Head Coach “Chelsea» Enzo Maresca told why the team leader, midfielder Cole Palmerdid not fly to Kazakhstan for the match againstAstana” V Conference Leaguereports Sports.kz.
– Why wasn't Cole Palmer here? Why did he stay at home? — I have already said many times that we excluded several players from our roster for the Conference League. The reason is to protect them. It's not just Cole Palmer – it's Romeo Lavia and Wesley Fofana – different players.
Let us remind you that Chelsea beat Astana away with a score of 3:1. The English goals were scored by Mark Giu (14th and 19th minutes) and Renato Veiga (39th). The author of the only goal scored for Astana was Marin Tomasov (45th).
