We specifically predicted that American Christian Pulisic would get a starting nod tonight against Juventus, and indeed he did (You can see the entire starting XI in tweet below).

Currently at halftime, Chelsea lead Juve 1-0 in their UEFA Champions League group stage match. That’s thanks to a Trevor Chalobah goal, and if this result holds, the Blues are through to the knockout round. Before the game kicked off, Chelsea had already cemented a place in at least the Europa League knockout round.

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Chelsea FC will look to get redemption from their only UEFA Champions League group stage blemish, thus far, when they host Juventus tomorrow night. In the reverse fixture, Juve won 1-0, and they are one of just four sides to go perfect in UCL competition, thus far this season.

Bayern, Liverpool and Ajax are the other three, so with all that in mind, let’s take a look at what starting lineup Thomas Tuchel could select for his Blues.

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For Chelsea FC, the next step on their journey towards potentially retaining their European title is a clash, at home, again the one team in front of them in the standing.

Juventus will head to southwest London as the table topping team of Group H, having won all four of their group stage games, and thus taken all 12 points possible. Chelsea are in second place, with nine points, and with that in mind, let’s preview this group stage clash featuring two traditional heavyweights.

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It has been a long time coming, but Chelsea winger Christian Pulisic is now indeed back! In a 3-0 rout that saw Chelsea go six points top of the table, the American bagged his first goal since opening day. In his second straight substitute appearance, after missing the last nine games due to an ankle injury and a positive covid test, he secured a scoring strike in the 71′.

Here’s an interesting stat pertaining to that:

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Chelsea FC take on Leicester City Saturday, in a match that kicks off a slate of Premier League action so congested that only two games are on Sunday this weekend. Yes, that’s right, all the other matches, eight of them, are on Saturday.

It’s kind of bizarre, and I don’t know why that is, but let’s embrace it, especially given how we’re coming off another boring international break. Chelsea lead this series, with 58 wins to Leicester’s 28, and 34 draws between the two sides.

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The Premier League finally returns, after what has felt like an especially long international break, with Chelsea visiting Leicester City. It’s the very first match-up on the docket, kicking off a really busy Saturday, and it features the league leaders versus a vastly underachieving mid-table side.

There are storylines aplenty here as Chelsea-Leicester connections run plentiful. Let’s take a look at the team news for both sides in this one.

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For the second match of this international period, Chelsea star Christian Pulisic only came off the bench for the USMNT. Pulisic was subbed on for Timothy Weah, the USA’s lone goal scorer, in the 66′ of the side’s 1-1 draw with Jamaica.

Heading into this break, Blues boss Thomas Tuchel basically said that he didn’t want the Stars and Stripes to overcook the 22-year-old, and that’s exactly what has transpired. USA Coach Gregg Berhalter said that Pulisic still isn’t ready to go the full 90 minutes yet.

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Chelsea FC are off until Nov 20, when they’ll face Leicester City in Premier League competition. They currently sit top of the able, with 26 points, three ahead of Manchester City, and boasting a +23 goal differential.

With that in mind, let’s talk some Chelsea transfer rumors. For the latest Chelsea news and notes round-up this international break, go here.

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Chelsea FC are off until Nov 20, when they’ll face Leicester City in Premier League competition. They currently sit top of the able, with 26 points, three ahead of Manchester City, and boasting a +23 goal differential.

With that in mind, let’s talk Chelsea news and notes this international break, starting with Kai Havertz, who has shown that he is indeed fully fit. (for the Chelsea transfer talk round-up go here) There had been reports, heading into this international period, claiming the German had a bruised thigh and was set to miss out on the November World Cup qualifiers.

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Chelsea forward Christian Pulisic did more than just score the game winning goal and claim the man of the match award last night. The Hershey, Pennsylvania native also accomplished a major clapback (that’s what the kids are calling this sort of thing these days) against the United States Men’s National Team’s biggest rivals.

In the run-up to Friday’s World Cup qualifier, Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa said to TUDN “Mexico is the mirror in which the [U.S.] wants to see itself and wants to copy.” U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter responded by saying “it shows that we have a long way to go to get the respect of Mexico.”

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Now that’s how you make a return to international competition! Christian Pulisic, Chelsea forward and Captain America, came on for a cameo tonight, in a World Cup qualifier against arch-rivals Mexico, and delivered the goods, coming off the bench to score the game winner in the 74′ in Cincinnati.

Pulisic came on for Brendan Aaronson in the 69′ and made an instant impact, helping the United States to their third victory, over their most heated foe, for the third time in 2021.

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