Final night time was undoubtedly a night to neglect for Chelsea, as they fell to a 4-1 defeat to Scottish Premiership facet Celtic throughout their pre-season tour of the US.
Enzo Maresca’s facet have been outclassed by Brendan Rodgers’ facet, wanting nicely off the tempo and disorganised on the again, with the Hoops in a position to minimize by means of the backline on numerous events.
Christopher Nkunku managed to get on the scoresheet late on from the penalty spot, however the injury was already inflicted by the point he discovered the again of the web.
The efficiency will likely be a trigger for concern for the Italian, together with his facet wanting nowhere close to prepared for the beginning of the Premier League, which commences in slightly below three weeks.
Nonetheless, it might have allowed Maresca to additional analyse his squad, with one participant producing a dismal show, which might lead to him dropping his beginning place at Stamford Bridge.
Benoit Badiashile’s stats in opposition to Celtic
After becoming a member of the membership for £35m again in January 2023, there was actual pleasure across the signing of French centre-back Benoit Badiashile, but it surely’s protected to say the deal hasn’t labored out for both social gathering.
He’s solely made 33 appearances in all competitions for the Blues, however final night time was arguably his worst of the lot, with the 23-year-old wanting approach off the tempo within the defeat.
Badiashile was one in every of simply two Chelsea gamers to function for the whole lot of the pleasant, however might’ve simply been taken off at any stage, equivalent to the dearth of impression throughout his efficiency.
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Benoit Badiashile’s stats for Chelsea v Celtic |
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Statistics |
Tally |
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Minutes performed |
90 |
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Possession misplaced |
9x |
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Errors resulting in objective |
1 |
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Touches |
86 |
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Aerials gained |
1/2 (50%) |
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Interceptions |
1 |
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Stats by way of SofaScore |
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Badiashile misplaced possession 9 occasions throughout the defeat, gifting possession to Luis Palma who had the best of finishes to attain Celtic’s third objective of the sport.
The Frenchman solely managed to win one aerial battle and make one interception, wanting shaky on the again – leading to a 3/10 match score from journalist Joe Krishnan.
It was an outing to neglect for the 23-year-old, but it surely could possibly be one that would injury his probabilities of securing a beginning function below Maresca at Stamford Bridge this season.
Why Maresca should ditch Badiashile after Celtic show
Final night time was a catastrophe from high to backside for the Blues, with new boss Maresca having an perception into how a lot of a tough job he has on his arms in West London if he’s to vary the membership’s fortunes round.
Nonetheless, his choice to exclude Trevor Chalobah from the tour of the US is now seeking to be an terrible choice, with the Chelsea academy graduate undoubtedly a greater choice than Badiashile for the Blues.
The centre-back been advised he won’t be within the Italian’s plans this season, with the membership wanting a charge within the area of £35m to half methods with the 25-year-old – a call that hasn’t gone down nicely with the fanbase.
As for the “damaged” Badiashile, as described by Alex Goldberg after his show final night time, he has merely not made the impression he would’ve desired since his transfer to the membership.
It’s by no means good to see a participant who arrived on the membership with such excessive potential disappointments, however it’s an instance of how the membership’s erratic dealings within the switch market may not be one of the simplest ways to rework the membership again into title contenders.
Badisahile is seemingly missing confidence and struggling to show why the membership forked out such an enormous charge for his companies, making the choice to omit Chalobah all of the extra complicated given his type in direction of the again finish of final season that noticed him begin the ultimate six video games of the 2023/24 season.
With the membership clearly seeking to half methods with gamers to boost funds for but extra incomings, it might make sense to prioritise a transfer for Badiashile to permit him to achieve his full potential elsewhere.
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He’d make sure you full the Blues’ frontline this summer season.
Chalobah can nonetheless have an effect on the Blues squad, with Maresca desperately needing to rethink his present switch plans and push the Frenchman nearer to the exit door, while giving the Englishman the chance to show himself as soon as extra.
