{"id":12657,"date":"2022-03-19T18:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T22:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/19\/why-kepa-jorginho-missed-chelseas-clash-with-middlesbrough\/"},"modified":"2022-03-19T18:00:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T22:00:44","slug":"why-kepa-jorginho-missed-chelseas-clash-with-middlesbrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/19\/why-kepa-jorginho-missed-chelseas-clash-with-middlesbrough\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Kepa &amp; Jorginho missed Chelsea\u2019s clash with Middlesbrough"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Explanations for the respective absences of Jorginho and Kepa Arrizabalaga for Chelsea\u2019s meeting with Middlesbrough have been provided on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p>For those not aware, both midfielder Jorginho and shot-stopper Kepa were surprise last-minute scratches from Thomas Tuchel\u2019s latest matchday squad at the Riverside Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The latter in particular had been viewed as a near certainty to start, having long been usurped as Chelsea\u2019s first-choice option between the posts by Edouard Mendy.<\/p>\n<p>In turn, speaking to the media on the back of the full-time whistle this evening, Thomas Tuchel was inevitably drawn on Kepa\u2019s situation.<\/p>\n<p>And the German went on to reveal that his no.2\u2019s omission came owing to a bout of illness:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kepa missed the match through illness. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nizaar Kinsella (@NizaarKinsella) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NizaarKinsella\/status\/1505268048684535808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Turning attentions towards Jorginho, the midfield metronome was not risked versus \u2018Boro as a direct favour to Italy, ahead of the Azzurri\u2019s crunch World Cup playoff meetings with North Macedonia and, potentially, Portugal:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I asked Tuchel about Jorginho and he said he was rested, adding: \u201cThey [Italy] owe me a big one,\u201d ahead of their World Cup qualifying playoff matches. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nizaar Kinsella (@NizaarKinsella) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NizaarKinsella\/status\/1505267970406297600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Lukaku amongst the goals<\/h2>\n<p>Despite the absences of a pair of important members of their squad, Chelsea, though, ultimately booked their spot in the FA Cup\u2019s final four on Saturday evening in confident fashion.<\/p>\n<p>First, with a quarter of an hour on the clock, Romelu Lukaku opened the evening\u2019s scoring from close range, getting on the end of a pinpoint delivery from Mason Mount:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here\u2019s the Chelsea goal \u2013 just reward for a fast start!<\/p>\n<p>??? Watch Middlesbrough v Chelsea on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCOne?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BBCOne<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCiPlayer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BBCiPlayer<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dTsRBfx84t\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/dTsRBfx84t<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BBCFootball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BBCFootball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xqtPcQv3gA\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/xqtPcQv3gA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCMOTD\/status\/1505236669464817674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And this was followed by the game\u2019s killer goal fifteen minutes later, as Hakim Ziyech cut inside from his berth on the right flank, before picking out the far bottom corner of the hosts\u2019 net in style:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Should that have been saved? ?<\/p>\n<p>??? Watch Middlesbrough v Chelsea on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCOne?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BBCOne<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCiPlayer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BBCiPlayer<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dTsRBfx84t\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/dTsRBfx84t<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BBCFootball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BBCFootball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wr08Wz4JJp\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Wr08Wz4JJp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCMOTD\/status\/1505241129788264449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/middlesbroughs-sol-bamba-opens-up-on-cancer-battle-ahead-of-chelsea-fa-cup-tie\/\">Middlesbrough\u2019s Sol Bamba opens up on cancer battle ahead of Chelsea FA Cup tie<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/chelsea-defender-antonio-rudiger-set-to-sign-pre-contract-with-juventus\/\">Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger set to sign pre-contract with Juventus<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Explanations for the respective absences of Jorginho and Kepa Arrizabalaga for Chelsea\u2019s meeting with Middlesbrough have been provided on Saturday evening. For those not aware, both midfielder Jorginho and shot-stopper Kepa were surprise last-minute scratches from Thomas Tuchel\u2019s latest matchday squad at the Riverside Stadium. The latter in particular had been viewed as a [&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-12657","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\/12657","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=12657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12657\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}