Once again, Jose Mourinho has elected to bench arguably his most talented attacker in Eden Hazard, as the Belgian star has continued to under-perform this season. He’ll be hoping that an attacking midfield group of Oscar, Willian and Cesc Fabregas will be enough to break down Dynamo Kyiv’s defense, something they couldn’t do in a scoreless draw two weeks ago.
Eden Hazard benched again as Chelsea host Dynamo Kyiv
The talented but under-performing attacker is starting on the bench once again.
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For their part, Dynamo have put out a strong side, one that appears set up to press high and try to catch Chelsea off-guard on a rapid-fire counter. Andriy Yarmolenko will be facing down Cesar Azpilicueta, who hasn’t been as defensively solid as he used to be this season -- given Yarmolenko’s immense talent, that could be the key matchup of the entire game.
Chelsea starting XI (4-2-3-1): Asmir Begovic; Cesar Azpilicueta, Kurt Zouma, John Terry, Baba Rahman; Ramires, Nemanja Matic; Willian, Cesc Fabregas, Oscar; Diego Costa
Dynamo Kyiv starting XI (4-1-4-1): Olexandr Skovkovskiy; Domagoj Vida, Yevhen Khacheridi, Aleksandar Dragovic, Antunes; Serhiy Rybalka; Andriy Yarmolenko, Vitaliy Buyalskiy, Serhiy Sydorchuk, Derlis Gonzalez; Artem Kravets
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