Maresca can stop Anthony by freeing Chelsea ‘monster’

Chelsea can end the 2024/25 sports in the perfect way on Wednesday night. They faced the real Betis in the UEFA League final in Wroclaw, Poland and had the chance to complete their first season with Enzo Maresca and won the trophy.

The Blues have been the main aspect of the competition this semester. According to Sofascore, they scored more goals than anything else, finding a 38 net back, 16 more than their opponents. The nine goals they admitted were also improved in only two other aspects.

Considering that the Blues are sure to enter this game in favorites so far. Indeed, Maresca seems to have a lot of preferred teams to play in the last game of their game.

Chelsea’s Team News with Betis

Fortunately for the Blues, they avoided any inquiries last Sunday’s last Premier League match of 2024/25. This means that tonight’s final will be with star players including Cole Palmer and Moises Caicedo.

Further inclusions and absences have been noted, with two of the first-team players certainly not going to be the team this week. They are still injured Wesley Fofana, Romeo Lavia is not registered.

On a more positive point of view, Nicolas Jackson will re-enter the finale as his Premier League suspension does not take effect in European competitions. Another player who can return is Christopher Nkunku.

The Frenchman was not involved with Nottingham Forest on Sunday, but he performed well in the conference league record. He has five goals and three assists in the game so he can really change.

With that in mind, it would be fascinating to see who is in line with whom on Wednesday. Given the importance of the game, it seems like people like Palmer, Kesdo and club captain Reese James will start, which is sure to be a strong roster.

Another player who can line up to start the game is defender Trevoh Chalobah.

Why Chalobah can start with Betis

This is a strange season for Chalobah for 2024/25. He was recalled to Stamford Bridge after Crystal Palace loaned the first half of the campaign and has been a major player in Maresca since.

Since he returned from the loan spell, the “outstanding” defender (Statman Dave) has called him and has played 18 games in all competitions, four of which have been in the conference league.

The 25-year-old helped keep two clean sheets during that time, playing for a total of 245 minutes in the game. Now, maybe he will line up to start the finals. He is a experienced player in the European finals and he helped Chelsea win the UEFA Super Cup in 2021, which was his start and played 120 minutes.

The defensive “monster” described by talent scout Jacek Kulig was called by former boss Thomas Tuchel’s latest England team, though he didn’t start on the weekend. But if he does make it to the final, which could be Tosin’s final, then he will have the job of keeping quiet.

Manchester United lenders have been outstanding in Betis’ loans. He has nine goals and five assists in 25 games. Half of these targeted involvement was in the conference league, so he did do his best work there.

In fact, in this game, the Brazilian is similar to Palmer on FBREF. For example, he averaged 0.47 XGA and 5.02 shooting moves per game. By comparison, Chelsea’s 20 average is 0.48 xga and 4.11 shooting moves every 90 minutes.

Keeping Anthony quiet will be a difficult task for Chalobah, but it will certainly be crucial for Chelsea’s success. Over the past few months, he has proven that he has the potential to hurt his opponents when giving time and space, so Chalobah’s excellent reading of the game is crucial to prevent this.

Although the winger does have surgery on the right side, he tends to drift a lot inward and wants to cut in on his left foot to shoot. Therefore, Chalobah will most likely have to compete with him directly.

However, the Chelsea defender should handle it comfortably. His defensive statistics against Blues through Sofascore this season are impressive. For example, he averaged 1.8 tackles and interceptions, winning 1.9 aerial confrontations per game. Most importantly, he was dribbled once in this famous blue shirt.

If he gets a nod from the start, Chelsea’s junior star will have a chance to be a key player in the Blues as they hope to win more European silverware. They could be the first aspect of winning three European trophys in history. Chalobah plays an important role.