’s early kick-kick fumble at St. James Park.
Before the trip to the North East, those not selected for international duty in the last fortnight have been put ahead of their pace at the club’s training base in Kobham.
And in one season, it was an unusual moment for the club’s captain Cesar Azpilicueta.
Chelsea’s training session soon looked behind the scenes uploaded to the video clip Reddit, The defender can be seen dribbling past Ficayo Tomori leaving him with an open target.
However, for some reason Az Zapilikuta prefers a more difficult option than just turning the ball into the net.
His first attempt to score from his bottom failed.
But he got the bho and couldn’t put the defender off trying again – this time he succeeded and even pulled a smile from Lampard.
Moreover, what some blues supporters like about Spaniards.
i_give_smart_advice said: “It was very heartening to see that he is still a member of the senior team but Clooney and young at heart.”
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duckinator09 said: “The sum of Dave Lol. Not a very technically gifted player but still a great player.”
Durum 66 said: “Lol he tried and knocked it out with the first try and flicked it perfectly so tried to work nicely and still finish it from its bottom !?”
Az Japilicueta can be expected to catch Lampard’s eye for calling up the starting XI after he became an unusable substitute in each of Chelsea’s last three games.
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