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minn Pamela Schembri fi Stamford Bridge, Londra Fl-ewwel logħba mill-VisitMalta Weekender li qed issir dan tmiem il-ġimgħa fi Stamford Bridge, Chelsea għelbu lil Bayer Leverkusen 2-0. Din kienet ukoll l-ewwel logħba ta’ ħbiberija għal Chelsea, minn mindu rebħu l-FIFA Club World Cup għat-tieni darba fl-istorja tagħhom.   Il-Coach ta’ Chelsea, Enzo Maresca għażel li jbiddel 6 plejers mill-formazzjoni inizjali li niżel biha fil-finali tal-FIFA Club World Cup kontra PSG, hekk kif rajna li beda biss lil Palmer, Caicedo, Chalobah, Cucurella u Gusto f’din il-logħba ta’ ħbiberija.  Waħda mill-bidliet ġiet sfurzata fuqu hekk kif aktar kmieni din il-ġimgħa, eżattament fl-ewwel ġurnata tal-preseason training, Levi Colwill weġġa’ u saritlu operazzjoni lbieraħ. Chelsea kienu l-aħjar tim fil-pitch, u bdew ikunu perikolużi sa mill-ewwel minuti tal-logħba.  Kien fit-18-il minuta li Chelsea fetħu l-iskor.  Cole Palmer, li bħalissa għaddej minn forma brillanti, laqat il-lasta l-mimduda u mir-rebound ikun l-akkwist il-ġdid tal-Blues Estevao li b’xutt mal-ewwel [...]

by Pamela Schembri from London The highly anticipated VisitMalta Weekender kicks off this weekend at Stamford Bridge, with Chelsea taking on Bayer Leverkusen on Friday (kick off 20:00) and AC Milan (kick off 16:00) on Sunday. These two fixtures form part of Chelsea’s preseason preparations ahead of what promises to be an exciting new campaign. In this morning’s press conference, Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca shared his thoughts on the club's historic achievements, squad readiness, and the challenges of a condensed pre-season. Fresh off winning the FIFA Club World Cup for the second time in the club’s history, Chelsea’s players returned from a short three-week holiday and resumed training last Monday. “This is a unique situation,” Maresca said. “We’ve just achieved something massive, but the real question is: how will the players respond? Will they ride the wave of confidence, or will the fatigue of a 64-game season take [...]