{"id":11668,"date":"2022-03-09T15:00:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T20:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/09\/how-many-games-chelseas-reece-james-is-set-to-miss-following-latest-injury\/"},"modified":"2022-03-09T15:00:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T20:00:55","slug":"how-many-games-chelseas-reece-james-is-set-to-miss-following-latest-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/09\/how-many-games-chelseas-reece-james-is-set-to-miss-following-latest-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"How many games Chelsea\u2019s Reece James is set to miss following latest injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Chelsea defender Reece James is once again out injured.<\/p>\n<p>The English wing-back marked his return to the side against Burnley with a goal, but picked up a knock which Thomas Tuchel confirmed would rule him out of the game with Norwich, due to take place on Thursday evening at Carrow Road.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He felt it during the match and it didn\u2019t get better\u2019, Chelsea\u2019s boss told the media \u2018Today [Tuesday] there will be further examinations. It\u2019s obvious what he can give to our team, so not good news at the moment.\u2019<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Reece James spinning Burnley defenders!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bodnvbaj2A\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Bodnvbaj2A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Frank Khalid (@FrankKhalidUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrankKhalidUK\/status\/1501283124998594566?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And now, <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/news\/chelseas-reece-james-ruled-out-of-next-four-matches\/sdUnueDGrXxo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Athletic<\/a> have revealed that James is set to miss the next four games for the Blues. This will include their trip to Norwich in the Premier League and also Newcastle\u2019s trip to Stamford Bridge on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of the Premier League, James is also set to miss the second leg of their Champions League last 16 tie with Lille, as well as the FA Cup quarter-final against Middlesbrough, who are looking for their third giankilling after knocking both Manchester United and Tottenham out of the competition so far this season.<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea down to bare bones<\/h2>\n<p>Once again, Chelsea have been stripped down to bare bones. The injury to Ben Chilwell that ruled him out for the rest of the season, combined with James\u2019 consistent set-backs, means that Marcos Alonso is the only recognised wing-back at Tuchel\u2019s disposal for the fortnight or so.<\/p>\n<p>Malang Sarr has been providing left-sided cover, while Callum Hudson-Odoi has been operating at times as a right-wing-back, but neither are naturals in the wing-back roles and Chelsea\u2019s system\u00a0lacks cohesion when they are deployed there.<\/p>\n<p>Finding cover for James and Chilwell must be top of the priority list for any summer business.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/live-streaming-match-previews\/norwich-city-vs-chelsea-live-streaming-watch-premier-league-online\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Norwich City vs Chelsea live streaming: Watch Premier League online<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/live-streaming-match-previews\/wolverhampton-wanderers-vs-watford-live-streaming-watch-premier-league-online\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Watford live streaming: Watch Premier League online<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea defender Reece James is once again out injured. The English wing-back marked his return to the side against Burnley with a goal, but picked up a knock which Thomas Tuchel confirmed would rule him out of the game with Norwich, due to take place on Thursday evening at Carrow Road. \u2018He felt it during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-11668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}