by Enzo Maresca could soon face a selection crisis during the club World Cup while six members of his Chelsea team are risking suspension.
The Blues will play their last stage match in the little hours of Wednesday morning for British viewers, meeting ES Tunis in Philadelphia as they seek to confirm their progress towards the next stage of the competition.
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Nicolas Jackson is suspended for this equality, having seen the red in the defeat of Chelsea against Flamengo only four minutes after being underlying.
He will return for the 16 -year -old final, if Chelsea arrives so far. They require at least a draw against Tunis to progress and face elimination with a loss.
If they continue, however, Maresca could be forced to work without several key players.
See Red: Nicolas Jackson (Reuters)
The club World Cup presents strict rules of discipline. In accordance with FIFA regulations, a player will receive a suspension of a match after having seen two yellow cards before the quarter -final.
This leaves six members of the Chelsea team facing the suspension if they take a reservation in the confrontation of Tunis.
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The chief of them is the new arrival Liam Delap, whose name was taken by the referee when he made his complete debut during the 3-1 defeat of last week against Flamengo.
Delap publicly talked about his preference for a style of physical play and recorded the most joint reservations in the Premier League last season (12), equal to Sasa Lukic de Fulham and Flynn Downes of Southampton.
He is however aware that he must keep his physique in check, saying on Monday: “I love these battles, I have always had it since I was a child. I really love the aggressive side and the competitive nature of sport. It must be controlled sometimes but it is my game finally. ”
The reservation of a suspension is also the rear association of Marc Cucurella and Reece James, as well as the central defender Tosin Adarabioyo.
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The same goes for Moisses Caicedo and Pedro Neto, who scored the first goal of the Chelsea World Cup.
The suspensions applied for one of the above elements could open the door to certain beginnings of Chelsea.
Midfielder Dario Essugo, who joined CP Sporting earlier this summer, made a brief cameo against Lafc, but has not yet been appointed to one of Maresca’s departure alignments. The old old pair of Strasbourg, very well rated by Andrey Santos and Mamadou Sarr, has not yet appeared in Bleu de Chelsea and could also bear.
Tunis has already seen a player falling fault with the yellow card line in Youcef Belaïli. He was the scorer of their 1-0 victory against Lafc last week, but, he will now miss the pivot shock of Chelsea after being reserved during his two appearances in the Club World Cup.
Abdukodir Khusanov from Manchester City is also a reservation of a ban and could miss the round of 16 if it is reserved against Juventus on Thursday.
