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Chelsea trained on Tuesday morning as Liam Rosenior and his coaching staff prepared their players for the Champions League clash with Pafos on Wednesday evening
Liam Rosenior put his Chelsea players through their paces on Tuesday morning as the Blues gear up for their penultimate Champions League league phase fixture against Pafos.
The Cypriot side are the visitors to Stamford Bridge on Wednesday evening, with Chelsea looking for maximum points from their final two matches in a bid to qualify through the top eight. Rosenior and his Chelsea coaching staff, including assistants Calum McFarlane and Kalifa Cisse, conducted their final session before the Pafos game on Tuesday morning.
Bobby Vincent was in attendance at the opening training session and here are four things he spotted:
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Chelsea handed injury boosts
Malo Gusto, Jamie Gittens and Estevao Willian all took part in the session on Tuesday. Gusto has not played under Rosenior yet after picking up a knock in the defeat to Fulham earlier in the month. The Frenchman looked in high spirits as he nears his return to action.
Gittens, meanwhile, has been ill over the last few days, meaning the winger has missed Chelsea's last two matches. There has been an illness going around the squad, with Estevao also falling victim. The Brazil international, though, was also on the grass in Cobham on Tuesday morning.
All three are now in contention to be part of the matchday squad for Wednesday evening's Champions League showdown, in what is a huge boost to Rosenior.
Sigh of relief for Palmer
Chelsea supporters can breathe a sigh of relief when it comes to Cole Palmer. The 23-year-old was spotted clutching his heavily-strapped groin shortly after the full-time whistle of the Blues' win over Brentford at the weekend, sparking fears he had injured himself again.
However, Palmer seemed fine on Tuesday morning. The England international, who has struggled with a persistent groin problem all season-long, was on the grass with his teammates at Chelsea's training base in Cobham.
There could be scope for Rosenior to give Palmer a rest on Wednesday night when Pafos come to town.
Disasi in training
Chelsea outcast Axel Disasi was involved with the first team during Tuesday's session. The Frenchman is yet to play for the senior side this season and has spent the majority of time training with the club's Under-21s.
Disasi, though, was with the senior squad and will be hoping to win over Rosenior in the coming weeks. Though it is worth noting that this is not the first time Disasi has trained with the first team this season.
Raheem Sterling, another one that has been frozen out of the Chelsea first-team squad, was not involved in the session, however.
Funny Estevao moment
Estevao was back and in good spirits after recovering from his illness. The Brazilian winger was spotted having a joke with one of his teammates before the session got properly underway.
Standing at 5ft10in, Estevao jokingly squared up to Benoit Badiashile, the 6ft4in defender. Estevao laughed after the altercation before both went their separate ways to start training.
Rosenior's almost full-strength squad
Rosenior has an almost full-strength squad to choose from. Below is a full list of those that took part, bar the goalkeepers, who trained away from the group:
Reece James, Josh Acheampong, Malo Gusto, Wesley Fofana, Trevoh Chalobah, Benoit Badiashile, Jorrel Hato, Marc Cucurella, Axel Disasi, Enzo Fernandez, Moises Caicedo, Andrey Santos, Pedro Neto, Tyrique George, Cole Palmer, Alejandro Garnacho, Jamie Gittens, Estevao Willian, Marc Guiu, Liam Delap, Joao Pedro.
Tosin Adarabioyo - to football.london's eye - was not involved in the session, with the Chelsea defender limping off during Saturday's 2-0 win against Brentford.
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