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potter-ponders-youth-opportunities-and-zakaria-minutes

Potter ponders youth opportunities and Zakaria minutes

01 NOV 2022


Chelsea may have already booked our place in the last 16 of the Champions
League as the winner of Group E, but that does not mean Graham Potter is
committed to making wholesale changes when we take on Dinamo Zagreb on
Wednesday evening.


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Whatever happens at Stamford Bridge, the Blues will finish first. Home and
away wins against AC Milan, backed up with last week's success in
Salzburg, have earned us the rare pleasure of a game without plenty riding
on it.


The pressure may be off, but when asked if he would be selecting some of
the Academy hopefuls who featured in men's first team training today, the
likes of Lewis Hall and Zac Sturge, Potter said it was 'not a time to use
young players for the sake of it'.


'We have to prepare to win,' the head coach stated at his media
conference. 'We're at home, we want to finish the competition off well at
this stage, and respond to the disappointment at the weekend.


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'We have used a lot of the young players. A lot of them have been
impressive. I like their character and their personality.


'Getting closer to the Academy guys and getting to know them has been an
important part of how we've started here at Chelsea, but we have to be
competitive and respectful of the competition with teams looking for the
points for their own qualification.'


A more experienced player hoping to make his first Chelsea appearance is
Denis Zakaria. The Swiss international has been an unused sub in each of
our five Champions League group games to date, as well as our four most
recent domestic fixtures.


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Denis Zakaria is yet to feature for the Blues


He is yet to get on the pitch but Potter recognised there is a chance that
will change in SW6 tomorrow when asked about the 25-year-old's status.


'As I've said before he's been really good, he's trained well, he's
supported his team-mates,' Potter responded.


'Obviously he's been disappointed not to play, like everybody is, but up
until the weekend results have been positive, we've been trying to take
steps, but he's in the frame for tomorrow. He's available for selection
and we will wait and see.'


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Potter: Look out for Dinamo spring

02 NOV 2022


Chelsea may not need Champions League points tonight but the team remains
keen to guard against a repeat of the result when we played away against
Dinamo Zagreb in September.


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The Blues lost 1-0 when we travelled to Croatia for matchday one of this
season's Champions League, the game proving to be the last one before
Graham Potter was handed the reins.


Since then we have been on an upward curve in this competition, with a
draw in the next match and then three straight wins which have guaranteed
we go into next week's draw as one of the first-place finishers.


Dinamo still harbour hopes of third place in our group and access to the
Europa League, and if we are to repel their attack this time around, our
head coach has instructions on what to guard against.


'We need to realise that we should be the protagonist in the game because
we're at home at Stamford Bridge,' Potter says. 'We want to try to be
proactive and try to create and be on the front foot but at the same time,
Dinamo have dangerous players.


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Potter and his backroom staff head out to training at Cobham


'If they defend deep they can break and they can use the forwards well.
They can spring from defence to attack in a dangerous manner. You only
have to look at the goal they scored against us in the first game, it's a
quality counter-attacking goal. So we understand the quality of the
opponent.'


The game is a welcome chance for Chelsea to quickly show we can do better
than at Brighton, as Potter acknowledges, and although he does not see it
as a revenge-seeking mission against Dinamo Zagreb after their win over
us, he is looking for a result that will end a successful group stage on a
good note.


'We have first-hand experience that Dinamo are a talented, well-organised
side with good width - a quality team that you'd expect at this level,' he
adds. 'It's the Champions League and they've earned the right to be here.
They are still competing for points so we have to be ready for them.


'We want to respond to the disappointment of the weekend. That's what life
is at this level so we'll pick a team that we think can win, with respect
for the opponent and for the competition.'

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