Enzo Maresca delivers Chelsea team news ahead of Everton | News | Official Site

The Blues welcome the Toffees to Stamford Bridge on Saturday lunchtime, trying to comply with up our dramatic win over Fulham with one other three factors in our chase for a top-five end.

Gusto went off at Craven Cottage within the second half, having earlier changed Reece James at half-time. Whereas the muscle damage will maintain the Frenchman out of this weekend’s conflict with David Moyes’ facet, Maresca did verify at his pre-match convention that he doesn’t anticipate Gusto to be out for lengthy and that the right-back is working outdoors on the grass already.

In the meantime, Maresca additionally said that he has no different contemporary damage issues to cope with and that striker Marc Guiu is progressing nicely in his restoration.

‘Malo is injured but it does not look like an important injury,’ our Italian head coach advised the gathered media at Cobham.

‘He is running and doing things outside, but he won’t be available for tomorrow’s recreation.

‘Outside of that, Marc Guiu is still out, Aaron Anselmino is still out but the rest are still fit. Hopefully Marc can be back in one or two weeks.’

When asked more about Guiu, Maresca added: ‘Marc is doing well and he is getting close [to a return to action]. Maybe another one or two weeks and then we hope he will be back to help us with the final part of the season.’

Elsewhere, Maresca has confirmed Romeo Lavia – again within the matchday squad of late following damage – is once more effective to be a part of the facet tomorrow and defined how the midfielder is being managed.

‘Romeo is doing well – he was on the bench against Fulham,’ added Enzo. ‘Also, he was on the bench in other games recently. He’s again, he’s coaching with us.

‘With Romeo, we will try the same things that we are doing with Reece James. It is important that we use them carefully, going step by step and taking things slowly. Reece is doing well, he is playing two games every few days now and is holding up well across games in the Conference League and the Premier League. We will try to do the same with Romeo.’

The sixth-place Blues go into tomorrow’s conflict with Everton understanding victory would see us end the weekend within the Champions League qualification locations, with not less than 5 spots up for grabs this season and three of the groups round us – Aston Villa (seventh), Nottingham Forest (4th) and Manchester Metropolis (third) – all in FA Cup semi-final motion.

We take pleasure in a superb dwelling file in opposition to Everton – having not misplaced to the Toffees at Stamford Bridge within the high flight in 29 matches, a run which stretches again to 1994 and is a membership file.

Nevertheless, the Merseysiders held us to a 0-0 attract our last journey to Goodison Park simply earlier than Christmas and David Moyes have since guided them away from the specter of relegation and up into thirteenth place, above the likes of Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.

Saturday’s conflict additionally sees Maresca clock up 50 video games in control of the Blues, since becoming a member of from Leicester in the summertime. So how does our head coach mirror on the expertise up to now?

‘It’s been an excellent expertise and I’m very glad,’ Maresca defined. ‘I have learned many things here.

‘Playing in many competitions and playing every three days, it’s a journey by way of studying issues. We have now had some good moments, some dangerous moments however the membership has a imaginative and prescient and we’re simply firstly of that imaginative and prescient.’

On Sunday Chelsea face Barcelona within the second leg of the Ladies’s Champions League semi-final. With tickets ranging from simply £20 for adults and £10 for concessions, do not miss out by securing your spot here because the Blues look to make historical past!